User Manual

Installation for Windows
Setting the WaveLAN Parameters
WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo 11 Mb PC Card 3-13
Setting the WaveLAN Parameters 3
When you confirm the Windows Network Identification parameters,
Windows will open the parameter window for your WaveLAN
adapter as pictured in Figure 3-5.
On computers running the Windows NT operating system, you will
see additional tab labeled “Adapter”, that enables you to verify
and/or modify the factory-set values for the I/O Port address of
your WaveLAN Adapter, and its IRQ value
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1. Enter the values that you wrote down when running the
Windows NT Diagnostics as described on page B-7.
2. Click the “Continue” button, to display the parameter
window for your WaveLAN adapter.
The “WaveLAN Properties” window enables you to specify the
WaveLAN specific parameters, required to connect your computer
to the WaveLAN IEEE 802.11 network system.
Which Parameters Do You Need? 3
When connecting your station to an IEEE 802.11 wireless network
infrastructure, you will only need to set the following parameters:
■ WaveLAN Network Name
■ Station Name
In this Quick Installation Guide these parameters are described as
the “Basic WaveLAN Parameters”.
Looking at the WaveLAN Parameter window, you will also see a
set of Advanced WaveLAN Parameters, and “Power
1 For computers running the Windows 95 or Windows 98 operating system,
you do not need to set these parameters. On these systems, the allocation
of these device settings is controlled via the “Plug & Play” mechanism.