Determining The Driver And Client Utility Versions; Updating The Driver And Client Utility - Cisco AIR-PCM340 Installation And Configuration Manual

Determining the Driver and Client Utility Versions

Determining the Driver and Client Utility Versions
To determine the driver and client utility versions that your client adapter is currently using on Mac OS
9.x, select Get Info from the File pull-down menu in the Macintosh client utility. The client utility and
driver versions are displayed on the Info screen.
To determine the driver version that your client adapter is currently using on Mac OS X, select About
Aironet Client Utility from the Client Utility pull-down menu on the main menu bar. The client utility
(and driver version) is displayed on the screen.

Updating the Driver and Client Utility

Follow the instructions below to update the version of the client utilities and the client adapter driver for
both the Mac OS 9.x and the Mac OS X operating systems.
Note
Boot up your computer.
Step 1
To obtain the latest software package from the Cisco Web site, follow these steps:
Step 2
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Double-click Cisco WLAN Install to activate the installer.
Step 3
Note
For Mac OS X, when the Authenticate screen appears, enter your password in the Password field. Your
Step 4
Macintosh user name appears in the Name field. Click OK.
Note
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For Mac OS X, you must have administrator privileges to install an updated client utility and
driver.
Use your web browser to access the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/aironet-utils-mac.
Click on the latest software file (MACOSInstallv2x.sit) that supports both the Mac OS 9.x and the
Mac OS X operating systems. The 2x identifies the software package version number.
Read and accept the terms and conditions of the Software License Agreement.
Select the Cisco server from which you wish to download the file.
Save the file to your hard drive then exit the web browser.
Double-click the MACOSInstallv2x.sit file to expand the file.
You should keep the Cisco WLAN Install file. The file may be needed in the future to
possibly uninstall your client utility and driver for a clean install.
To install the client utility on Mac OS X, you must have administrator privileges for the
Macintosh.
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