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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows

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Chapter 2 Preparing for Installation

System Requirements

In addition to the items shipped with the client adapter, you also need the following in order to install

and use the adapter:

• One of the following computing devices running Windows 98, 98 SE, NT, 2000, Me, or XP:

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Laptop, notebook, or portable or handheld device equipped with a Type II or Type III PC card

slot or Cardbus slot

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Desktop personal computer equipped with an empty PCI expansion slot

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Handheld or portable device with an embedded LM card

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Laptop or other computing device with an embedded mini PCI card

Note PC-Cardbus cards are not supported for use with Windows NT.

Note Cisco recommends using a display with a minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels.

Note All drivers and supporting software (Card and Socket Services) for the PC card slot or

Cardbus slot must be loaded and configured.

• 35 MB of free hard disk space (minimum)

• A maximum of eight network connections if your computer is running Windows 98 or 98 SE

Note Windows 98 and 98 SE limit your computer’s network connections. If you try to install a

client adapter when eight network devices (such as a PCMCIA Ethernet card, dial-up

adapter, VPN adapter, docking station Ethernet card, etc.) are already connected to your

computer, the new adapter cannot establish a network connection.

• Windows NT Service Pack 6 or greater if your computer is running Windows NT

• A Phillips screwdriver (for PCI cards)

• The Microsoft 802.1X supplicant, if your wireless network uses EAP-TLS, PEAP, or EAP-SIM

authentication

• If your wireless network uses PEAP authentication with a One-Time Password (OTP) user database:

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SofToken version 1.3, 2.0, or greater from Secure Computing; SecurID version 2.5 from RSA;

or hardware token from OTP vendors

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Your software token PIN or hardware token password