Contents
I
NTRODUCTION
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W
HAT
I
S A
LAN?.............................................................................................. 5
W
HY
W
IRELESS
?............................................................................................... 6
H
OW
D
OES THE
Z
OOM
A
IR
W
ORK
? ............................................................. 7
W
HAT
A
BOUT
S
ECURITY
?............................................................................... 7
I
S
I
NTERFERENCE A
P
ROBLEM
? .................................................................... 8
H
OW
D
O
I C
ONNECT TO
M
Y
W
IRED
LAN? .............................................. 8
W
HAT
D
O
I N
EED TO
I
NSTALL A
W
IRELESS
LAN? .................................. 9
I
NSTALLATION
P
REVIEW
.............................................................................. 11
1 P
LANNING
Y
OUR
W
IRELESS
N
ETWORK
.........................................13
S
IMPLE
A
D
-H
OC
N
ETWORK
........................................................................ 13
I
NFRASTRUCTURE
A
LL
-W
IRELESS
N
ETWORK
.......................................... 13
I
NFRASTRUCTURE
N
ETWORK WITH
A
CCESS
P
OINT TO A
W
IRED
LAN14
Strategy .......................................................................................................... 14
All Clients First................................................................................... 14
Access Point(s) First ........................................................................... 15
S
ITE
S
URVEY
................................................................................................... 15
2A I
NSTALLING THE
Z
OOM
A
IR
PC C
ARD UNDER
W
INDOWS
95
AND
98..............................................................................................17
I
NSERTING THE
Z
OOM
A
IR
C
ARD
............................................................... 17
I
NSTALLING THE
D
RIVERS
........................................................................... 18
R
UNNING THE
Z
OOM
A
IR
S
ETUP
P
ROGRAM
............................................. 18
R
EMOVING THE
Z
OOM
A
IR
C
ARD
............................................................... 20
I
NTERPRETING THE
LED
S
........................................................................... 20
N
EXT
S
TEPS
..................................................................................................... 21
2B I
NSTALLING THE
Z
OOM
A
IR
PC C
ARD UNDER
W
INDOWS
NT 4.0..............................................................................................22
I
NSERTING THE
Z
OOM
A
IR
C
ARD
............................................................... 22
I
NSTALLING THE
D
RIVERS
........................................................................... 23
Installing with No Existing Network ............................................................ 23
Installing the PC Card Drivers ............................................................ 24
Setting Up the Network....................................................................... 24
Installing on an Existing Network................................................................. 27
R
UNNING THE
Z
OOM
A
IR
S
ETUP
P
ROGRAM
............................................. 29
R
EMOVING THE
Z
OOM
A
IR
C
ARD
............................................................... 31
I
NTERPRETING THE
LED
S
........................................................................... 31
N
EXT
S
TEPS
..................................................................................................... 32
