Step 1: Gather Components, Tools, and Information
1.Check if any of the following special situations apply to you.
If… | Do this first… |
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You haven’t yet set up | Set up your broadband Internet connection and make sure that it |
your broadband Internet | works. The Setup Wizard will look for it and gather all of your Internet |
connection | settings so that you don’t have to locate and enter them manually. |
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You are using this base | Record your current Internet settings. For information about how to |
station to replace an | locate them, see Appendix A, “Locating Your Internet and Network |
existing base station, | Settings.” Do not disconnect your existing network devices until |
gateway, or router | instructed to do so by the Setup Wizard. |
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Your computer currently | Replace the USB cable with the Ethernet cable that came with your |
connects to your | modem. Make sure that your Internet connection is working through |
broadband modem with | the Ethernet cable before proceeding. |
USB cable |
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Your computer is | Log on as a member of the Administrator group on the computer you |
running Windows XP or | will use to set up the base station and on the computer you will use to |
Windows 2000 | set up the adapter. If you are not logged on as an administrator, click |
| Start, click Log Off, and then press CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Log on again |
| with an administrator’s name and password. |
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Your computer is | Disable or uninstall any firewall or Internet connection sharing |
running firewall or | software on your computers. Your base station will replace these |
Internet connection | functions, and the Setup Wizard cannot proceed if they are enabled. |
sharing software |
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You have a | Make sure that you know your user name, password, and service |
Point Protocol over | name. The Setup Wizard will prompt you to enter this information. For |
Ethernet (PPPoE) | information about how to determine your Internet settings, see |
Internet connection | Appendix A, “Locating Your Internet and Network Settings.” |
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2.Take the following items to the computer that is currently connected to your broadband modem. If this computer does not meet the base station setup requirements, you can use any other computer that does. However, you will need to enter your Internet settings manually.
O Setup and Network Utility CD
O Microsoft Wireless Base Station
O Blue Ethernet cable that came with your kit
O Power supply (Use only the AC adapter included in the box.) O Blank floppy disk from your kit
O This User’s Guide
O Installation CD for your Windows operating system if your computer is running Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 98 SE
12Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Notebook Kit User’s Guide