AT&T 6700B4X Quick Start Manual

Copyright © 2003 Advanced American Telephones.All Rights Reserved.
AT&T and the Globe Design are trademarks of AT&T Corp., licensed to Advanced
American Telephones.All marks are trademarks of their respective corporations.

Plug&Share

™

Wireless Notebook Adapter
22 Mbps Turbo 802.11b

6700B4X

Quick Start Guide

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Package Contents

System Requirements:

You must have a notebook computer with the following applications & hardware:

• Windows®98 SE, Me, 2000 or XP

• Type II PCMCIA card slot

• Intel®Pentium II (or higher)

• 64 MB of RAM

• CD-ROM drive

• 5 MB of available hard-disk space (60 MB to load Adobe®Acrobat®Reader®)

• AT&T Plug&Share™Wireless Router (or other 802.11b or g compliant router or access point)

Plug&Share

™

Wireless Notebook Adapter
22Mbps Turbo 802.11b

CD-ROM

Contains installation software, User
Manual, Quick Start Guide and Safety
& Warranty Information.

Quick
Start Guide

Safety &
Warranty
Information

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STEP 1: Install the Driver and Configuration Utility

1 Do NOT install adapter first. Insert the enclosed CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

2 Your CD auto-run function may start automatically. If it does not, click on the Start button. Click Run and enter D:\autorun. (If

your CD-ROM drive is not your D drive, use the appropriate drive letter.)

3 When the adapter menu screen appears, click on Install Software from the menu on the left side of the screen.

4 The InstallShield Wizard will appear.

5 Different versions of Windows

®

will present different screens. Press Next at each screen until the Wizard driver

installation has completed.

6 Some versions will present a screen that asks about restarting your computer.

Choose Yes, I will restart my computer now.

7 Click Finish, if necessary.

Proceed to Step 2 below only after the software
has been correctly installed.

STEP 2: Insert the Notebook Adapter

With the card label up, insert the card into the
notebook computer PCMCIA slot.

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STEP 3: Recognize the Hardware

Depending on the Windows®operating system version running on your computer, one of several screens may appear to inform you
that the computer recognizes new hardware. Choose to install the software automatically and click Next.

Depending on your Windows®version, you may see a Hardware Alert message or a Digital Signature Not Found message. Click
Continue Anyway or Ye s to complete the installation.

Depending on your Windows

®

version, you may have to restart your computer to complete the installation. If a Windows®message

prompts you to restart your computer, do so.

Finally, some versions may display the message Systems Settings Change

. Click Yes .

Check the indicator lights to verify that the adapter is working:

• PWR: The Power light stays on to show that the adapter is correctly inserted and receiving power.

• TX/RX: After the notebook adapter is inserted, the TX/RX Link Activity light will blink when there is traffic flow on the network.

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STEP 4: Configure the notebook adapter for your wireless network

To configure the notebook adapter for communication with your wireless network, use the
Configuration Wizard. To start the Configuration Wizard, double-click on the Utility icon (four
vertical bars) next to your computer’s time display.

Enter up to 32
letters or numbers

Wizard screen 1

SSID: Enter the SSID (Service Set Identifier) used by your

wireless router or access point.The default SSID is at&t

.You
should change this to another name.The SSID is case sensitive
(i.e.,“cat” and “Cat” are not the same). All wireless adapters on
your network must use the same SSID as your wireless router
and/or access point

.

WEP: WEP is a form of encryption. If you click On to enable
encryption in your wireless adapter, you must turn on WEP in
your router, and make sure all devices use the same settings.

Click Apply to save your settings and display Wizard screen 2
(see next page).

CAUTION: SSID and all WEP settings must be identi­cal in all wireless network devices. WEP

Ascii/Hex Key
must match the WEP settings used in your router (may
be called Security Phrase

, Hex Key or other term).

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Wizard screen 2

This screen shows the status of your network connection.

Your adapter should have found the network associated with
the SSID you entered, and automatically set the channel to
agree with your wireless router and/or access point.If you see
Pass

in the top two fields on this screen, you are ready to
close this window and begin using your wireless network.Test
this by visiting the Internet (see next page).

You can view or change the adapter setting from the other
screens. Just click on the tabs in the blue menu bar at the top
of this screen.

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Test Internet Access

To test Internet access, launch your web browser and enter:

www.plugandshare.att.com

When you press Enter, the AT&T Plug&Share™screen should
appear. If it does not, see the Troubleshooting section in your
User Manual (on CD-ROM).

Problems?

If this screen does not appear when you test Internet access,
or if you see the word Fail in either of the top two fields of
the Wizard screen shown on page 6, please see the
Troubleshooting section in your User Manual (on
CD-ROM).

See User Manual for more information

To make full use of your new wireless adapter, please see the
User Manual on the enclosed CD-ROM.The manual will
explain how to customize settings, share files and printers, and
share your Internet connection.

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Copyright © 2003 Advanced American Telephones.All Rights Reserved.
AT&T and the Globe Design are trademarks of AT&T Corp., licensed to Advanced
American Telephones.All marks are trademarks of their respective corporations.
Issue 1.7 AT&T 10/17/03

Questions?

Call 1-877-800-5400

or visit

www.plugandshare.att.com

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