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Wireless-B PCI Adapter

Instant Wireless

Series

3. The Setup Wizard will ask you to choose a wireless mode, as shown in

Figure 5-3. Click the Infrastructure Mode radio button if you want your

wireless computers to network with computers on your wired network using

a wireless access point. Click the Ad-Hoc Mode radio button if you want

multiple wireless computers to network directly with each other. Do not use

the Ad-Hoc mode if you want your wireless computers to communicate with

computers on your wired network.

In the SSID field, enter the SSID of your wireless network. The SSID must

be identical for all devices in the network. The default setting is linksys (all

lowercase). Click the Next button.

Figure 5-3

• Install - Click the Install button to begin the software installation process.

• User Guide - Click the User Guide button to open the PDF file of this User

Guide.

• Exit - Click the Exit button to exit the Setup Wizard.

1. To install the Adapter, click the Install button on the Welcome screen.

2. After reading the License Agreement, shown in Figure 5-2, click the Next

button if you agree, or click the Cancel button to end the installation.

Figure 5-2

Summary of content (7 pages)

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Instant Wireless® Series • Install - Click the Install button to begin the software installation process. • User Guide - Click the User Guide button to open the PDF file of this User Guide. • Exit - Click the Exit button to exit the Setup Wizard. 1. To install the Adapter, click the Install button on the Welcome screen. 2. After reading the License Agreement, shown in Figure 5-2, click the Next button if you agree, or click the Cancel button to end the installation. Wireless-B PCI Adapter 3.
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Instant Wireless® Series 4. If you chose Infrastructure Mode, go to Step 5 now. If you chose Ad-Hoc Mode, , as shown in Figure 5-4, select the correct operating channel for your network. The channel you choose should match the channel set on the other devices in your wireless network. Click the Next button, and go to Step 5. Figure 5-4 5. The screen shown in Figure 5-5 will ask you to review your settings before it starts to copy files.
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Instant Wireless® Series Chapter 6: Hardware Installation for Windows 98SE, Me, and 2000 Wireless-B PCI Adapter 5. Attach the external antenna to the Adapter’s antenna port, as shown in Figure 6-2. Make sure that you do Chapter 5 and install the software with the Setup Wizard before you install the hardware. 1. Remove any CDs or disks from their drives, and turn off your desktop PC. 2. Open your PC’s case, and locate an available PCI slot on the motherboard.
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Instant Wireless® Series Chapter 7: Using the WLAN Monitor for Windows 98SE, Me, and 2000 Wireless-B PCI Adapter Link Information The Link Information screen (Figure 7-3) shows you the settings of your current connection. Overview Use the WLAN Monitor to check the link information, search for available wireless networks, or make additional configuration changes. Starting the WLAN Monitor Important for Windows XP users: Windows XP has a built-in configuration tool.
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Instant Wireless® Series Site Survey The Site Survey screen, shown in Figure 7-4, displays a list of infrastructure and ad-hoc networks available for connection. Wireless-B PCI Adapter Connect - To connect to one of the networks on the list, select the wireless network, and click the Connect button to connect. If the wireless network has WEP encryption enabled, you will see the screen shown in Figure 7-5. Figure 7-5 Figure 7-4 SSID - The SSID of the wireless network.
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Instant Wireless® Series Profiles Wireless-B PCI Adapter • Import - Click the Import button to import a profile that has been saved in another location. Select the appropriate file, and click the Open button. The Profiles screen lets you save different configuration profiles for different network setups. You can also import or export profiles. The default profile holds the initial configuration saved when you installed the Adapter.
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Instant Wireless® Series Creating a New Profile 1. On the Profiles screen, shown in Figure 7-6, click the New button to create a new profile. 2. When the Create connection profile screen appears (Figure 7-9), enter a name for the new profile. Click OK to save the profile name or click Cancel to return to the previous screen. Wireless-B PCI Adapter 4. The Wireless Channel screen (Figure 7-11) will appear. If you chose Infrastructure Mode, go to Step 5 now.