Installation guide

Rev 3.8 May.07 11
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2: AirCard Installation
• System requirements
• Install Watcher
software
• Setting Internet
Explorer to use the
AirCard modem
System requirements
TheAirCardmodemissupportedon:
• Windows
®
Vista
™
• WindowsXP(Homeand Professionalversions)
• Windows2000
ForinformationonusingtheAirCardmodemwithother
operatingsystems,contactSierraWirelessTechnicalSupport
([e-mail]).
ToinstalltheAirCardmodem,yourequirethesesystem
resources:
The SIM Card and Your Account
TouseyourAirCardmodem,youneedaGSMaccountanda
SIM(SubscriberIdentityModule)card.TheSIMcardisasmall
chip(aboutthesizeofapostagestamp) thatyouinsertintothe
AirCardmodem.TheSIMcontainsaccountinformationused
bythenetworktovalidateyouraccess.
Note: Without a valid SIM card
and a valid account, your
AirCard modem will not work.
DependingonhowyoupurchasedyourAirCardmodem,you
mayalreadyhaveanaccount.Inthiscase,theSIMshouldbe
includedinyourpackage.Otherwise,yourretailershould
directyoutoalocalcompanythatprovidesGSMservice.
Table 2-1: System resource requirements
Card slots 1 Type II PCMCIA (PC Card) slot for AirCard 850,
860, 875, 88x
1 Express Card-34 slot for AirCard 88xE
Disk drive CD-ROM
I/O resources 1 IRQ, 40 bytes I/O space
Memory 32 MB