Installing The Wireless Client; Requirements - 3Com 6000 User Manual

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Requirements

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NSTALLING THE
Installing a wireless client consists of inserting the 3Com Wireless LAN PC Card
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with XJACK Antenna in your computer and installing the software driver and
utilities. If you have 3Com Administrator Utilities installed on a wireless client, you
can manage access points or run a site survey.
Before you start the installation, make sure that you have the following items:
Computer Notebook PC with a 32-bit CardBus PC Card slot that supports
3.3-volt devices.
Operating System One of the following:
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Web Browser Internet Explorer version 4 required.
Internet Explorer version 5.5 recommended.
You can download Internet Explorer from www.microsoft.com
PC Card 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card with XJACK Antenna
Installation Media One of the following 3Com CDs:
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Requirements
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IRELESS
Windows 95
The 3Com wireless LAN PC Card runs under Windows 95 version B
or higher. If you do not know which version of Windows 95 is
installed on your computer, you can display it as follows:
In the Control Panel, double-click System to display the System
Properties dialog box. Click the General Tab to display the
Windows 95 version information. Version B (also known as OSR 2)
is identified as 4.00.950b.
Windows 98
Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
Windows NT with Service Pack 4 or above (Service Pack 6 or
later recommended)
Windows 2000
3Com End User Utilities CD, which comes with the PC Card and
contains utilities for users.
3Com Administrator Utilities CD, which comes with the 3Com
11 Mbps Wireless LAN access point 6000 and contains utilities for
users and tools for administrators.
The installation program may ask for the operating system
installation media (usually a CD supplied with your computer) or for
a path to the operating system files. If you have other networking
software installed on your computer, the installation program may
ask for its installation media.
If you need to install from diskettes, see "Disk Factory".
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