Linksys WMP55AG Quick Installation

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A Division of Cisco Systems, Inc.
Package Contents
• Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter
• Setup Wizard CD-ROM
• User Guide on CD-ROM
• Quick Installation
• Registration Card
Dual-Band
5
GHz +
Dual-Band
802.11a
2.4 GHz
Wireless A+G
802.11g
PCI Adapter
Wireless Quick Installation
WMP55AG
Model No.
Set up the Dual-Band Wireless
1
A+G PCI Adapter
IMPORTANT: You must run the
Setup Wizard before inserting the
Adapter into your desktop PC.
A
Insert the Setup Wizard CD-ROM
into your CD-ROM drive. The
Setup Wizard should run
automatically, and the
B
Welcome screen should
appear. If it does not, click the
Start button and choose Run. In
the field that appears, enter
D:\setup.exe (if "D" is the letter of
your CD-ROM drive).
B
To install the Adapter, click the
Install button on the Welcome
screen.
C
After reading the License C
Agreement, click Next.
D
Now, choose a network type.
Click the 5GHz or 2.4GHz radio
button if you will connect to
802.11a, 802.11g and/or
802.11b networks. Click the
5GHz only radio button if you will
connect only to 802.11a
networks. Click the 2.4GHz only
radio button if you will connect
D
only to 802.11g and/or 802.11b
networks. Then, click Next.
E
Choose a wireless network
mode. Click the Infrastructure
Mode radio button if you want
your wireless computers to
network with computers on your
wired network using a wireless
access point. Click the Ad-Hoc
Mode radio button if you want
multiple wireless computers to
E
network directly with each other.
In the SSID field, enter the SSID or
name for your wireless network.
The SSID must be identical for all
devices in the network. Click
Next.
F
If you chose Infrastructure
Mode, go to Step G now.
Select the correct operating
channel for your wireless
F
network, which must match the
channel set on the other
devices in your wireless
network. If you are unsure
about which channel to use,
keep the default setting, Auto.
Then, click Next.
G
If your network doesn't use any
security method, select
Disabled. Then, click Next and
proceed to Step I.
If your network does utilize
security, select the security
method you want to use: WEP ,
WPA-Personal, WPA-Enterprise,
RADIUS, or LEAP . WEP stands for
Wired Equivalent Privacy, and
G
WPA stands for Wi-Fi Protected
Access. WPA is a stronger
security method than WEP .
RADIUS stands for Remote
Authentication Dial-In User
Service, and LEAP stands for
Lightweight Extensible
Authentication Protocol.
H
Proceed to the appropriate
instructions for your security
method. Choose the security
method that is right for your
network. Most networks require
only WEP or WPA - Personal.
WEP
a Select 64-bit, 128-bit, or 152-bit
from the drop-down menu.
(Select 152-bit encryption
when using ONLY a 5GHz/
802.11a network.)
WEP
b Enter your Passphrase in the
Passphrase field, and the WEP
key will be automatically
generated.
To manually enter the WEP key,
leave the Passphrase field
blank and enter the WEP key in
the WEP Key field.
c Click Next, and go to Step I.
WPA - Personal
a Select the encryption method
WPA - Personal
you want to use, TKIP or AES,
from the drop-down menu.
b Enter your Passphrase or Pre-
Shared Key in the Passphrase
field.
c Then click Next and proceed
to Step I.