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Adaptec Ultra Wireless PCI Adapter User's Guide
Connecting to the WLAN
Before you continue, make sure that you have:
Reviewed
About Wireless Technology and LANs on page 43
basic overview of WLANs.
Installed the Wireless PCI Adapter. See
Installed the device driver. See
Installed the Adaptec Wireless Utility. See
Disabled Zero Configuration (Windows XP users only). See
page
22.
Adaptec Wireless products are preset to work together on a
WLAN. If you are using only Adaptec Wireless products on your
WLAN, you do not need to change the default settings on your
Wireless PCI Adapter. You have completed the Installation Task
List. See
Checking Your Network Connection on page 31
information on using your Wireless PCI Adapter.
If you have any non-Adaptec brand Wireless products on your
WLAN, or if you have changed the default settings of your other
Adaptec Wireless products, you must adjust the default settings on
your Wireless PCI Adapter to allow it to connect to your WLAN.
For your Wireless PCI Adapter to connect to your WLAN, these
specific settings must be identical with those of every other
Wireless device on your WLAN:
Operating Mode (in Ad-hoc mode only)
Wireless Network ID (SSID)
Channel
Encryption Settings
Security Authentication
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