2
I NSTALLING
THE
W IRELESS
C LIENT
Installing a wireless client consists of inserting the 3Com Wireless LAN PC Card
with XJACK
®
Antenna in your computer and installing the software driver and
utilities. If you have 3Com Administrator Utilities installed on a wireless client, you
can manage access points or run a site survey.
Requirements
Before you start the installation, make sure that you have the following items:
Disk Factory
If you are installing the software on a computer that does not have a CD-ROM
drive, or if you choose to install the drivers manually, you will have to make
diskettes from the
3Com CD
. The setup application includes Disk Factory, a utility
for creating disks from CD. To use disk factory, you need access to a computer
Operating System
One of the following:
■
Windows 95
The 3Com wireless LAN PC Card runs under Windows 95 version B
or higher. If you do not know which version of Windows 95 is
installed on your computer, you can display it as follows:
In the Control Panel, double-click
System
to display the System
Properties dialog box. Click the General Tab to display the
Windows 95 version information. Version B (also known as OSR 2)
is identified as 4.00.950b.
■Windows 98
■Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
■Windows NT with Service Pack 4 or above
■Windows 2000
Web Browser Internet Explorer version 4 required.
Internet Explorer version 5.5 recommended.
You can download Internet Explorer from www.microsoft.com
PC Card 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card with XJACK Antenna
Installation Media One of the following 3Com CDs:
■3Com End User Utilities CD, which comes with the PC Card and
contains utilities for users.
■3Com Administrator Utilities CD, which comes with the 3Com
11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point and contains utilities for users
and tools for administrators.
Other
Requirements ■The installation program may ask for the operating system
installation media (usually a CD supplied with your computer) or for
a path to the operating system files. If you have other networking
software installed on your computer, the installation program may
ask for its installation media.
■If you need to install from diskettes, see “Disk Factory”.