Installing The Card Software; Installing The Documentation; Product Registration And Support - 3Com WL-305 User Manual

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HAPTER OFTWARE
Installing the Card
Software
Installing the
Documentation
Product Registration
and Support
Exhibit 8: User's Manual
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NSTALLATION
4 When prompted to insert the Wireless LAN PC card, insert the card into the
notebook or laptop PC slot as described in "Installing the PC Card" on page 19.
The PCI card installation into a desktop PC is described in "Installing the PCI Card"
on page 23.
The driver installation procedure will guide you through the steps standard for
your operating system. If you are unfamiliar with driver installation procedures,
refer to the Wireless LAN Network Interface Card User Guide for details. You will
be asked to supply CDs or directory path information for the End User Utilities CD
and your operating system software.
As part of the driver installation process, the setup program will install and open
the Network application in the Control Panel.
5 Enter the name of the Wireless LAN Service Area of the wireless network to which
your computer will connect. The name you enter here must match exactly the
name assigned to the access point. Characters, capitalization, and spacing must
be identical.
6 Save the configuration settings and exit by clicking OK.
7 Restart your computer.
When the system reboots, restart the setup program and install any other
components required.
3Com recommends that you install the wireless LAN applications so you can
access the utilities described in the Wireless LAN Network Interface Card User
Guide.
Restart your computer for changes to take effect.
If you are reading this manual from the CD, you may want to install it on your hard disk
using the following procedure:
1 Put the End User Utilities CD in the CD-ROM drive. The Setup program will start
automatically.
If the Setup program does not start, use Start/Run to run the SETUP.EXE program
from CD-ROM drive.
2 Select Documentation.
You can view the manuals from the CD.
3 To install the manuals on your hard disk, select Install User Documentation. Follow
the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
4 Exit the setup program.
You can open the manuals from the Wireless LAN program group.
To register this product with 3Com, go to the following Web page:
http://www.3com.com/productreg/index.html
For support information and pointers to the latest drivers and utilities available for
the Wireless LAN network interface card, go to the following Web page:
http://support.3com.com