3Com WL-305 warranty Windows NT, Installation with, Networking Installed, Install Utilities

12CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE WIRELESS CLIENT

Set Up the PC Card After the computer restarts, the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Client Setup window opens, in which you specify the PC Card configuration.

1In the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Client Setup window, select Typical and click Next.

Typical configures the PC Card with the following default values: WLAN Service Area—Attach to any WLAN Service Area automatically Security Setting—No security (Open system)

If you want to customize the PC Card configuration, for example, to add security, select Custom. See “Custom Installation Options” on page 16 for details on custom settings. For the fastest installation, it is recommended that you use the typical settings. You can customize the configuration later as described in “Setting the Wireless Client Configuration” on page 23.

2In the Summary window, review the PC Card setup. To install the software utilities, make sure that the Start client software installation when finished box is checked.

If you are reinstalling the PC Card and already have the software utilities installed, this box is unchecked.

3Click Finish to complete the PC Card setup and start the software utilities installation.

The 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Setup program starts.

If you are installing from diskettes, insert Disk 1 and run the setup.exe program to start the software utilities installation.

Install Utilities

1Read the Welcome page and click Next.

2Read the Software License Agreement and click Yes. (If you click No, the installation stops.)

3Select a destination folder for the software files and click Next.

4In the Setup Type window, select the type of installation for the software: Typical—Installs the software and documentation.

Compact—Installs the software, but not documentation. Custom—Allows you to choose the components to install.

5Follow the directions in the Select Program Folder window and click Next.

6In the Desktop Icon Option window, click Yes.

7In the Setup Complete window, click Finish.

8If you are prompted to restart your computer, do so.

This completes the basic installation. To confirm the installation, see “Confirming the Installation” on page 15.

Windows NT	The following procedure is for installing the card software when networking is
Installation with	already installed on your computer. If networking is not already installed, see
Networking Installed	“Windows NT Installation Without Networking Installed” on page 35.