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WL-3550

Wireless LAN PCMCIA Adapter


Hardware Installation

2.1 System Requirements

In order to use the WL-3550 PCMCIA card, your computer must be equipped with the following:

  1. A PCMCIA Type II slot, and a PCMCIA card and socket services compliant with revision 2.10 of the PCMCIA specification (or higher).
  2. Windows 95 or Windows 98 (with a Windows installation CD-ROM, diskettes for use during installation)
  3. Minimum 500 Kbytes free disk space for installing driver and utility program.

2.2 Hardware Installation for WL-3550

To install WL-3550 wireless LAN PCMCIA adapter, please follow these steps:

Step1: Insert the PCMCIA Adapter

  1. Find an available Type II or Type III PCMCIA slot in your computer.
  2. With the PCMCIA adapters 68-pin connector facing the PCMCIA slot and its WL-3550 / PCMCIAlabel facing up, slide the PCMCIA adapter completely into the PCMCIA slot.

Insert the WL-3550 into Notebook

Fig Insert the WL-3550 into Notebook

NOTE: The PCMCIA slot allows “hot swap” of PCMCIA adapter. You may therefore insert or remove your WL-3550 / PCMCIA adapter from the slot anytime, even when the power of your computer is on.

Step2: Setup PCMCIA Driver

  1. Please prepare your PCMCIA driver to install WireFree WL-3550.
  2. Check your operation system in Notebook to continue the installation steps - “Software Installation”.

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