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    Wir eless LAN PC Car d User Guide 3CRSHPW796 3CRWE154G72 3CRWE154A72 Wir eless LAN PC Car d http://www .3com.com/ Published October 2003 DUA0079-6AAA04[...]

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    3Com Corporat ion 350 Campus Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752-3064 Copyright © 2003, 3Com Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation ma y be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translat ion, transformation, or adap tation) without writ ten permission from 3Com Corporation. 3Com Corpo[...]

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    Contents 1 Installing Y our Wir eless LAN PC Car d and 3Com Wir eless Card Manager 5 Installation CD 5 Windows XP , 2000, Me, and 98 SE 5 Confirming Device Installation 6 Installing 3Com Wi reless Car d Manager 6 Using Wireless Card Manager 6 Wireless LAN PC Card LED Indicators 6 2 T r oubleshooting 7 Diagnosing Problems 7 Uninstalling the PC Card [...]

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    Contents[...]

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    5 1 Installing Y our Wir eless LAN PC Car d and 3Com Wir eless Car d Manager Installation CD The Installation CD contains: ■ Separate drivers for 3CRSHPW796, 3CRWE154G72, and 3CRWE154A72, for Windows XP , 2000, Millennium Edition (Windows Me), and 98 Se cond Edition (SE). ■ 3Com W ireless Card Manager ■ W arranty Information ■ This Wireless[...]

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    1 Installing Y our Wireless LAN PC Card and 3Com Wireless Card Manager 6 Confirming Device Installation 1 With your PC Card installed in the comput er , double-click the My Compu ter icon. If you are running W indows XP , click Start > Control Panel and go to step 3. 2 Double-click the Control Panel icon. 3 Double-click the System icon. T he Sys[...]

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    7 2 T roubleshooting Diagnosing Probl ems If you have difficult y using the Wireless LAN PC Card, try the solutio ns in the followin g table. If you continue t o experience difficulty , see the next two sections,“ U ninstalling the PC Card ” and “ Uninstalling Wireless Car d M anager ” Uninstalling the PC Car d Previous installations or int[...]

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    2 T roubleshooting 8 1 Make sure you have exited any networking applications. 2 Use the standard operating system pr ocedure to remove the card driver . The procedur e for Windows XP , 2000, W indows Me, and Windows 98 SE, is shown below . a If you are using Windows 2000, Me, or 98 SE, c lick Start > Settings > Control Panel . If you are usin[...]

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    Updating the Wireless LAN PC Card Driver 9 Updating the Wir eless LAN PC Card Driver T o update your W ireless LAN PC Car d driver softwar e, find your operating system below , then follow the procedur e. Windows XP and 2000 1 Insert your W ireless LAN PC Card into the PC card slot. 2 If you are using Windows 2000, select Start > Settings > C[...]

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    2 T roubleshooting 10[...]

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    A Obtaining Support for your Pr oduct Register Y our Product to Gain Service Benefits T o take advantage of warranty and other serv ice benefits, you must first register your product at http://eSupport.3com.com/ . 3Com eSupport services are based on accounts that you create or have authorizat ion to access. First time users must apply for a user na[...]

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    A Obtaining Support for your Product 12 Contact Us 3Com offers telephone, e-mail and intern et access to technical support and repair services. T o access these services for yo ur region, use the appropriate telephone number , URL or e-mail address from the list below . Y o u will find a current dir ectory of support telephone numbers poste d on th[...]

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    T elephone T echnical Support and Repair 13 Europe, Middle East , and Africa T elephon e T e chnical Su pport and Rep air From anywhe re in these regions, call: +44 (0)1442 435529 From the following countries, you may us e the numbers shown: Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Hungary Ireland Israel Italy 01 7956 7 124 070 700 770 7010 7[...]

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    A Obtaining Support for your Product 14[...]

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    15 Regulatory Compliance Information NOTE: This product contains encryption. It is unlawful to export out of the U.S. without obtain ing a U.S. Export License. FCC Part 15 Notice (Applica ble to use within the USA) CAUTION: FCC Radio-Frequency Exposure Notice This device generate s and radiates radio-frequenc y energy. In order to comply with FCC r[...]

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    Regulatory Compliance Information 16 Manufactur er’ s Declaration of Conformity 3Com Corpora tion , Co r p o r a t e H e ad q u a r t e r s , 350 Campus Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752-3064, U S A Declares that the Product: Date: January 31, 2002 Brand Name: 3Com Corporation Model Number: 3CRSHPW796 Equipment Type: 802.1 1b Wireless PC Card Complies[...]

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    Industry Canada Notice (Applicable for use within Canada) 17 Industry Canada Notice (Applic able for use within Canada) This device complies with Canadian RSS-210. To prevent radio interference to the licensed service, this device is in tended to be operate d indoors and away from windows to provide maximum shield ing. Equipment (or its transmit an[...]

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    Regulatory Compliance Information 18 Eur opean Community CE Notice Marking by the symbol indicates compliance with the essent ial requirements of Directive 73/23/EC and the esse ntial requ irements of articles 3.1(b), 3.2 and 3.3 of Dire ctive 1999/5/EC. Such marki ng is indicative that this equipment meets or exceeds the following technical standa[...]