User manual

After completing the “WiFi Chipset Selection” screen, there are one of two

paths the user will follow towards completing the WhirlWind Platinum setup

process:

Selection of a single chipset to be used:

See section “WiFi Device Selection (Platinum Version)”

Selection of MultiChipsets (experimental):

See section “WiFi MultiChipset Selection (Platinum Version)”

This section is introduced first due to the “WiFi Device Selection” being

part of both paths.

WiFi MultiChipset Selection (Platinum Version):

CAUTION: This is an experimental area of WhirlWind. It has been added to

allow users to try various cards/chipsets at the same time. It has been

observed that the system may lock-up during configuration of the cards, though

rarely, depending on the system used and the chipsets within the wireless

cards. If WhirlWind locks-up, please reboot the system, contact Futures with

the chipset combination being attempted, and stop use of the chipset

combination at this time.

This section discusses the screen presented to the user after selection of

“MultiChipsets” has been made. See Figure 12. This screen shows a list of

wireless chipsets on the left side and the number of respective cards attached

to the system on the right side. Each chipset may be enabled/disabled by the

user. All chipsets are enabled by default. Chipsets may be selected by the

user pressing the <up arrow> and <down arrow> keys to highlight the chipset

and enabling/disabling by pressing the <space bar>.