User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- ChapterTitle - 1: Introducing the AirCard800 Series Wireless Network Cards
- ChapterTitle - 2: The SIM Card and Your Account
- ChapterTitle - 3: Software and Driver Installation
- ChapterTitle - 4: Configuring Your Account
- ChapterTitle - 5: Care and Maintenance of Your Network Card
- ChapterTitle - 6: Watcher™ Basics
- ChapterTitle - 7: Technical Specifications
- ChapterTitle - 8: Regulatory and Safety Information
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3: Software and Driver Installation
• System requirements
• Installation on
Windows 98, 2000,
Me, and XP
• Setting Internet
Explorer to use the
AirCard
System requirements
The AirCard wireless network card is supported on:
• Windows 98 SE
• Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4
• Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a and Networking
installed
• Windows Me
• Windows XP (Home and Professional versions) with
Service Pack 1
Note: The installation CD and this guide provide the software and
instructions for installing on Windows 98 SE, 2000, Me, and XP. For
Windows NT 4.0 software and instructions, see the Sierra Wireless
web site, www.sierrawireless.com.
To install the AirCard, you require these system resources:
Installation on Windows 98,
2000, Me, and XP
Note: Users of Windows 2000
must be logged in with adminis-
trative privileges. Users of
Windows XP may require admin-
istrative privileges.
Note: If you are running Windows 98 SE, Me, or 2000, Windows
Installer Redistributable 2.0 must be installed. This is available on the
Microsoft website, www.microsoft.com.
Table 3-1: System resource requirements
Card slots 1 Type II PCMCIA (PC Card) slot
Disk drive CD-ROM
I/O resources 1 IRQ, 40 bytes I/O space
Memory 32 MB