Diagnosing The Ibm 11A/B/G Wireless Lan Mini Pci Adapter On Thinkpad X31, T40/T40P And R40; Enabling Extended Channel Mode - IBM 11a User Manual

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Installing the Configuration Utility
To install the Configuration Utility in Windows 98, do the following:
1. Management Instrumentation (WMI) must be installed on your computer. If
2. Click Start; then select Run.
3. Specify SETUP.EXE with the full path (x:\DRIVERS\WLLANPHL\SETUP.EXE, where
To install the Configuration Utility in Windows NT, do the following:
1. Click Start; then select Run.
2. Specify SETUP.EXE with the full path (x:\DRIVERS\WLLANPHL\SETUP.EXE, where
For customers using Windows 2000 or Windows XP
If Access Connections loaded onto your computer is not version 2.7 or later, or
your computer does not have Access Connections, you need to install Access
Connections from the following subdirectory on the installation CD:
x:\ACCON\US\ (for US version)
x:\ACCON\JP\ (for Japanese version)
where x is the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive.
For installation instructions, please refer to README.TXT file in the same
directory. To open the README.TXT file, Click Start, then select Run, and specify
full path name to README.TXT file.
Diagnosing the IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter on
ThinkPad X31, T40/T40p and R40
The diagnostics in the IBM Predesktop Area does not support IBM 11a/b/g
Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter. To test IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI
Adapter, don't use Run Diagnostics or Create diagnostic disks in IBM Predesktop
Area menu. Rather, go to www.pc.ibm.com/support on the World wide web and
download and use the latest version (2.0.1250 or later) of PC-Doctor for DOS.

Enabling Extended Channel Mode

The statement below regarding the extended channel mode is applicable when the
system supports this function. To check the support of this function, please see the
property of the installed wireless card by referring to the extended channel mode
enablement instruction.
In countries other than the United States and Canada, you may be allowed to use
extra IEEE 802.11b channels. If you cannot connect to an Access Point, contact your
system administrator or check your Access Point to find out which channel is
being used. If the number of the channel is 12 or greater, enable "Extended
Channel Mode" by the following procedure:
your ThinkPad computer does not have the WMI, download it from the
Microsoft Web site and install it first.
x is the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive), and follow the instructions on the
screen.
x is the drive letter your CD-ROM drive), and follow the instructions on the
screen.
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