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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for MS-DOS
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Chapter3 Installing the Software
DOS NDIS2 Installation
Additional variables defi ne d in the following section c an al so be used. Follow these st eps to install the
driver.
Step 1 Power on your computer.
Step 2 Extract the NDIS.EXE files to the directory containing the network files on your computer’s hard drive.
Step 3 Copy the PROTOCOL.INI file to the network directory or merge statements from the Cisco Aironet
supplied file into your existing PROTOCOL.INI file.
Step 4 Modify the CONFIG.SYS file. After the line containing: Device = PROTMAN.DOS, add
Device = [drive:] [path] CSCNDIS2.DOS.
Step 5 To modify the PC Card system parameters, edit the PROTOCOL.INI file in the network direct ory. For a
list of parameters that can be modified, see Table 3 -2.
Step 6 Reboot your computer.
DOS Packet Driver Installation
The installation of this d river incl udes creating or editing a co nfi gur ati on file (CSCPKT.INI). This file
must contain the lines s how n in Ta ble 3-3 .
Additional variables defined in the following section can also be used.
The Wireless LAN Adapter can b e in s tal le d i n a M S- D O S enviro nm ent by using MS-DOS IP st ack
products such as FTP software.
Follow these steps to instal l t he driver.
Step 1 Power on your computer.
Step 2 Extract the PKT.EXE files to the directory containing the network files on your computer’s hard drive.
Step 3 Make sure that the CSC PKT.INI file is i n the directory containin g th e Pack et driver.
Step 4 If you would like to mo dify the PC Card sys te m p ar am e ter s , ed it the CSCPKT.INI file. For a list o f
parameters that can be mo di fied, s ee Table 3.3.
Step 5 Load the driver by typing CSCPKT [-cinuw] <int_number> at the MS- D O S pr o mp t ( f or ex am p le ,
CSCPKT 0x65) and press Enter.
Table3-3 Minimum CSCPKT.INI Driver Settings
Infrastructure Mode Ad Hoc Mode
[CSCPKT] [CSCPKT]
INFRASTRUCTURE = YES
If omitted, default is YES INFRASTRUCTURE = NO
SSID = <your SSID> SSID = <your SSID>
CHANNEL = <channel>