User's Manual

Preface
This user’s guide provides the necessary information for first-time users to
successfully install the Alphanetworks Driver Interface Specification (NDIS)
driver, for the purpose of evaluating and/or operating the
AlphanetworksWMP-G02V Station Reference Design in a Microsoft Windows
environment. This guide also provides information for users who wish to
upgrade the AlphanetworksNDIS driver from previous releases.
This guide describes the steps required to install NDIS drivers for the
AlphanetworksWMP-G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card in Windows
2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows
XP, and Windows NT 4.0. This guide also includes detailed instructions for
configuring the PC Card device, or IEEE 802.11b/g station (STA), to interact
with an access point (AP) in infrastructure mode and with other STAs in ad
hoc mode. Instructions for installing or upgrading the diagnostic utility
LinkMon are also included. You should also read this before proceeding to
install the AlphanetworksWMP-G02VV Wireless Network mini PCI Card and
NDIS driver in the targeted operating system (OS) environment.
About this Document
The document consists of the following chapters and appendixes:
Chapter 1 Introduction—Hardware, Software, and System
Requirements needed to setup AlphanetworksWMP-G02V
Station Reference Design.
Chapter 2 Windows 2000—Installation/Uninstallation Procedures and
Device/Network Configurations for Windows 2000.
Chapter 3
Windows Millennium Edition—Installation/Uninstallation
Procedures and Device/Network Configurations for Windows
Millennium Edition.
Chapter 4 Windows 98 Second Edition—Installation/Uninstallation
Procedures and Device/Network Configurations for Windows
98 Second Edition.
Chapter 5 Windows XP—Installation/Uninstallation Procedures and
Device/Network Configurations for Windows XP.