User Manual

3 Drivers and Utility Installation

This section describes the procedures for installing Wireless mini-PCI module.

Before You Start

Before installation, please check your system in advance and make sure that the

Mini PCI is installed with your Notebook. Consult to your dealer for the existence,

compatibility or installation of Mini PCI module with your Notebook.

Note: To prevent potential problems during installation, please use the auto-run

installation tool on the CD to finish the driver installation before you plug The

WLAN Module into the computer.

All drivers and supporting software for Wireless mini-PCI module must be installed

and configured.

Ask your system administrator for the following information, which you may need

during driver installation:

• Your Wireless LAN SSID.

• Your computer’s unique client name and workgroup name

• For your network account, your user name and password.

• Your IP address, gateway address, and subnet mask. (If you’re not using a

DHCP server)

• Every computer on a network is identified by a unique network address. There

are two methods to assign network addresses to computers on a TCP/IP

network:

• Static IP addressing

• Dynamic IP addressing (DHCP)

In networks with static IP addressing, the network administrator manually assigns

an IP address to each computer. Once a static IP address is assigned, a computer

uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network. You may

manually change the IP address in the Network Properties dialog box. Networks

using static IP addresses are easy to set up and do not require additional network

management software.

In networks with dynamic IP addressing, a DHCP server in the network

dynamically assigns IP addresses to all clients every time they log on to the network.

Network using dynamic IP addresses require setting up and running a DHCP Server.