NETGEAR MA401 Installation Manual

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802.11b Wireless PC Card
Installation Guide
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NETGEAR, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
USA
Phone: 1-888-NETGEAR
E-mail: support@NETGEAR.com
www.NETGEAR.com
Support Information
See Support Information Card for phone numbers.
Internet / World Wide Web
Go to http://www.NETGEAR.com for the NETGEAR Web page.
Defective or damaged merchandise can be returned to your point-of-sale representative.
IMPORTANT!
Please register online. YOU MUST REGISTER TO OBTAIN TECHNICAL SUPPORT. PLEASE
RETAIN PROOF OF PURCHASE and this warranty information. To register your product, get product
support, or to obtain product information and NETGEAR product documentation, direct your Web
browser to the http://www.NETGEAR.com Web page. If you do not have access to the World Wide
Web, you can register your product using the enclosed registration card and mail it to NETGEAR
customer service.
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Introduction
The MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card helps you create a wireless network for sharing your broadband
cable or DLS internet access among multiple PCs in and around your home or office. It is designed for
notebook computers running Microsoft Windows 95B, 98, 2000, NT, Millennium. It is 16-bit PCMCIA
and 32-bit CardBus compatible and works in any available PCMCIA or CardBus slot. Its auto-sensing
capability allows packet tranfer in 11Mbps for maximum throughput, or speed reduction to the lower
1Mbps speed for distance or working in a noisy environmen
START HERE
1. Open the box
M O D E L
and verify its contents
MA 401
4. Configure wireless
parameters .
As a last step, be sure to register your network card at http://www.netgear.com.
1 OPEN BOX AND VERIFY CONTENTS
Make sure you have the following:
Installation Guide and
Support Inforation Card
2 CONNECT NETGEAR TO YOUR ENVIRONMENT
Install the Network Card
The MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card is hot swappable, which means that you can insert it into a note-
book that is either powered on or shut down. You must install the network card before installing the net-
work driver.
Before you proceed with the installation steps, decide on a name for your network and for each PC (each
network must have the same workgroup name and each PC must have a unique computer name.)
Install the Network Driver
This section explains how to install the Windows 98 Network Driver. Other versions of Microsoft
Windows may respond with different dialog boxes, or the dialog boxes may open in a different sequence
than those shown in this guide, but should prompt you for the same information.
Note: You also need to have the Windows 98 CD and the MA401/MA301 Network Card Resource
CD ready to use in the installation process.
Note: If the "Insert Disk" dialog box opens and the "Please insert the disk labeled Windows 98..."
message appears at any time during the installation process, insert the Windows 98 CD and click
"OK." Then follow the next step in the instructions.
Model MA401
Wireless PC Card
February 2001
2. Connect NETGEAR to
your environment
3. Install wireless LAN
configuration utility.
5. Enjoy being connected!
Model MA401
Wireless PC Card
MA401/MA301
Netword Card Resource CD.
1. If you have chosen to install the card with the PC turned off, turn the power on now. The new hard-
ware is found, and the driver is automatically loaded. Click "Next."
2. In the next Add New Hardware Wizard window, select "Search for the best driver for your device
(Recommended)," and then click "Next."
3. Click on "Specify a location" and enter the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive. Insert the
MA401/MA301 Wireless Network Card Resource CD. Click on "Browse"
4. Double-click on the CD-ROM drive letter. Double-click to select the MA401 folder in the CD-ROM.
Click on the WIN98 folder in the MA401 folder, and click on "OK" to continue.
5. When Windows returns back to the original Add New Hardware Wizard window, the Specify a loca-
tion entry field should show "D:\MA401\WIN98". assuming D: is the drive letter for the CD-ROM
drive. Click on "Next".