Cisco 350, 340 User Manual
Quick Start Guide
CISCO AIRONET WIRELESS LAN ADAPTERS
340 AND 350 SERIES
Access Point
PC with PCI
client adapter
Laptop with
PC card
client adapter
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TAKE OUT WHAT YOU NEED
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INSERT THE CLIENT ADAPTER
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INSTALL THE APPROPRIATE DRIVER
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INSTALL THE CLIENT UTI LITIES
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Take Out What You Need
PCI client
adapter
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Cisco Aironet PC Card Client Adapter or
Cisco Aironet PCI Client Adapter
PC card
client adapter
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Standard 2-dBi dipole antenna (for PCI client adapter)
Cisco Aironet Series Wirel ess LA N Ada pt er s C D
with software and product documentation
If any item is missing or damaged, contact your Cisco representative or reseller for support. Any
remote antenna and its associate d wiring ar e shipped separa tel y.
Additional Requirements
• A computing device equipped with a Type II or T ype III PC card slot or a desktop personal
computer equipped with an empty PCI expansion slot
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Note All drivers and supporting software (card and socket services) for the PC card slot
must be loaded and configured.
• A Phillips screwdriver (for PCI client adapte r)
• Windows NT Service Pack 3 or greater if your computer is running Windows N T
• The following information from your system administrator:
— Your wireless client name
— The protocols necessary to bind to the client adapter
— The case-sensitive service set identifier (SSID) for your radio frequency (RF) network
— If you are not connected to a DHCP server , the IP address, broadcast address (if you
are using Linux), subnet mask, and default gateway address of your computer
— The username and password for your netwo rk accou nt
Insert the Cl ie nt A dapter
Note If you are running Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000 and a Cisco Aironet client adapter was
previously installed on your computer with the 6.10 driver , you must remove this driver before
you can insert your new client adapter and install its more recent driver. Refer to the Cisco
Aironet Wireless LAN Adapters Hardware Installation Guide for information on uninstalling
the 6.10 driver.
Note If you are running Windows 95, you must copy the self-extracting Win95Driver .exe f ile
from the Win95 directory on the CD provided to a floppy disk or a directory on your hard drive
and extract the files before inserting your client adapter. Refer to the Cisco Aironet Wireless
LAN Adapters Hardware Installation Guide for instructions on installing the driver.
Caution These procedures and the physical connections they describe apply generally
to conventional PC card slots and PCI expansion slots. In cases of custom or
nonconventional equipment, be alert to possible differences in PC card slot and PCI
expansion slot configurations.
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Adapter
Before you begin, examine the PC card
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client adapter. One end has a dual-row,
68-pin PC card connector. The card is
keyed so it can be inserted only one way
into the PC card slot.
Note The slot is on the left or right side of
the computer, depending on the model.
Turn on the computer before inserting
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the PC card, unless you are running
Windows NT. For Windows NT, turn
off the computer before inserting the PC
card.
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Insert the PC Card Client
Caution N ev er force th e PC ca r d
into a PC card slot. Forcing it will
damage both the card and the slot.
If the PC card does not insert easily,
remove the card and re-i nse rt it.
Hold the PC card with the Cisco logo
facing up and insert it into the PC card
slot, applying just enough pressure to
make sure it is fully seated.
Proceed to the driver installation
instructions for your operating system.
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