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Copyright © 2004 3Com Corporation.  All rights reserved.  3Com and the 3Com logo are registered 
trademarks of 3Com Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the 
respective companies with which they are associated.

DQA6750-75AAA01
Published July 2004

7

Using the 3Com Installation CD

The 3Com Installation CD contains the following tools and utilities:

3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager

—an administration tool that helps you 

select 3Com wireless LAN devices and launch their configurations in your Web browser.

3Com 3CDaemon Server Tool

—a firmware upgrade tool that can act as a TFTP Server, a 

SysLog Server, an optional TFTP Client, or an optional FTP Server.

To use the 3Com Installation CD, you need a computer running Internet Explorer (latest version is 
recommended) and one of the following operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000, 
Windows NT 4.0, Windows Me, or Windows 98.

To install one of the tools on your computer:

1

Turn on the computer.

2

Insert the 3Com Installation CD

 

in the CD-ROM drive.

The setup menu appears. If it does not appear, you can start the setup menu from the 
Windows Start menu. For example: 

Start > Run > d:setup.exe

.

3

In the menu, click 

Tools and Utilities

.

4

In the next screen, click the tool you want to install.

5

Follow the instructions on the screens to complete the installation.

Reboot the computer if prompted to do so.

6

Launch the tool from the Windows Start menu

.

For details on using the Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager, see “Using the 3Com 
Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager” in the 3Com

 11 a/b/g Wireless Workgroup Bridge 

User Guide

.

For instructions on using the 3CDaemon Server Tool, see the application’s online help.

Antenna Selection

Internal

Data Preamble

Long (if Network Mode is set to Ad-Hoc)
Same as access point setting (if Network Mode is set to Wireless Client 
[Infrastructure]

)

Security Setting

Open System (no security)

802.1x Authentication State

Disabled

SNMP

Enabled

Access Control List

Disabled

Administration Login Name

admin

Administration Password

None (blank)

TFTP Server IP Address

None

FTP Server IP Address

None

Summary of Contents for 3CRWE675075 - 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Workgroup...

Page 1: ...11a and 802 11g For a complete list of the Bridge s features see the 3Com 11 a b g Wireless Workgroup Bridge User Guide located on the 3Com Installation CD This Quick Start Guide describes the basic i...

Page 2: ...1a compatibility place the Bridge within 50 m 164 ft of a Wi Fi compliant wireless LAN access point For 802 11b g compatibility place the Bridge within 100 m 300 ft of a Wi Fi compliant wireless LAN a...

Page 3: ...of the Bridge 4 Snap the Bridge onto the cradle To install the locking bar push the locking bar through the opening in the side of the cradle until the hole on the locking bar is exposed Insert a lock...

Page 4: ...d to an Ethernet client device such as a hub computer or printer Connecting to a Hub You can supply network connections for up to 16 devices such as computers and network printers by connecting the Br...

Page 5: ...in the figure below or into a hub that is connected to the Bridge as shown in the previous section Connecting to a Hub Connecting to a Computer You can connect the Bridge directly to a computer throu...

Page 6: ...t takes about one to two minutes for the Bridge to determine if there is a DHCP server on the network If your network does not have a DHCP server or is more complex you will want to configure the Brid...

Page 7: ...r s web browser If the Configuration Management System starts the Bridge is using the factory assigned IP address You can configure the Bridge with the following login information Login name admin Pas...

Page 8: ...er 1 Turn on the computer 2 Insert the 3Com Installation CD in the CD ROM drive The setup menu appears If it does not appear you can start the setup menu from the Windows Start menu For example Start...

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