Nortel e-mobility 802.11b Wireless LAN DSSS PCI Card manual

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    Par t No . 2106 66- A Mar ch 2 001 4401 Gr eat Ameri ca Parkwa y Santa Clara, CA 9 5054 *210666-A* Installing the e-mobility 802.1 1b W ire le ss LAN DSSS PCI Card[...]

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    2 Copyright © 2001 Nortel Networks All rights reserved. March 2001. The inf ormation in t his docum ent is subject to change without not ice. The statements, configurations, t echnical data, and recommendations in t his docum ent are believed to be accurate and reliable, but are presented wit hout express or implie d warran ty . User s must take f[...]

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    3 Declarat ion of Conf ormity W e, Sym bol T echnolo gies Inc . of One Sy mbol Plaza, Ho lts ville , NY 1 1742-13 00, USA declare under o ur sole re sponsibilit y t hat the p roduc t: S pec trum 24H R, LA -4 121, 1 1 Mbps T ype II Radi o Car d T o which this produ ct relates, is in con formity with the fol lowing sta n dar ds an d/ or oth e r norm [...]

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    4 The conform ity assessmen t procedu re referre d to in Article 10 (5) an d de tailed in Ann ex IV of Directiv e 19 99 /5/EC h as bee n follo wed wit h the in volv ement of th e follo wing Notifi ed Body(ies): (signa ture of a uthor ized p erson) Dornu Narn or Se nior Di rect or , Reg ulat ory 7 Sept em ber 20 00 Symb ol Spect ru m24 HR prod uc ts[...]

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    5 Federal Communicati ons Commission ( FCC) Statement Note: This equi pment has bee n t ested an d fou nd to comp ly wit h the limit s for a C lass A digita l devi ce , pur sua nt to Par t 15 of the FCC rul es. Th ese limits ar e desig ned to p rovide reaso nable prote ction ag ains t harmful i nterfere nce when th e equi pment is opera ted in a co[...]

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    6 Attention: Cec i es t un pr odui t de Class e A. Dan s un en viro nne men t d ome stiq ue, c e p rod ui t ris que d e c r é er des interf é rences radi o é lectr iqu es, il a ppar tie ndra alor s à l ’ u tilisateu r de prend re les mesu res sp é c ifi ques ap pr o p ri é es. EC Declarati on of Confor mity This pro duct c onfo rms to th e [...]

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    7 Canadian Depart ment of Communicati ons Radio I nterf erence Regulati ons This d igita l appara tus ( e-mobili ty 802. 1 1b W irele ss LAN DSS S PCI Card) does not ex ceed the Cl ass A limits for radio-noise emission s fro m digita l apparatu s as set ou t in t he Radi o In ter fer enc e Re gula tion s o f th e C ana di an De part me nt of Comm u[...]

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    8 Y o u can purc hase selected doc ument ati on set s, comp act discs , and t echnical publ icati ons t hrough the Intern et at th e www1.fatb rain.co m/do cumentation /no rtel/ URL. How to get hel p If you purchased a serv ice contract for your Nortel Netwo rks pro duc t fr om a dist ribut or or aut hor ized re sell er , c onta ct t h e technical [...]

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    9 Intr oduct ion The Norte l Networks* e-mobili ty* 802.1 1b W ireless LAN DSSS PCI Card allows PCI slot-equipped host systems to configu re, co nnect to, a nd es tablish a wireless n etwork . Feat ures i ncl ude : • Standa rd NDIS (Network Driver In terface Spec ification) dri ver s • W indow s* 95, W indo ws 98, W ind o ws N T* 4.0 , an d W i[...]

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    10 Insta ll ing the PCI card The PCI c ard insta llatio n dif fers for each system . Refer to the system m anu facture r do cum entatio n for sp eci fic in forma tion. Pre parati on Before begi nning the install ation , verify the p acka ge conten ts: • e-mob ility 8 02.1 1b W ireless LAN DSSS PCI Card • e-mob ility 8 0 2.1 1b W i reless LAN DS[...]

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    11 : 1 T urn off power to th e computer . 2 Remo ve the comput er co ver . 3 Lo c a te an a v ai lab l e P CI s lo t i n th e co m pu t er . 4 Remove the retaining screw and brac ket fo r the slot. 5 Align the PCI card with the s lot an d insert firmly . 6 V erify th at the PCI card sea ts even tly into the sl ot. 7 Repla ce the co mput er cover . [...]

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    12 Insta ll ing and configuri ng the driver in W indows 95 and W indows 98 Befo re install ing the e-mob ility W i ndows d riv er: • V erify t hat the e-mobility 802.1 1b W ireless LAN DS SS PCI Card is installe d. • Obta in the e-mobili ty W in dows drive r installatio n CD. Instal ling the d river in W ind ow s 95 T o insta ll the driv er for[...]

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    13 3 Inser t the e- mobility 802 .1 1b W ireless LAN DSSS so ftware CD. When W i ndows 9 5 recogn izes the P CI c ard, an Up date Devic e Driv er W izard di alo g box op en s re qu esting a d riv er to in stall. 4 Click Next. 5 Cli ck F inish wh en W i ndow s d is play s the fo llowi ng m essa ge : W in dow s fou nd th e foll owing up dated dri ver[...]

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    14 Instal ling the d river in W ind ow s 98 T o insta ll the driv er for th e first ti me in W indows 98 : 1 Install the 8 02.1 1 b W ireless LAN DSSS PCI Card as de scribe d i n the insta llatio n sectio n. 2 Power up the syste m. 3 Inser t the e- mobility 802 .1 1b W ireless LAN DSSS so ftware CD. When W i ndows 9 8 recogn izes the PC I c ard, th[...]

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    15 Configurin g the 802.1 1b Wi reless LAN DSSS PCI Card for W indows 95 and Windows 98 T o conf i gu re the PC I ca rd f or W in do ws 95 o r W ind ow s 9 8 su pp ort : 1 From the W in dows Co ntrol Panel , s elect Net work an d select e-mob ility 8 0 2.1 1b W i reless LAN DSSS PCI Card. 2 Click the Pro perti es tab . 3 From the Nort el Network s [...]

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    16 Instal ling the d river in W ind ow s NT T o install the driv er for th e first ti me in W indows NT : 1 Insta ll the PCI card as d escribed in the installa tion se ctio n. 2 Power up the syste m. 3 Inser t the e- mobility 802 .1 1b W ireless LAN DSSS so ftware CD. 4 Fro m the W indows NT Cont rol P ane l, sel ec t Netwo rk. 5 Se lect th e Adapt[...]

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    17 10 Click Close , and c omp lete th e insta llat ion in structi ons disp la yed by t he W i ndows NT oper ating syst em. 11 Rebo ot the co mp uter whe n pro mpted by W indows NT . Configurin g the 802.1 1b Wi reless LAN DSSS PCI Card for Window s NT T o co nfi gu re the PCI ca rd f or W indo ws NT supp ort : 1 Fr om th e W ind ows NT Contro l Pan[...]

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    18 T roubleshooti ng If you enc ounter pro blems during the installa tion of the ca rd or driver , refer to Refe r ence for t he e- mobilit y 80 2.1 1 b W ir e l ess LAN DS SS PCI Car d and the W ir eles s LAN DSSS P C Car d (part numbe r 210 668-x), or co ntact t he Nortel Ne tworks T ech nical Solu tions C ente r . Specifi cat ions The 802.1 1b W[...]