Sierra Wireless 555 manual Installation and Use on Notebook PCs

Note: Use the Windows NT Diagnostics window to locate an available IRQ and I/O space. Make note of the Com Port that you use to install the network card driver. You must enter the same Com Port when installing the modem driver.

Chapter 3: Installation on Notebook PCs

16.Click Next to start the Network component.

17.Click Next to proceed to the window in which you enter a Computer Name and Workgroup or Domain.

18.Enter the information appropriate to your network config- uration and click Next.

19.Click Finish on the final window of the wizard.

20.Click Yes at the prompt to restart your PC. (You must restart your PC to complete the driver installation.)

21.When the PC restarts, reinstall your Service Pack.

On completion of this step, the network card driver is installed and you can proceed to install the modem driver. Follow the instructions in the section, “Installing the Modem Driver” on page 31.

Installing the Network Card Driver When Networking Is Already Installed:

1.Click the Adapters tab in the Network window.

2.Click the Add... button to open the Select Network Adapter window.

3.Click the Have Disk... button to open the Insert Disk window.

4.If you have copied the driver from the AirCard CD to your hard drive, enter the path to the driver and click OK to open the Select OEM Option window.

5.If you are installing the driver from the AirCard 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 AirCard 555 is highlighted, click OK. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 555 should appear under Network Adapters in the Network Setup Wizard. Otherwise, click Cancel and repeat the previous two steps.

7.Use the drop-down menus to select an I/O Port, Interrupt, Memory, and Com Port, noting that the AirCard 555 requires 1 IRQ and 40 bytes of I/O Space. Click Continue.

8.Select the Obtain an IP address from a DHCP Server radio button and click the Close button.

9.Click Yes to confirm that you want to use DHCP.

10.Click No if prompted to restart your PC. (You must restart your PC after the modem driver installation.)

On completion of this step, the network card driver is installed and you can proceed to install the modem driver. Follow the instructions in the next section.

Installation and Use on Notebook PCs

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