3: Installation on Notebook PCs
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System requirements
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Installation on
Windows 98, 2000,
and Me
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Installation on
Windows XP
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Installation on
Windows NT
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Setting Internet
Explorer to use the
AirCard
Note: Do not insert the
AirCard into your PC card slot
before installing the software.
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This chapter guides you through the steps necessary to making
the AirCard operational on a notebook PC. The basic steps are:
1.
Insert the AirCard CD into your CD-ROM drive and
install Watcher and the Network Adapter Manager.
2.
Insert the AirCard into the PC card slot and install the
AirCard driver from the CD.
Before you begin the installation process, ensure your PC is
running a supported operating system and meets the
hardware requirements described below.
System requirements
The AirCard wireless network card is supported on:
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Windows 98 SE
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Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4
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Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a and Networking
installed
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Windows Me
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Windows XP (Home and Professional versions) with
Service Pack 1
To install the AirCard, you require these system resources:
Table 3-1: System resource requirements
Card slots
Disk drive
I/O resources
Memory
1 Type II PCMCIA (PC Card) slot
CD-ROM
1 IRQ, 40 bytes I/O space
32 MB
17