3Com WL-305 A

AWINDOWS NT INSTALLATION WITHOUT

Use the following procedure to install the PC Card software while you are

installing Windows NT Networking. For details on installing networking, see your

Windows NT documentation.

1Make sure that the computer is running and the PC Card is inserted.

2Put the 3Com CD in the CD-ROM drive.

If the 3Com 11 Mbps WLAN Menu appears, click Exit.

3From the Windows Start menu, select Settings/Control Panel.

4In the Control Panel, double-click Network.

5When the system prompts: “Windows NT Networking is not installed. Do you

want to install it now?”, click Yes. This opens the Network Setup Wizard.

6Check Wired to the network and click Next.

7When the system prompts to have setup start searching for a network adapter,

click Select from List.

8In the Select Network Adapter window, click Have Disk.

9In the Insert Disk dialog box, make sure that the correct path to your CD-ROM

drive appears in the entry box (for example, d:) and click OK.

If you are installing from diskettes, enter the path to the diskette drive.

10 In the Select OEM Option window, select 3Com 3CRWE62092A Wireless LAN PC

Card and click OK.

11 In the Network Setup Wizard window, click Next.

12 In the Network Protocols list, place a check mark next to each network protocol

required for your site and click Next.

13 In the Network Services window, place a check mark in the box next to each

desired service. Select the default settings and click Next.

The message “Windows NT is ready to install networking” appears.

The CardWizard utility, which helps Windows NT to load and manage software,

must be installed. If the installation program does not detect the CardWizard

utility on your computer, it will ask whether you want to install it. If you already

have a similar utility installed, you must ﬁrst uninstall that utility to prevent

conﬂicts with CardWizard.

Internet Explorer version 4 is required to view help ﬁles. It is recommended that

you install Internet Explorer version 5 or later.