Installing The Driver For Windows 2000 - Cisco Aironet Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter

Installing the Driver for Windows 2000

If your computer's operating system is Windows 2000, follow these steps.
If you are installing the driver from Cisco.com, follow the steps below. If you are installing the driver
Step 1
from the CD that shipped with your client adapter, go to
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Follow the instructions in
Step 2
by operating system and are different for PC cards, PC-Cardbus cards, and PCI cards.
Step 3 After you insert the client adapter into your computer, Windows 2000 automatically detects it and briefly
opens the Found New Hardware window. The Found New Hardware Wizard window opens and indicates
that the wizard will help you to install the driver.
Click Next. Another window opens and asks what you want the wizard to do.
Step 4
Select Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver and
Step 5
click Next.
Click Have Disk.
Step 6
Step 7 Insert the CD that shipped with your client adapter or a floppy disk containing the latest driver into your
computer, unless you are installing the driver from your computer's hard drive.
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Use the computer's web browser to access the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/sw-wireless.shtml
Click the link for Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters.
Perform one of the following:
If you want to ensure compatibility among all three pieces of client adapter software and
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download the software files from a single location, click the bundle that corresponds to your
client adapter's model number (such as CB20A or 350 series). Select the latest bundled file for
Windows 2000 and your specific client adapter type (such as CB or MPI).
If you want to select the client adapter's software files individually, find the section for
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Windows drivers and click the link for Windows 2000. Select the driver file with the greatest
version number for your specific client adapter type (such as CB or MPI).
The drivers for PC, LM, and PCI cards are labeled PCMCIA-LMC-PCI, the drivers for
Note
mini PCI cards are labeled MPI, and the drivers for PC-Cardbus cards are labeled CB.
Read and accept the terms and conditions of the Software License Agreement.
Select the file again to download it.
Save the file to a floppy disk or to your computer's hard drive.
Find the file using Windows Explorer, double-click it, and extract its files to a folder.
Go to Step 2.
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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows
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to insert the client adapter into your computer. The instructions vary
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