User's Manual

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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION 4
1.1 THE WLAN 802.11G CARDBUS ..............................................................................4
1.2 FEATURES ................................................................................................................4
1.3 KIT CONTENTS ........................................................................................................5
1.4 THE CARDBUS LEDS...............................................................................................5
2. PLANNING YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK 6
2.1 NETWORK TOPOLOGY.............................................................................................6
2.2 AD-HOC VERSUS INFRASTRUCTURE MODE ............................................................6
3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION 8
3.1 SETUP WIZARD INSTALLATION .......................................................................8
3.2 ADDITIONAL SETUP PROCESSES............................................................................ 11
3.3 DISABLE WINDOWS XP ZERO-CONFIGURATION .................................................12
3.4 UNINSTALLATION...................................................................................................13
4. USING THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY 15
4.1 O
VERVIEW .............................................................................................................15
4.2 ACCESSING THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY..........................................................15
4.3 CONFIGURE PROFILE ............................................................................................17
4.4 SITE SURVEY..........................................................................................................19
APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING 20
APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY 24
APPENDIX C: SPECIFICATION 29