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Published February 2008

3Com Wireless 11n
USB Adapter

Quick Installation Guide

3CRUSBN175

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Check the Package Contents

Before you start with the installation, verify that your USB
Adapter package includes the following items:

■ One 3Com Wireless 11n USB Adapter

■ One USB extension cable

■ One 3Com Installation CD-ROM, which contains the driver

for the USB Adapter

■ This 3Com Wireless 11n USB Adapter Quick Installation

Guide

■ One warranty flyer

If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your
3Com network supplier immediately.

Check the Minimum System Requirements

You can install the USB Adapter on any desktop computer
running Microsoft
Vista.

If using Windows 2000, please download the driver and utility
from the 3COM web site.

Your computer must also have, at least, the following:

■ Available USB connector

■ 733 MHz Intel

equivalent)

■ 256 MB of RAM

®

Windows® XP, Windows 2000, or Windows

™

Pentium™ III or Celeron processor (or

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■ 7 MB of free disk space

■ CD-ROM drive

Installing the Wireless USB Adapter

Installing the USB Adapter is a two-step process:

1 Install the USB Adapter driver
2 Plug in the USB Adapter

Install the 3Com Wireless USB Adapter Driver

Your USB Adapter includes a CD that contains the 3Com Wireless
Driver. Running the USB Adapter setup program installs the driver.

To install the 3Com USB Adapter driver:

Windows XP Installation

1 With the computer on and Windows running, insert the 3Com

Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
The 3Com Wireless Utility 11n USB Adapter Installation Manager

setup menu appears.

If the setup menu does not appear, click Start > Run, and then
type

d:\Autorun.exe (where d: is the drive letter assigned to

your CD-ROM drive).

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2 On the setup menu, click Install/Uninstall Wireless Product. The

wizard prepares for installation.

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3 The 3Com End User Software License Agreement appears. Read

the agreement carefully, and then click I accept the terms of the
license agreement to agree to all the terms and conditions. Now
click Next.

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4 When the message InstallShield Wizard Complete appears,

click Finish. You have completed installing the 3Com Wireless
Utility and the USB Adapter driver.

5 On the setup menu, click Exit.

8 Install the 3Com Wireless USB Adapter Driver

Windows Vista Installation

1 With the computer on and Windows running, insert the 3Com

Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
The 3Com Wireless Utility 11n USB Adapter Installation Manager

setup menu appears.

If the setup menu does not appear, click > All Programs >
Accessories > Run, and then type
drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive).

2 On the setup menu, click Install/Uninstall Wireless Product. The

wizard prepares for installation.

d:\setup.exe (where d: is the

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