Wistron NeWeb 2414 Users Manual

2. Quick Start Guide

If you are familiar with computer networking, this Quick Start Guide is the fastest way for you to establish your wireless network.

If you need more information than this Quick Start Guide can provide you, the next chapter, Step-by-Step Installation Guide, will run you through the necessary steps.

Insert the CD provided into your CD ROM drive and it will automatically start the setup program.

Follow the installation wizard to complete the software installation process; restart your notebook when the process is finished.

Insert the IEEE802.11b WLAN PC Card into the PCMCIA slot of your notebook after restarting the notebook.

The operating system will detect the IEEE802.11b WLAN PC Card and install the proper drivers automatically.

You may check the status by the following procedures:

My Computer#Control Panel#System#Device Manager#Network Adapters

Double click the WLAN icon on the desktop after the installation, and you will find a small icon in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

This icon indicates the communication status: if it is green, it means well connected— please go on to step 8; if it is red, it means connection failed— please go on to step 7.

Double click the status icon and then click “LAN Status” tab. Please push the “rescan” button and then return to the main screen. If the status turns green, then go on to step

8. If it remains red, please repeat the installation process from step 1.

Double click the status icon and then select the “Setting” tab. Please choose “Infrastructure” mode and type a name in the SSID column (This SSID should be the same as the network ID of your Access point). Or, if you would like to connect with other stations without an Access Point, please select “802.11 Ad Hoc” mode or “Ad-Hoc” mode (we recommend “802.11 Ad Hoc” for compatibility with all IEEE802.11 protocol compliant products).

Click “Apply” and enjoy surfing the Internet.

3. Step-by-Step Installation Guide

3.1 Over View

This chapter introduces you to a step-by-step process in installing your IEEE802.11b WLAN PC Card and its driver.

To establish your wireless network connection, the following steps should be executed.

A. Install the software by using the installation CD. (See 3.2) B. Install (insert) the wireless LAN card. (See 3.3) C. Set basic parameters. (See 3.4) D. Install the required network protocols to communicate with your

network—mainly, the TCP/IP protocol and NetBEUI Protocol.

As this product is designed to run under Microsoft Windows compatible operation systems*, it is recommended that people who are familiar with the installation procedures for network operating systems under Microsoft Windows operate the installation process.

*Compatible Microsoft Windows operation systems include Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows NT4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later and Windows 2000.

3.2 Install the IEEE802.11b WLAN Utility/ Driver

Please install the IEEE802.11b WLAN Utility/Driver first before

inserting the IEEE802.11b WLAN PCMCIA Card.

Insert the IEEE802.11b WLAN installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The setup program will then automatically start. You can select the following applications you want to install.

A. Install IEEE802.11b Driver and Utility B. Browse User Manual

Make sure you have selected “Install IEEE802.11b Driv er and Utility”; then click “Next”.

1. When the “Welcome” screen appears click on ”Next”.

2. Please carefully read the “Software License Agreement“. If you accept the contract, click “Yes“ to move to the next screen. If not, click “No“ to exit.

3. The default destination folder is displayed in the setup dialog box. To change the default folder you can click “Browse” to set the destination folder. Click “Next” to go to the next screen.

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