Abocom WB2500 User Manual

802.11b Wireless

CardBus PC Card

Quick Installation

M73-APO01-630

INSTALLATION

Caution: Do not insert the Wireless PC Card

into your computer until the procedures in
“Install the Driver & Utility” has been
performed.

Install the Device

1. Locate the CardBus slot of your system.

2. Align the Wireless PC Card in the CardBus
slot. Push evenly and slowly until it is seated.

3. Once the device has been connected to your
computer, Windows will detect the new
hardware and then automatically copy all of
the files needed for networking.

Install the Driver

In Windows 98

1. In Add New Hardware Wizard, click Next.

2. Select Search for the best driver for your

device (Recommended). Click Next.

3. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the

CD-ROM drive. Select Specify a location:
and click Browse to provide the appropriate
path (e.g. D:\WIN98). Click Next.

4. Click Next, Windows will copy all the

necessary files to your system.

5. If you are asked to insert Windows 98

CD-ROM, please do so. Click OK.

6. Click Finish to complete the installation.

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7. When Windows prompts you to restart your

computer, click Yes.

In Windows ME

1. Select Specify the location of the driver
(Advanced), click Next.

2. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive. Select Search for the best
driver for your device (Recommended) and
click Browse to provide the appropriate path
(e.g. D:\WINME.) Click Next.

3. Click Next, Windows will copy all the
necessary files to your system.

4. Click Finish to complete the installation.

5. When Windows prompts you to restart your
computer, click Yes.

In Windows 2000

1. In Found New Hardware Wizard, click

Next.

2. In Install Hardware Device Drivers, select

Search for a suitable driver for my device
(recommended), click Next.

3. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the

CD-ROM drive. Select Specify a location,
click Next.

4. Click Browse to provide the appropriate path

(e.g. D:\WIN2000). Click OK.

5. Click Next, Windows will copy all the

necessary files to your system.

6. In Digital Signature Not Found window,

click Yes to continue.

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Click Finish to complete the installation.

In Windows XP

1. Select Install from a list or specific location

(Advanced) and click Next.

2. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the

CD-ROM drive. Select Include this location
in the search: and click Browse to provide
the appropriate path (e.g. D:\WINXP). Click
Next.

3. Click Continue Anyway to proceed.

Windows will copy all the necessary files to
your system.

4. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Verify

To verify if the device exists in your computer
and is enabled, go to Start

Settings

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Control Panel  System ( Hardware) 
Device Manager. Expand the Network adapters
category. If the 802.11b Wireless LAN CardBus
(Mini-) PCI NIC is listed here, it means that

your device is properly installed and enabled.

Install the Utility

1. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the

CD-ROM drive. Double click on Setup.exe
to install the Wireless LAN Utility.

2. When the Welcome screen appears, click

Next to continue.

2. In License Agreement, click Yes to accept

the terms.

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3. Click Finish to complete the installation.

NETWORK CONNECTION

Once the driver has been installed, you must
make some changes to your network settings.

In Windows 98/ME

1. Go to Start  Settings  Control Panel 

Network.

2. Make sure that the following components are

installed.

802.11b Wireless LAN CardBus(Mini-) PCI NIC

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IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol

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NetBEUI

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TCP/IP

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If any components are missing, click on the Add
button to add them in. All the protocols and
clients required and listed above are provided by
Microsoft.

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3. After clicking Add, highlight the component

you need, click Add.

4. Highlight Microsoft, and then double click

on the item you want to add. Click OK.

5. For making your computer visible on the

network, enable the File and Print Sharing.

6. Click the Identification tab. Make up a name

that is unique from the other computers'
names on the network. Type the name of
your workgroup, which should be the same
used by all of the other PCs on the network.

7. Click the Access Control tab. Make sure

that “Share-level access control” is selected.
If connecting to a Netware server, share level
can be set to “User-level access control.”

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