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Chapter 5
Atheros Communications, Inc. Windows XP • 5-3
COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL February 2003 • 5-3
ACU Installation and Driver Update
Atheros provides an InstallShield utility to upgrade the NDIS driver, if a
previous release is installed, and to install the Atheros Client Utility (ACU).
For complete information on upgrading your NDIS driver, refer to “ACU
Installation and Driver Update” on page 2-4.
Use the Atheros Client Utility to configure the device driver. For complete
information on configuring the device driver, refer to “Device Configuration”
on page 2-7.
You can also use the InstallShield Updater to uninstall the NDIS driver and
ACU application and remove them from the Device Manager. For complete
information on uninstalling the NDIS driver and ACU application, refer to
“Driver and ACU Uninstallation” on page 2-6.
Windows XP Wireless Network Configuration
Windows XP provides Zero Configuration functionality that automatically
tries to connect the Wireless Adapter to available wireless networks. This
section explains how to set up and manage security configurations using both
the Atheros Client Utility (ACU) and Windows XP Zero Configuration.
For complete information on Zero Configuration, visit the following
Microsoft web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/
prdc_mcc_kqmu.asp