User's Manual

Installation on Notebook PCs
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9. Click Close to close the Network window and open the
Microsoft TCP/IP Properties window.
10. Select Sierra Wireless AirCard GPRS Adapter in the Adapter
field and select
Obtain an IP address from a DHCP Server
radio button.
11. Click Yes to confirm that DHCP is to be used.
12. Click OK to close the TCP/IP Properties window.
13. Click No if prompted to restart your PC. (You must restart
your PC after the modem driver installation.)
On completion of this step, the network card driver is installed
and you can proceed to install the modem driver. Follow the
instructions in the next section.
Installing the modem driver
1. In the Control Panel, double click the Modems icon. If the
Install New Modem wizard opens, skip to Step 3.
Otherwise, proceed to Step 2.
2. Click the Add button to open the Install New Modem
wizard.
3. Select Don’t detect my modem, I will select it from a list and click
Next.
4. Select the Have Disk button.
5. Enter d:\Drivers\WinNT\ where d is the drive letter for your
CD-ROM drive and click
OK.
6. Verify that Sierra Wireless AirCard GPRS Modem or Sierra
Wireless AirCard EDGE Modem
is displayed and click Next.
7. Select the Selected Ports radio button and select the same
communications port used for the network card driver
(COM 4 unless you changed it). Click
Next.
8. Click Finish.
9. Click Close to close the Network Properties window.
Note: You must restart your PC
to complete the installation.
10. If you are prompted to restart your PC, click Yes.
Otherwise restart your PC from the Start menu.
11. When the PC restarts, re-install your Service Pack.
On completion of this step, the modem driver is installed and
you can proceed to configure the AirCard to use your account
(if it was not preactivated). See the section “Account Configu-
ration Procedures” on page 35.