User Manual

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3. Windows Installation
Before You Start
To use the WLAN CardBus adapter with a computing device, the device must be
equipped with an internal or external PCMCIA Card Type II or Type III slot. All drivers
and supporting software for the WLAN CardBus adapter d must be loaded and
configured.
Ask your system administrator for the following information, which you may need to
provide during driver installation:
• Your Wireless Client Name
• Your Wireless 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 of assigning network addresses to computer 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 or
installing the Wingate software package.