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    1 ® Quick Setup Guide 54 Mbps Wir eless Desktop PCI A d a pter-g WLI-PCI-G54 Use this guide to quic kly and easily install your 54Mbps W i r eless Desktop PCI Adapter-g. For detailed setup and conf ig- ur ation information, ref er to the User Manual on the Utility CD or the Buff a l o Suppor t W eb page . Contents ◗ AirStation 54 Mbps Wir eless [...]

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    Step  Installing the 54Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI A d a pter- g .  With the computer pow er ed down and the co ver r emo ved to expose the inside of the system, inser t the 54Mbps Desktop PCI Adapter into an a vailable PCI slot. The card should fit firml y into the slot and should be scr ew ed into the chassis. Note: Car e should be tak en not[...]

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     Select Install the Softwar e Automaticall y . Click the Ne x t button to continue.  Select the driv er you want to install. If multiple driv ers ar e listed, select the most r ecent driver v ersion. Click the N e xt button. NO TE: If pr ompted to select a sear ch location, un-select all checkbox es except for the CD-R OM driv e  If a wind[...]

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    4 Step  Configuring W ir eless Z e r o Configuration Ser vice  Right click the netw orking icon in the taskbar and select Vie w A vailab le Wir eless Netw orks to displa y a list of a vailable wir eless netw orks. Select an access point netw ork name or SSID and click the Connect button to establish a connection.  Select a netw ork name or[...]

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    5 Y ou ha ve finished installing y our 54Mbps Desktop PCI Adapter . See Installing Client Manager to install Client Mana ge r on y our desktop , Client Mana ge r will not function pr operly if Wi r eless Zer o Configuration Ser vice is activated. F or more information about configuring and operating y our 54Mbps Desktop PCI A d a pter and Client Ma[...]

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    6 Step  Installing the 5 4Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI A d a pter - g  With the computer pow er ed down and the co ver r emo ved to expose the inside of the system, car e should be tak en to not unplug an y cables or unseat any other cards installed in the computer . Inser t the 54Mbps Wir eless Desktop PCI Adapter into an a vail- able PCI slot.[...]

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    7 Once the chassis has been r eplaced and the antenna is installed, the com- puter can be pow er ed on. Upon loading Windows and logging on if necessar y , the Found Ne w Har dwar e Wizar d will launch automatically . Click the Ne x t button to continue.  Select Sear ch f or a suitab l e driv e r f o r m y de vice (r ecom - mended) . Click the N[...]

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    8  Windows will displa y a driver y ou can use with the 54Mbps Wir eless Desktop PCI Adapter . Click the N e xt button to continue .  Windows 2000: If the Digital Signatur e N o t F ound page opens, inf orming y ou that no digital signature exists for the driv er y ou ar e installing, click the Ye s button to continue the installation pr oces[...]

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    9 Installing Client Mana g e r  Inser t the Ai rNavigator CD .  The AirNa vigator dialog box will open automatically . Select Install Client Mana ger to launch the InstallShield Wizar d . Click the OK button. If the AirNa vigator dialog box does not open automatically , select Star t » Run and enter D:Setup . e xe in the Open field to open [...]

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    10  Confirm that the installation location for the softwar e is acceptable .T o select an alternate installation location, click the Br owse button and select another loca- tion. Click the Ne x t button to continue to the Select Components pa ge .  Select the components y ou want to install and click the Ne x t button to con- tinue to the Sta[...]

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    11  Click the Finish button to complete the installation of Client Mana ge r . Restar t your computer . Note: The 54Mbps Desktop PCI A d a pter and Client Mana g er will not function pr op- erly until y ou r eboot the system. Depending on the operating system, some scr eens ma y var y . Ho we v er , by accepting default installation settings, Cl[...]

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    12 Buffalo T echnolo g y T echnical Suppor t Buffalo T echnolog y offers T oll-Fr ee T echnical Suppor t 24 hours a da y , 7 da ys a week for this pr oduct. Customers in the United States and Canada can obtain technical suppor t using the follo wing information: ◗ Online Help A vailable on the AirNa vigator CD enclosed with your pur chase. ◗ We[...]