AirCard 555 Network Card User Guide

Installing the Modem Driver

1.In the Control Panel, double click the Modem icon to open the Modem Properties window.

2.Click the Add button to open the Install New Modem wizard.

3.Select Don’t detect my modem, I will select it from a list and click Next.

4.Select the Have Disk button.

5.Enter d:\Drivers\WinNT\mdmac555 where d is the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive and click Open.

6.Click OK.

7.Verify that Sierra Wireless AirCard 555 Modem is displayed and click Next.

8.Select the Selected Ports radio button and select the same communications port you selected when you installed the network card driver. Click Next.

9.Click Finish.

10.If you are prompted that Dial-Up Networking needs to be configured, click Yes.

11.Click Add in the Remote Access Setup window.

12.Select the AirCard 555 listing under RAS Capable Devices and click OK.

13.If you are prompted to restart your PC, click Yes. Otherwise restart your PC from the Start menu.

14.When the PC restarts, re-install your Service Pack.

On completion of this step, the modem driver is installed. Verify that Remote Access Service is installed before proceeding to install the Venturi software.

Verifying that RAS is Installed:

1.In the Control Panel, double click the Network icon to open the Network window.

2.Click the Services tab.

3.If Remote Access Service is listed under Network Services, the component is installed and you can skip to the next section. Otherwise, proceed to step 4.

4.Click to select Computer Browser.

5.Click the Add…button to open the Select Network Service.

6.Select Remote Access Service and click OK.

7.If the Windows NT Setup window appears, either insert the Windows NT CD and enter your CD-ROM drive letter, or enter the path to the .CAB files. Click Continue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sierra Wireless 555 manual Installing the Modem Driver, Verifying that RAS is Installed