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lation process. (Generally it is sufficient to click Next at
each window.) If prompted to restart your PC, click Yes
and allow the PC to shut down, then restart it.
Determining whether Networking is installed:
1. If the Control Panel is not open, select Start> Settings >
Control Panel.
2. Double click the Network icon.
3. If the Network window opens, networking is already
installed. Proceed to the section “Installing the network
card driver when Networking is already installed” on
page25.
4. If a dialog box appears, prompting you to install
Networking, the component has not yet been installed.
Proceed to the section “Installing the network card driver
when Networking has not been installed” that follows.
Installing the network card driver when Networking has not
been installed:
1. Click Yes at the prompt, “Do you want to install it now?” to
launch the wizard that installs Networking.
2. Click the check boxes on the first window of the wizard so
that Wired to the network: is checked and Remote access to the
network: is NOT checked. Click Next to proceed.
3. Click the Select from list... button to open the Select Network
Adapter window.
4. Click the Have Disk... button to open the Insert Disk window.
5. If you have copied the driver from the AirCard installation
CD to your hard drive, enter the path to the driver and
click OK to open the Select OEM Option window.
If you are installing the driver from the AirCard installa-
tion CD, enter d:\Drivers\WinNT where d is the drive letter
for your CD-ROM drive and click OK to open the Select
OEM Option window.
6. If Sierra Wireless AirCard555 is highlighted, click OK . The
Sierra Wireless AirCard555 should appear in the Network
Setup Wizard under Network Adapters. Otherwise click
Cancel and repeat the previous two steps.
7. Click Next to display a list of network protocols.
8. Ensure TCP/IP Protocol is checked (as well as any other
protocols appropriate to your network configuration) and
click Next to display a list of network services.
9. Select the services appropriate to your network configu-
ration and click Next. (For the purpose of installing the
AirCard, it does not matter what selections you make in
this window.)