User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- ChapterTitle - 1: Introducing the AirCard®700 Series Wireless Network Cards
- ChapterTitle - 2: The SIM Card and Your Account
- ChapterTitle - 3: Installation on Notebook PCs
- ChapterTitle - 4: Installation on Devices Running Windows CE
- ChapterTitle - 5: Configuring Your Account
- ChapterTitle - 6: Care and Maintenance of Your Network Card
- ChapterTitle - 7: Watcher™ Basics
- ChapterTitle - 8: Technical Specifications
- ChapterTitle - 9: Regulatory and Safety Information
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3: Installation on Notebook PCs
• System requirements
• Installation on
Windows 98, 2000,
and Me
• Installation on
Windows XP
• Installation on
Windows NT
• Setting Internet
Explorer to use the
AirCard
This chapter guides you through the steps necessary to making
the AirCard operational on a notebook PC. The basic steps are:
1. Insert the AirCard CD into your CD-ROM drive and
install Watcher and the Network Adapter Manager.
2. Insert the AirCard into the PC card slot and install the
AirCard driver from the CD.
Note: Do not insert the
AirCard into your PC card slot
before installing the software.
Before you begin the installation process, ensure your PC is
running a supported operating system and meets the
hardware requirements described below.
System requirements
The AirCard wireless network card is supported on:
• Windows 98 SE
• Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4
• Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a and Networking
installed
• Windows Me
• Windows XP (Home and Professional versions) with
Service Pack 1
To install the AirCard, you require these system resources:
Table 3-1: System resource requirements
Card slots 1 Type II PCMCIA (PC Card) slot
Disk drive CD-ROM
I/O resources 1 IRQ, 40 bytes I/O space
Memory 32 MB