Windows 95 Version B
For Windows 95 Version B, follow these steps to install you client adapter card.
Step 1 Insert the driver CD into your laptop.
Step 2 Open the Windows 95 directory.
Step 3 Copy the Win95Driver.exe file to a directory (other than the root directory) on your PC.
Step 4 Remove the driver CD from your laptop.
Step 5 Locate the Win95Driver.exe on your PC and double-click the file. This will start the extraction process.
Step 6 You will be prompter for a location for the files. By default this is the A:\ drive
(most likely your floppy disk drive). Enter the location C:\Cisco\drivers for the files instead. Click Unzip. When finished, click Close.
Step 7 Now insert the client adapter card into your PC. Windows should detect the device and open a New Hardware Found screen.
Step 8 The Update Device Driver Wizard launches and will eventually indicate that it was unable to locate a driver for the device. Click Next.
Step 9 Click Other Locations.
Step 10 In the Select Other Location screen, enter the path C:\Cisco\drivers and click OK.
Step 11 The Update Device Driver Wizard should indicate it has found the driver.
Step 12 Click Finish.
Step 13 An Insert Disk screen will appear prompting you to insert the Aironet wireless LAN adapter Installation Disk. Insert the disk and click OK.
Step 14 If a screen appears indicating that the pcx500.sys file could not be found, enter the path C:\Cisco\drivers and click OK.
Step 15 If you are prompted to insert the Windows 95 operating system disk, click OK and enter one of the following paths in the dialog box:
■ The Windows CD (if you have a copy of your installation CD).
■ C:\Windows\Options\Cabs directory (if your PC has the installation Cab files loaded).
■ C:\Windows directory.
■ C:\Windows\System directory.
Step 16 When prompted to restart your computer click Yes.
For Windows 98, follow these steps to install your client adapter card:
Step 1 After you insert the client adapter card into your PC, Windows will automatically detect the device.
Step 2 Windows will briefly open the New Hardware Found screen, and start collecting information for a driver information database.
Step 3 The Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box opens and indicates that Windows is searching for new drivers. Click Next.
Step 4 Another dialog box opens and asks what you want Windows to do. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended) and click Next.
Step 5 Select your CD-ROM drive, deselect all other options, insert the driver CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive, and click Next.
Step 6 The hardware wizard finds the installation files on the CD and indicates that it is ready to install the drivers. Click Next.
Step 7 If you are prompted to insert the Windows 98 operating system disk, click OK and enter one of the following paths in the dialog box:
■ The Windows CD (if you have a copy of your installation CD).
■ C:\Windows\Options\Cabs directory (if your PC has the installation Cab files loaded).
■ C:\Windows directory.
■ C:\Windows\System directory.
Step 8 The Add New Hardware Wizard screen opens and indicates that the installation is complete. Click Finish.
Step 9 When prompted to restart your computer, remove the CD and click Yes.
A driver for the client adapter card is included with Windows ME. When installed, the Add New Hardware Wizard will launch, detect the device, and begin updating the driver database to accommodate the new device.
Note The device driver included with Windows ME will need to be updated, as driver version 8.00
(not included with Windows ME) will be needed to complete this lab exercise.
To update the driver, follow these steps
Step 1 From the Windows Task bar, click Start> Settings>Control Panel>System. This will launch the System Properties Screen.
Step 2 Click the Device Manager tab. This will bring up the Device manager screen.
Step 3 Click the + symbol next to the Network Adapters icon.
Step 4 Click on the Cisco Systems 350 Series Wireless LAN Adapter icon. Click the Properties button.
Step 5 This will launch the Cisco Systems 350 Series wireless LAN adapter Properties page.
Step 6 Click on the Driver tab. Click the Update Driver button. This will launch the Update Device Driver Wizard.
Step 7 Click the Specify location of the driver (Advanced) radio button. Click Next.
Step 8 Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now
(Recommended) radio button. Make sure the Removable Media checkbox is deselected.
Step 9 Insert the CD-ROM that was provided to you by the instructor into your CD-ROM drive. Select the Specify a location checkbox and click the Browse button. Browse to your computer's CD-ROM drive. Click Next.
Step 10 When asked what you would like to install, select The updated driver (recommended) and click Next.
Step 11 A screen will appear indicating the driver that will be installed and listing the driver location. Click Next.
Step 12 If Windows cannot find the pcx500.sys file and requests that you insert the CD
(even though the CD is already in your computer's CD-ROM drive), enter the letter of your CD-ROM drive (such as D:) in the Copy Files From Dialog box and click OK.
Note A screen may appear during the process indicating that Windows cannot find the file netX500.cat. Click the Skip button. The file is not needed when installing later version of the driver. Windows may launch this screen several times while trying to locate the file. Each time the screen appears, click the Skip button.
Step 13 When you are notified that the installation is complete, click the Finish button.
Step 14 When you are prompted to restart your computer, remove the CD and click Yes.
Step 1 After you insert the client adapter card into your PC, Windows 2000 automatically detects it and briefly opens the Found New Hardware screen.
Note The device driver included with Windows 2000 will need to be updated, as driver version
8.00 (not included with Windows 2000) will be needed to complete this lab exercise. To insure that you have the correct driver version installed, follow Steps 2-7.
