Installing the Software

DOS NDIS2 Installation

The Aironet Wireless LAN Adapter can be installed in a NetBIOS compliant DOS environment such as MicroSoft LAN Manager or PC LAN.

The installation of this driver includes creating or editing a configuration file (PROTOCOL.INI).

It is required that this file contains the following lines:

Table 3.2 - Minimum PROTOCOL.INI Driver Settings

Infrastructure Mode

Ad Hoc Mode

[AW2N45C]

[AW2N45C]

 

 

DRIVERNAME=AWC2N45C$

DRIVERNAME=AWC2N45C$

 

 

If INFRASTRUCTURE is omitted

INFRASTRUCTURE = “NO”

the default will be “ON”

 

 

 

SSID = “your_SSID_here”

SSID = “your_SSID_here”

 

 

 

CHANNEL = <channel>

 

 

Additional variables defined in the following section may also be used.

1.Power on your computer.

2.Copy the \NDIS2\AWC2N45C.DOS from the Aironet Device Driver diskette to the directory containing the network files.

3.Copy the PROTOCOL.INI file to the network directory or merge statements from the Aironet supplied file into your existing PROTOCOL.INI file.

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Beacon Computer Lan Adapter manual DOS NDIS2 Installation, Minimum PROTOCOL.INI Driver Settings