Chapter 3
Internet Access in No Time
3.1.1 Wireless Setup
Wireless client adapters
Installing your wireless client adapter
For a wireless connection to your
As wireless client adapter, you can use a provided SpeedTouch™110g CardBus, a provided SpeedTouch™120g USB adapter (with cable), you can plug a provided SpeedTouch™121g adapter directly into your computer’s USB port (without cable) or any other
To be able to install hardware on a MS Windows 2000 or a MS Windows XP operating system, you need administrative rights on your PC.
If you want to use a wireless connection to your SpeedTouch™, the Home Install Wizard will invite you to plug in the wireless client adapter.
1Plug in the wireless client adapter. The hardware is being installed.
If you use a SpeedTouch™110g/120g/121g adapter, the SpeedTouch™ Wireless Client Manager, an alternative to the Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) in Windows XP, will be installed. See ”Restoring Windows Zero Configuration” on page 39 for more information.
With the provided SpeedTouch™110g/120g/121g adapter, the client manager will be configured correctly for secure WLAN connectivity to the SpeedTouch™. Also for a third party WLAN client on MS Windows XP with Service Pack 2, the WLAN configuration will be correctly done via the WZC. In other cases you will need to configure the client manager of your WLAN client without help of the wizard.
2After scanning for wireless networks, if the wizard found more than one wireless network, you need to select your SpeedTouch™ network name (SSID) and to enter your SpeedTouch™’s Network Key
3Enter your SpeedTouch™’s serial number. This 13 digit key is printed on the bottom label of your SpeedTouch™. Then click Next.
4In a progress window you can follow the setup of the wireless connection to your SpeedTouch™.
5Continue with ”Configuring the SpeedTouch™ (and your PC)” on page 18.
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