3Com 3CRWE62092A User Manual - page 14

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Set Up the PC Card

After the computer restarts, the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Client Setup 

window opens, in which you specify the PC Card configuration.

1 In the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Client Setup window, select Typical and 

click Next.

Typical configures the PC Card with the following default values: 

WLAN Service Area—Attach to any WLAN Service Area automatically 

Security Setting—No security (Open system)

If you want to customize the PC Card configuration, for example, to add security, 

select Custom. See “Custom Installation Options” for details on custom settings. 

For the fastest installation, it is recommended that you use the typical settings. 

You can customize the configuration later as described in “Setting the Wireless 

Client Configuration”.

2 In the Summary window, review the PC Card setup. To install the software utilities, 

make sure that the Start client software installation when finished box is checked. 

If you are reinstalling the PC Card and already have the software utilities installed, 

this box is unchecked. 

3 Click Finish to complete the PC Card setup and start the software utilities  installation.

The 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Setup program starts.

Install Utilities

1 Read the Welcome page and click Next.

2 Read the Software License Agreement and click Yes. (If you click No, the 

installation stops.)

3 Select a destination folder for the software files and click Next.

4 In the Setup Type window, select the type of installation for the software:

Typical—Installs the software and documentation.

Compact—Installs the software, but not documentation.

Custom—Allows you to choose the components to install.

5 Follow the directions in the Select Program Folder window and click Next.

6 In the Desktop Icon Option window, click Yes.

7 In the Setup Complete window, click Finish. 

8 If you are prompted to restart your computer, do so.

This completes the basic installation. To confirm the installation, see “Confirming 

the Installation”.

Windows NT 

Installation with 

Networking Installed

The following procedure is for installing the card software when networking is 

already installed on your computer. If networking is not already installed, see 

“Windows NT Installation Without Networking Installed”.