2Wire 802.11g PC Card Wireless Adapter, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...Installation Guide 802 11g PC Card Wireless Adapter ...

Page 2: ... OTHER INFORMATION IN NO EVENT SHALL 2WIRE INC BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER BASED ON TORT CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF 2Wire Inc reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without not...

Page 3: ...as Ethernet without the wires Expanding or redesigning your network is easy and unlike cabled Ethernet the 2Wire 802 11g Wireless PC Card Adapter allows you to roam throughout the home or office while remaining connected to the local area network LAN Windows Vista These instructions describe the procedure to install the PC Card Adapter and driver for the 2Wire Wireless PC Card Adapter under Micros...

Page 4: ...the driver software supplied on the CD to set up your 2Wire Wireless PC Card Adapter do not re install the driver software Follow these steps to complete the adapter installation Step 1 Install the 2Wire 802 11g Wireless PC Card Step 2 Install the adapter driver from your 2Wire Wireless Installation CD Step 3 Configure the Wireless Manager The following sections give you detailed instructions for ...

Page 5: ...ur computer 2 Insert the 2Wire 802 11g Wireless PC Card Adapter into the PC Card slot of your computer 3 Turn on your computer 4 The operating system may initiate an automatic search for driver software At this point simply proceed to Step 2 Installing the Driver on page 31 ...

Page 6: ...g the Driver 1 Insert the CD into your computer and wait for the installer to load 2 You may see a User Account Control dialog box where you must click Allow I trust this program in order to proceed with the installation ...

Page 7: ...US Driver button The Install PCI and CARDBUS Driver menu displays 5 Choose and click Windows Vista Driver A separate 2Wire WLAN Driver InstallShield Wizard window opens to prepare installation setup Note The 2Wire Wireless Manager utility is not installed on computer systems running Microsoft Windows Vista 64 bit ...

Page 8: ... continue The 2Wire WLAN Driver Ready to Install the Program window opens 8 Click Install to begin the installation The InstallShield Wizard will install the driver software 9 Once the driver has been installed a new window for the 2Wire Wireless Manager Setup will open automatically ...

Page 9: ...th the installation of the 2Wire Wireless Manager software 11 Next the InstallShield Wizard for 2Wire Wireless Manager will open The InstallShield Wizard will let you install repair or remove 2Wire Wireless Manager from your computer ...

Page 10: ...ireless Manager window click Next to continue the installation 13 Click to accept the terms in the License Agreement and click Next 14 Click Next to install the program to the default folder location or click Change to install to a different folder of your choice ...

Page 11: ...9 15 The Ready to Install the Program window opens Click Install to commence the installation 16 Wait for the installation to complete You can monitor the installation status in the status bar window ...

Page 12: ...10 17 Upon completion the InstallShield Wizard Completed window will open 18 Click Finish 19 Continue to Step 3 Configure the Wireless Manager ...

Page 13: ... finished with Step 2 the 2Wire Wireless Configuration Utility starts automatically 2 Follow the on screen instructions to configure your wireless setting Enter the 2Wire gateway s serial number and encryption key located on the bottom of your 2Wire gateway ...

Page 14: ...12 3 Click Begin Wireless Configuration to continue ...

Page 15: ...Once the 2Wire Wireless Configuration Utility finishes the installation window will close and the 2Wire Wireless Manager window will open 5 You are now ready to begin using the adapter to connect wirelessly ...

Page 16: ...s PC Card Adapter to work with the 2Wire gateway Note The driver software available for download is for new installations only If you have already used the driver software supplied on the CD to set up your 2Wire Wireless PC Card Adapter do not re install the driver software Follow these steps to complete the adapter installation Step 1 Install the 2Wire 802 11g Wireless PC Card Adapter Step 2 Inst...

Page 17: ...tions give you detailed instructions for completing each step Step 1 Install the 2Wire 802 11g Wireless PC Card Adapter 1 Turn off your computer 2 Insert the 2Wire 802 11g Wireless PC Card Adapter into the PC Card slot of your computer 3 Turn on your computer ...

Page 18: ...16 4 You may see the Windows Found New Hardware Wizard screen If this occurs simply click Cancel to continue with the original driver installation workflow ...

Page 19: ... Products main menu will display on your screen 3 Click the Install PCI and CARDBUS Driver button The Install PCI and CARDBUS Driver menu displays 4 Depending on your operating system choose and click Windows XP Driver or Windows 2000 Driver A separate 2Wire WLAN Driver InstallShield Wizard window opens to prepare installation setup ...

Page 20: ...o continue The 2Wire WLAN Driver Ready to Install the Program window opens 7 Click Install to begin the installation The InstallShield Wizard will install the driver software 8 Once the driver has been installed a new window for the 2Wire Wireless Manager Setup will open automatically ...

Page 21: ...th the installation of the 2Wire Wireless Manager software 10 Next the InstallShield Wizard for 2Wire Wireless Manager will open The InstallShield Wizard will let you install repair or remove 2Wire Wireless Manager from your computer ...

Page 22: ...ireless Manager window click Next to continue the installation 12 Click to accept the terms in the License Agreement and click Next 13 Click Next to install the program to the default folder location or click Change to install to a different folder of your choice ...

Page 23: ...21 14 The Ready to Install the Program window opens Click Install to commence the installation 15 Wait for the installation to complete You can monitor the installation status in the status bar window ...

Page 24: ...22 16 Upon completion the InstallShield Wizard Completed window will open 17 Click Finish 18 Continue to Step 3 Configure the Wireless Manager ...

Page 25: ... finished with Step 2 the 2Wire Wireless Configuration Utility starts automatically 2 Follow the on screen instructions to configure your wireless setting Enter the 2Wire gateway s serial number and encryption key located on the bottom of your 2Wire gateway ...

Page 26: ...24 3 Click Begin Wireless Configuration to continue ...

Page 27: ...Once the 2Wire Wireless Configuration Utility finishes the installation window will close and the 2Wire Wireless Manager window will open 5 You are now ready to begin using the adapter to connect wirelessly ...

Page 28: ...terference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which is found by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving anten...