Installation guide

AirCard 800 Series Installation Guide
Note: You must restart your PC
to complete the installation.
6. Verify that Sierra Wireless AirCard 3G Modem is displayed
and click
Next.
7. Select the Selected Ports radio button and select the same
communications port used for the network card driver
(COM 4 unless you changed it). Click
Next.
8. Click Finish.
9. Click Close to close the Network Properties window.
10. If you are prompted to restart your PC, click Yes.
Otherwise restart your PC from the Start menu.
11. When the PC restarts, re-install your Service Pack.
On completion of this step, the modem driver is installed and
you can proceed to configure the AirCard modem to use your
account (if it was not preactivated). See “Configuring Your
Account” on page 25“.
Changing the interrupt
If the message, “Communication Failed!…” occurs when you
start Watcher, a possible reason is that you have assigned an
interrupt to the AirCard modem that has also been assigned to
another device.
To change the interrupt assigned to the AirCard modem:
1. Open the Control Panel by selecting Start > Settings >
Control Panel
.
2. Double click the Network icon.
3. Select the Adapters tab.
4. Select Sierra Wireless 3G Adapter and click the Properties…
button.
5. Use the drop-down list to change the interrupt to another
number and click
OK.
6. Close the Network window by clicking the Close button.
7. Restart your PC.
8. If the AirCard modem still does not function properly,
repeat the procedure, selecting a different interrupt.
Setting Internet Explorer to use
the AirCard modem
If you are using Internet Explorer as your browser, and it is set
to connect to the Internet through a dial-up modem, you must
set it to use a LAN (local area network) card.
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