Linksys WPC51AB Operation & User’s Manual

Dual-Band Wireless A+B Notebook Adapter Use this guide to install: WPC51AB User Guide ...

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Chapter 1: Introduction The Linksys Dual-Band Wireless A+B Notebook Adapter lets your notebook communicate with today’s wireless network standard and prepares you for the future. With one PC Card, you can connect with the 2.4GHz, 802.11b wireless networks so prevalent in homes, businesses and public “hotspots” al ...

If the wireless network is relatively small and needs to share resources only with the other computers on the wireless network, then the ad-hoc mode can be used. (See Figure 2-2.) Ad-hoc mode allows computers equipped with wire- less transmitters and receivers to communicate directly with each other, elimi- nating the ...

5 Instant Wireless® Series 4 Chapter 4: Software Installation and Configuration for Windows 98, Me, and 2000 The Dual-Band Wireless A+B Notebook Adapter Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation procedure for Windows 98, Me, and 2000. The Setup Wizard will install the WLAN Monitor and driver, as well as con ...

7 Instant Wireless® Series 6 1. To install the Adapter, click the Next button on the Welcome screen. 2. After reading the License Agreement, click the Next button if you agree, or click the Cancel button to end the installation. Setup Wizard Instructions for Windows 98, Me, and 2000 Figure 4-2 3. The Setup Wizard will ...

9 Instant Wireless® Series 8 6. For Windows 2000, you may be informed that a digital signature has not been found (see Figure 4-6). This is normal, and it has been verified that the Adapter does work with Windows 2000. Click the Yes button to continue. 7. After the files have been successfully copied, the screen in Fi ...

Chapter 6:Driver Installation and Configuration for Windows XP After inserting the Adapter into your notebook, you will install the driver and configure the Adapter. 1. Windows XP will automatically detect the Adapter. Insert the Setup CD- ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Click the radio button next to Install the soft- ware ...

13 Instant Wireless® Series 2. Windows will notify you that the driver has not passed Windows Logo test- ing. This is normal, and it has been verified that the Adapter does work with Windows XP. Click the Continue Anyway button. 3. When Windows has finished installing the driver, click the Finish button. You have now ...