Installation guide

Wireless Guide 7

Installing the 802.11a/b/g

Adapter / Driver

Overview

This chapter describes how to install the adapters and drivers for supported

802.11a/b/g wireless cards.

Supported 802.11a/b/g cards include the Atheros AR5001X+ and AR5002X

Chipset Wireless cards, the 8660WD 802.11a/b/g Cardbus Card World Gold,

the 8480WD 802.11a/b/g Cardbus Card World Gold, and the Proxim Orinoco

11 a/b/g/ Combo Card.

 Installing the 802.11a/b/g Adapter for:

 Windows XP on page 7

 Windows 2000 on page 9

 Using the 802.11a/b/g Adapter as a Normal Network Adapter on page 10

 802.11a/b/g Adapter Installation Notes and Issues on page 11

Installing the 802.11a/b/g Adapter

The following sections provide operating system-specific information for

installing supported 802.11a/b/g adapters and drivers.

Windows XP

This section describes how to install a supported 802.11a/b/g adapter and

driver on a Windows XP system.