Uniden PCW300 User Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome....................................................................................1
Features .................................................................................1
Installation of the PC Card to your Laptop Computer..........2
Hardware Installation ..............................................................2
Driver Installation.....................................................................3
Windows 98SE Driver Installation..........................................3
Windows ME Driver Installation..............................................7
Windows 2000 Driver Installation.........................................10
Windows XP Driver Installation ............................................14
Configuration Utility...............................................................17
Using the Configuration Utility..............................................18
Status................................................................................18
Configuration.....................................................................20
Security.............................................................................23
Site Survey........................................................................24
Profile................................................................................25
Statistics............................................................................26
About.................................................................................27
The Configuration Utility for Windows XP............................28
Specifications.........................................................................30
Legal Notice............................................................................31
IC Notice..................................................................................31
FCC Information.....................................................................31
Precautions! ...........................................................................33
One Year Limited Warranty ...................................................36
Appendix: Glossary...............................................................38
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Welcome
Congratulations on your purchase of the
PCW300 802.11b PCMCIA Card. This PC card is designed
and engineered to exacting standards for reliability, long life
and outstanding performance.
Features
§ 11 Mbps High-Speed Transfer Rate
§ Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b(DSSS)
2.4GHz-compliant equipment
§ Plug-and Play operation provides easy setup.
§ Advanced Power Management feature conserves valuable
notebook PC battery life.
§ Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum compatible to prevent
lost connections
§ Rugged metal design with integrated antenna
§ Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 64/128-bit data
encryption
§ Driver supports Windows 98SE, Millennium, 2000 and XP
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and Your Gateway To The Evolution are a trademarks of Uniden America Corporation.
Windows® 98/2000, Millennium, and XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft® in the United States and/or other countries.
Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Information is subject to change without notice.
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Installation of the PC Card to your
Laptop Computer
Hardware Installation
§ Turn Off your laptop computer.
§ Locate an available PC Cardbus slot on your laptop
computer.
§ With the PCMCIA adapter’s 68-pin connector facing the
PCMCIA slot and the “Wireless Network PC Card” label
facing up, slide the PCMCIA adapter firmly into the
PCMCIA slot.
§ The hardware installation is completed.
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Driver Installation
Windows 98SE Driver Installation
1. Turn On your laptop computer and insert the CD into your
CD-ROM drive, if you have not done so already.
Windows 98 automatically recognizes a new PCW300
802.11b PCMCIA Card. Click the Next button to
continue.
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2. Select “Search for the best driver for your device” and
click the Next button to continue.
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NETR8180.INF
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3. Make sure “Specify a location” is selected and click the
Browse button. At this point, Windows will ask you to
browse for the folder. Simply select the CD-ROM drive in
which the driver is located, click on the NETR8180.INF
folder and click the OK button or you can type in
“E:\NETR8180.INF”
(where “E” represents the letter of your CD-ROM drive.)
Click the Next button to continue.
4. Windows is now ready to install the driver. Click the Next
button to continue.
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5. Windows has completed installing the driver. Click the
Finish button to continue.
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6. To finish installing the PC card, you must restart your
laptop computer. Click the Yes button to restart your
laptop computer.
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NETR8180.INF
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Windows ME Driver Installation
1. Turn On your laptop computer and insert the CD into your
CD-ROM drive, if you have not done so already.
Windows automatically recognizes a new PCW300
802.11b PCMCIA Card. Select “Automatic search for a
better driver”. Click the Next button to continue.
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2. Make sure “Specify a location” is selected and click the
Browse button. At this point, Windows will ask you to
browse for the folder. Simply select the CD-ROM drive in
which the driver is located, click on the NETR8180.INF
folder and click the OK button or you can type in
“E:\NETR8180.INF”
(where “E” represents the letter of your CD-ROM drive.)
Click the Next button to continue.
3. Windows is now ready to install the driver. Click the Next
button to continue.
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4. Windows has completed installing the driver. Click the
Finish button to continue.
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5. To finish installing the PC card, you must restart your
laptop computer. Click the Yes button to restart your
laptop computer.
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Windows 2000 Driver Installation
1. Turn On your laptop computer and insert the CD into your
CD-ROM drive, if you have done so already.
Windows 2000 automatically recognizes the new
hardware. Click the Next button to continue.
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NETR8180.INF
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2. Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device” and
click the Next button to continue.
3. Select “Specify a location”. Click the Next button to
continue.
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4. Select the CD-ROM drive in which the driver is located or
type in “E:\NETR8180.INF” (where “E” represents the
letter of your CD-ROM drive), click on the NETR8180.INF
folder and click the OK button.
5. Windows will search for the driver. Once the driver is
located, the following screen will appear. Click the Next
button to continue.
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6. The Digital Signature Not Found screen is a notification
by Windows 2000. However, this does not mean that
there is a problem. The PCW300 has been tested
extensively and has been found to work with Windows
2000. Click the Yes button to continue.
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Windows XP Driver Installation
1. Turn On your laptop computer and insert the CD into your
CD-ROM drive, if you have not done so already.
Windows XP will automatically recognize a new PCW300
Wireless 802.11b PCMCIA Card. Select “Install the
software automatically”. Click the Next button to
continue.
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2. Windows will notify you that it has not passed Windows
Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP.
This does not mean there is a problem. The PCW300
has been tested extensively and has been found to work
with Windows XP. Click the Continue Anyway button.
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3. Windows has completed installing the driver. Click the
Finish button to continue.
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