Microsoft MN-820 manual setup, Using the Setup Wizard, Typical Setup

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Using the Setup Wizard

This chapter will guide you through the setup process for your Microsoft® Broadband Networking Wireless Notebook Kit. The procedures described in the Typical Setup section of this chapter will help you set up your base station and adapter by using the wizard on the Setup CD. Typical Setup is recommended because the Setup Wizard identifies and configures a variety of Internet and wireless network settings.

To use the Typical Setup steps, you will need:

OOne computer that has an Ethernet port and is running Microsoft Windows® XP, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 98, or Windows 98 SE. You will use this computer to set up the base station.

OA second computer that has an available PC Card slot that supports CardBus PC Cards. This computer is running Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, or Windows 98 SE operating system.

OAn external broadband modem with an Ethernet port.

Note It is possible to set up the notebook adapter on the same computer that you use for setting up the base station. The Typical Setup steps in this chapter will also guide you through this scenario.

You should not use the Typical Setup steps if any of the following apply to you.

OYou don’t have a computer with an Ethernet port. See “Setting Up the Base Station Wirelessly” later in this chapter.

OYou have an existing network with a base station, gateway, or router and you want to use this wireless base station to add wireless connectivity or extend your network’s wireless range. See “Access Point Setup” in Chapter 3.

OYou want to set up the base station from a computer that isn’t running Windows. See Chapter 3.

OYou don’t want to run the Setup Wizard to set up the base station. See Chapter 3.

Typical Setup

The steps in this section correspond to the steps that you will go through in the Setup Wizard on the Setup CD. If possible, you should use the Setup Wizard whenever you set up a Microsoft Broadband Networking product on your network.

Note You can use the Setup and Network Utility (v.2.0) CD that comes with this kit to install all current and previous versions of Microsoft Broadband Networking products. If you have other Microsoft Broadband Networking products on your network, you do not need to keep multiple copies of this CD and you can discard earlier versions of this CD.