8 Section 1B: Getting Started With Your Sprint Mobile BroadbandCard
Getting Started
Before you begin using your AirCard595 Sprint Mobile Broadband Card, you must:
1. Check that your notebook has the system requirements listed below (“System
Requirements”).
2. Install the SprintPCS Connection Manager software, located on the
installation CD, onto your Notebook PC. See page16.
3. After you restart your computer, start SprintPCS Connection Manager.
4. Insert the SprintMobile Broadband Card; this installs the drivers for the card.
See page 20.
5. Activate your Sprint PCS account and configure the SprintMobile Broadband
Card to use your account (unless the card has been preactivated). See page24.
System Requirements
The AirCard595 Sprint Mobile Broadband Card is supported on:
vWindows XP (Home and Professional versions).
vWindows 2000 with Service Pack 1 or later (Service Pack 4 is recommended),
with high encryption support. (See “High Encryption Requirements” on page9.)
CAUTION: Do not insert the SprintMobile Broadband Card into the PC Card slot
until you have installed and run SprintPCS Connection Manager
software, and the software displays “No device.”