Step 2 The Found New Hardware Wizard screen opens and indicates that the wizard will assist you in the installation of the driver. Click Next.
Step 3 Another screen opens and asks what you want the wizard to do. Select the Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) radio button and click Next.
Step 4 Select CD-ROM drives, deselect all other options, insert the driver CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive, and click Next.
Step 5 A screen will appear indicating the driver that will be installed and listing the driver location. Click Next to start copying the files.
Note A screen may appear during the process indicating that Windows cannot find the file netX500.cat. Click the Skip button. The file is not needed when installing later version of the driver. Windows may launch this screen several times while trying to locate the file. Each time the screen appears, click the Skip button.
Step 6 A screen will appear indicating that the installation is complete. Click Finish.
Step 7 When prompted to restart the computer, remove the CD from your computer's CD-ROM drive, and click Yes.
Step 8 If an error message appears indicating that at least one service or driver failed during system setup, click OK.
Step 9 Follow the steps below to obtain an available interrupt request (IRQ):
■ Select Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Windows NT Diagnostics.
■ Click the Resources tab.
■ The used IRQs are listed in numerical order along the left side of the Resources screen. Write down the number of an IRQ that is not being used. You will need this IRQ for the installation.
Step 10 On the computer desktop, click Start>Control Panel>Devices.
Step 11 Scroll down and select PCMCIA. Click Startup, select Automatic, and click OK.
Note
For PC cards also ensure that the CardBus service is deselected.
Step 12 Insert the driver CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive.
Step 13 Click Start>Control Panel>Network.
Step 14 Click the Adapters tab and select Add.
Step 15 In the Select Network Adapter screen, click Have Disk.
Step 16 In the Insert Disk screen, enter the letter of your CD-ROM drive (such as D:\) and click OK.
Step 17 In the Select OEM Option box, select the Cisco Systems wireless LAN adapter and click OK.
Step 18 In the Adapter Setup screen, enter an available IRQ number, which you obtained earlier.
Step 19 Click OK. Click Close.
Step 20 The Microsoft TCP/IP Properties screen should open. (If it does not open, Click Start>Control Panel>Network.
Step 21 Select Protocols>TCP/IP>Properties.
Step 22 Click the Specify an IP address radio button and enter your IP address and subnet mask. Click OK. To obtain your IP Address, see page 39, Step 4.
Step 23 When prompted to restart your computer, remove the CD and click Yes.
Step 1 Step 2
A driver for the client adapter card is included with Windows XP. When the card is inserted, the New Hardware icon appears in the taskbar indicating that a new device has been found and Windows XP is attempting to locate drivers for the device.
Windows XP will install drivers for the new device, and the New Device icon will appear in the taskbar indicating, "Windows has detected the installation of a new networking device. If you want to set up a network, click here to run the Network Setup Wizard".
Step 3 Right-click the icon and the Windows message will disappear.
Note The device driver included with Windows XP will need to be updated, as driver version 8.00
(not included with Windows XP) will be needed to complete this lab exercise.
To update the driver, follow these steps:
Step 4 From the Windows Task Bar click Start>Settings>Control Panel>System. This will launch the System Properties screen. Click the Hardware tab. Click the Device Manager button.
Step 5 Click the + symbol next to the Network Adapters icon. Double click the Cisco Systems 350 Series Wireless LAN Adapter icon.
Step 7 This will launch the Cisco Systems 350 Series wireless LAN adapter Properties screen.
Step 8 Click the Update Driver tab. This will launch the Hardware Update Wizard.
Step 9 Click the Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) radio button. Click Next.
Step 10 Insure that the Search for the best driver in these locations radio button is checked, and the Search removable media (floppy, CD-ROM...) box is checked. Insure that the CD provided by your instructor is in your CR-ROM drive and click Next.
Step 11 The Hardware Wizard will then begin copying files and will display the message "Please wait while Windows installs the new software", while it sets a system restore point and backs up old files in case of a problem.
Note A screen may appear during the process indicating that Windows cannot find the file netX500.cat. Click the Skip button. The file is not needed when installing a later version of the driver. Windows may launch this screen several times while trying to locate the file. Each time the screen appears, click the Skip button.
Step 12 Once the Hardware Wizard is finished copying files, it will tell you that "The
Wizard has finished installing software for: Cisco Systems 350 Series wireless LAN adapter". Click Finish.
Step 13 Close the Device Manager and System Properties screens.
Step 14 A message will appear over the network icon in the system tray indicating "One or more wireless networks are available. To see a list of available networks, click here". Click on the message or the icon. This will launch the Connect to Wireless Network screen.
Step 15 Click the Advanced button. This will launch the Wireless Network Connection
Properties screen. Insure that the Use Windows to manage my wireless network settings box is not checked. Click OK.
Note While Windows XP is capable of managing the configuration of the Cisco Aironet client card, this class is focused on the Cisco Aironet products and how to configure and use the client adapter using the Cisco Aironet software. For more information on how to use Windows XP to manage your wireless connections, see your Windows documentation.
Continue reading here: Connecting to the Access Point
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