System Requirements - Cisco AIR-PCI340 Installation And Configuration Manual

System Requirements

System Requirements
In addition to the items shipped with the client adapter, you also need the following items in order to
install and use the adapter:
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Cisco Aironet 340, 350, and CB20A Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows
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One of the following computing devices running Windows 98, 98 SE, NT, 2000, Me, or XP:
– Laptop or notebook computer equipped with a Type II or Type III PC card slot or Cardbus slot
Desktop personal computer equipped with an empty PCI expansion slot
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Handheld or portable device with an embedded LM card
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Laptop or other computing device with an embedded mini PCI card
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Note PC-Cardbus cards are not supported for use with Windows NT.
Note Cisco recommends using a display with a minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels.
All drivers and supporting software (Card and Socket Services) for the PC card slot or
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Cardbus slot must be loaded and configured.
35 MB of free hard disk space (minimum)
A maximum of eight network connections if your computer is running Windows 98 or 98 SE
Windows 98 and 98 SE limit your computer's network connections. If you try to install a
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client adapter when eight network devices (such as a PCMCIA Ethernet card, dial-up
adapter, VPN adapter, docking station Ethernet card, etc.) are already connected to your
computer, the new adapter cannot establish a network connection.
Windows NT Service Pack 6 or greater if your computer is running Windows NT
A Phillips screwdriver (for PCI cards)
Software with WPA support if your wireless network uses host-based EAP authentication with
WPA:
Funk Odyssey Client supplicant version 2.2 (for Windows 2000)
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Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Microsoft support patch 815485 (for Windows XP)
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Meetinghouse AEGIS Client supplicant version 2.1 is also supported for use with Windows
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2000 and XP; however, it was not tested with this client adapter software release.
The Microsoft 802.1X supplicant, if your wireless network uses EAP-TLS, PEAP, or EAP-SIM
authentication
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