Setting Basic Wireless Lan Options; Verifying A Successful Installation And Configuration On Mac Os 9.X - Cisco AIR-PCM340 Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Installing the Driver, Client Utility, and Client Adapter

Setting Basic Wireless LAN options

Click Go on the main Finder menu bar and select Applications from the drop down menu.
Step 1
Double click Aironet Client Utility on the Applications screen.
Step 2
Click the Network Type up or down arrows and select one of the following options:
Step 3
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If you selected Computer to Computer, click the Channels up or down arrows and select the desired
Step 4
frequency channel from the drop-down list.
Type your network's (case-sensitive) name (or SSID) in the Network Name dialog box.
Step 5
Click Turn Radio On if the button is visible.
Step 6
If security is needed, refer to the
To verify a successful install, refer to the
OS X" section on page
Note If you ever need to uninstall the client utilities, follow the instructions in the
and Client Utility" section on page

Verifying a Successful Installation and Configuration on Mac OS 9.x

The installation and configuration of your client adapter is successful when your client card is associated
and authenticated to an access point. To verify a successful configuration, perform the following steps:
Double-click the pcm3x0PPC icon in the cisco pcm3x0 folder to open the client utility.
Step 1
If the Aironet Client Utility icon is not in the pcm3x0 folder or the client utility screen does not appear,
verify that your Macintosh is running Mac OS 9.x and reinstall the client utility and driver again. If you
continue to have problems refer to the
When the client utility screen appears, check the status line on the bottom of the screen. The status line
Step 2
should indicate that the radio is associated to an access point, the access point name, and the IP address.
The status line should be similar to: Radio is associated AP:'AP340-3836b7' IP: 10.0.0.1.
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If your computer connects to an access point or to the Cisco Aironet 340 Series Base Station, select
Computer to Access Point.
If your computer connects to another computer in a peer-to-peer (ad hoc) network, select Computer
to Computer.
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Chapter 4, "Security Features."
"Verifying a Successful Installation and Configuration on Mac
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"Obtaining Technical Assistance" section on page
Configuring the Client Adapter
"Removing the Driver
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