User's Manual

10 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Adapter User’s Guide
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The oppy disk, le, printout, or written record of network settings that
you created when setting up your wireless network. (If you didn’t set up
the network that you want to join, ask your network administrator for the
settings. If you set up the network, but don’t have a saved copy of your
network settings, see Appendix A, “Locating Your Internet and Network
Settings.”)
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Installation CD for your Windows operating system if your computer is
running Windows Me or Windows 98 SE.
Note You can use the Setup and Network Utility CD that comes with this adapter
to install all current and previous versions of Microsoft Broadband Networking
products. If you have other Microsoft Broadband Networking products on your
network, you do not need to keep multiple copies of this CD and you can discard
earlier versions of this CD.
2. If your computer is running the Windows XP or Windows 2000 operating
system, log on as a member of the Administrator group. If you are not
logged on as an administrator, click Start, click Log Off, and then press
CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Log on again with an administrator’s name and password.
3. If you are setting up an adapter on a computer that is already connected to a
network over Ethernet, disconnect your computer from the network.
Note After you set up the wireless adapter, you can still return to using the
Ethernet connection (instead of the wireless connection) at times if you want to.
For some tasks that you might perform on your network, such as streaming video,
using an Ethernet connection may increase the data transfer rate. However, if you
switch to an Ethernet connection, you will typically not notice an increase in speed
when you access the Internet over your broadband connection.
Step 2: Run the Setup Wizard
1. Insert the Setup CD into your CD drive. If the Setup Wizard does not start
automatically after a few seconds, open My Computer, double-click the CD
icon, and then double-click Setup or Setup.exe.
Note During setup, you may be prompted to restart your computer or insert your
Windows operating system CD. You may also need to specify the location of the
required setup les on the Windows CD. Do this by typing the drive letter of your
CD drive and the appropriate directory (for example, D:\win98).
2. On the rst screen that appears, click Set Up a Product.
The wizard will detect any components that are missing on your computer
and specify which of these components are required for setup and which
are optional.
3. Continue following the instructions in the wizard to install missing components
(as necessary).
4. When the wizard asks whether you are setting up a base station or an adapter,
click Network adapter.
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