User's Manual

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2. Check Search for the best drivers for my device, and
click Next.
3. Check CD-ROM drive; or check Specify a location,
click the Browse button, and browse to the location of
your CD-ROM drive.
4. Insert the Microsoft Wireless Home Networking setup
CD in your CD-ROM drive, and click Next.
5. After the New Hardware Wizard has located and
loaded your adapter driver, click Finish to exit the
wizard.
To set up an adapter through Windows Plug and Play on a
Windows Me computer
6. [procedure to come]
Connecting a Microsoft Wireless Home Networking
Router Wirelessly by Using a USB or PC Card Adapter
You can connect a Microsoft Wireless Home Networking
Router wirelessly if none of your computers can be
conveniently located near the modem and router, or if you
want all of your computers to be mobile. You can also
connect the router wirelessly if none of your computers
have Ethernet connections, but one computer is currently
connected through USB to a broadband modem that has
USB and Ethernet connections.
To set up the router wirelessly, you can install a USB or
PC Card adapter on the computer that was originally
connected to the modem, and then configure the router
through this adapter. For complete instructions, refer to the
User's Guide for the Microsoft Wireless Home Networking
Router.
Setting Up a Wireless Network with Two or More
Adapters and No Router
You can set up a wireless network by connecting a
wireless adapter to each computer without using a router.
You might want to do this if you have no Internet
connection, or if you want to share your Internet
connection through a Windows XP computer. Keep in mind
that connecting to the Internet through a router provides
greater security and connectivity than connecting through a
computer. If you use your Windows XP computer for your