Microsoft MN-500 manual Setup

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Using the Setup Wizard

This chapter will guide you through the setup process for your Microsoft® Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station. The procedures described in the Typical Setup section of this chapter will help you set up your base station by using the wizard on the Setup CD. Typical Setup is recommended because the Setup Wizard identifies and configures a variety of Internet and wireless network settings.

To use the Typical Setup steps, you will need:

OA computer that has an Ethernet port and is running Microsoft Windows® XP, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, or Windows 98 SE operating system.

OAn external broadband modem with an Ethernet port.

You should not use the Typical Setup steps if any of the following apply to you.

OYou want to set up the base station from a Windows 2000–based computer. See Chapter 3.

OYou don’t have a computer with an Ethernet port. See “Setting Up the Base Station Wirelessly” later in this chapter.

OYou want to set up the base station from a computer that isn’t running Windows. See Chapter 3.

OYou don’t want to run the Setup Wizard to set up the base station. See Chapter 3.

OYou have an existing network with a base station, gateway, or router, and want to use this base station as an access point. See the MN-500: Base Station Configuration Guide on the Setup CD.