Before you attempt to install a wireless network card please be
sure that: you have your windows full version CD (or cabs files on your hard
drive), the manufacturer's driver diskette or cd that was provided by your
wireless card's manufacturer and that you are in an area with wireless access
(most public areas in Mudd Library, most public areas the Wilder Student Union,
the King building, many areas of Conservatory of Music, the
Conservatory Library, most areas of the Science Center, the Art Photodomes
and some areas of the Allen Art Building Annex, the dining hall
in Stevenson
Hall, East hall, Wilder Bowl and Tappan Square).
part one:
installing your wireless card
1. With your computer turned off, insert your wireless
network card.
2. Turn the computer ON and allow it to boot normally.
3. At this point most machines should auto-detect the presence
of the card and ask you to begin the installation process. For
further instructions skip to step 13, however, if your machine
fails to auto-detect your card and boots completely without any
notification please continue on to the next step.
4. To install the card manually first make sure that the card
is properly seated in the slot. If it is indeed fit snugly into
its place and still does not auto-detect then open the control
panel (start->settings->control panel)
5. Double-click on "Add New Hardware"
6. Click "next"
7. Select the radio button labeled "no" in response to the question asking
if you want windows to search for your new hardware and click "next".
8. Now select "Network adapters" from the list of hardware
types and click "next".
9. At this point please insert the manufacturer's driver
diskette which came with your wireless card.
10. Ignore the first listing of choices and click on "have
disk".
11. Now select the proper location of the driver diskette in
the "Copy manufacturer's files from" blank and click "OK".
12. When a new, smaller, listing of choices appears, select the
appropriate device and click "OK" and skip to step 15.
13. The first screen that appears should notify you that the
computer has detected a new piece of hardware and ask you to
insert the device's cd or floppy disk. Please insert this disk at
this time.
14. Once the disk has been inserted, click "next".
15. The computer will now search to locate the specific driver
file which is associated with the device. When it notifies you
that it has located the appropriate file click finished to begin
the installation process.
16. The machine will then begin to copy the necessary files.
Windows may prompt you with messages which indicates that it has
not located certain files...DO NOT BE ALARMED...simply toggle
between your disk drive or CD-ROM drive, whichever one contains
the device drivers, and the windows diskette (either the cd or
cabs files usually located at C:\windows\options\cabs\,) and click
OK.
17. When the drivers have finished loading you will be asked to fill out
some information in the wireless card's properties menu. Enter "ANY" in the
network name field.
18. Fill in an original name in the station name blank (it is
recommended that you use the same name here as you have used in
the networking identification settings, but any original name will
do).
19. Leave the checkbox blank and click on OK.
20. Again your machine may prompt you for your windows cd and
then tell you that it cannot find certain files...STILL DO NOT BE
ALARMED...simply follow the same instructions as mention in step
7.
21. Windows may now announce version conlficts...acknowledge
these prompts by clicking "yes", there is NO REASON TO BE
ALARMED.
22. At this point your machine should finish the booting
process...if it asks you to restart please do so.
part two:
installing network drivers
23. From the Start Menu, go to 'Settings' -> 'Control
Panel'. Select the "Network" control panel.
Does your
network control panel look like this?
If the answer is yes, your ethernet card is already installed;
skip to Part 3:installing the TCP/IP protocol. If you also already
have an entry called "TCP/IP", skip to Part 4: configuring
TCP/IP.
If your network control panel does not look exactly like the
example above and your control panel looks more like this (i.e.
missing any one or more of the above components):
Follow the rest of the steps bellow unless they refer to
components that you already have installed.
24. Select "Add"
25. Choose "Adapter" and then click "add".
26. Choose your vendor on the left, then your specific model on
the right. See your adapter's documentation for the specific
model. If your card's manufacturer or model is not listed, click
"Have Disk" browse, and navigate to the location of the
manufacturer's driver file.
27. Click "OK".
28. Now select "Add".
29. Choose "Client" and click "Add".
30. Select "Microsoft" and then select "Client for Microsoft
Networks" and click "OK".
31. Now repeat steps 28 & 29.
32. Select "Microsoft" and then select "Client for NetWare
Networks" and click "OK".
33. Select "Add".
34. Select "Protocol" and click "Add".
35. Select "Microsoft" and then select "IPX/SPX-compatible
Protocol" and click "OK".
36. Now repeat steps 33 & 34.
37. Select "Microsoft" and then select "NetBEUI" and click
"OK".
Your Network Control Panel should now look like this and you
are ready to move on to Part three:
part three:
installing the tcp / ip protocol
38. In the Network Control panel, click the "Add" button.
39. Choose "Protocol" and click "Add".
40. Click "Microsoft" in the left column and "TCP/IP" in the
right.
41. Click "OK". Now your network Control Panel should look like
this:
part four: configuring
tcp / ip and ipx/spx
42. In the Network Control panel, highlight the "TCP/IP
entry and click "Properties".
43. Under the "IP Address" tab, click on "Obtain an IP Address
automatically":
44. Click "OK" to accept.
45. Highlight the IPX/SPX protocol that refers to your wireless
card and then click on the "Properties" button..
46. Select the "Advanced" tab.
47. Select "Frame type" under "Property:".
48. Then select "Ethernet 802.3" in the pull down menu under
"Value:" and click "OK".
49. Click "OK" to exit the Network Control Panel and save your
changes.
50. If you are asked to restart, do so acknowledging any
version conflicts by clicking "yes".
part five:
testing your system
To verify that you have successfully
connected to the network, double-click the "Network Neighborhood"
icon on your desktop. Double-click the "Entire Network" icon. A list
should appear that looks like this:
To verify that TCP/IP is configured correctly, open a web browser like Netscape
Communicator or Internet Explorer. You can use also use the Telnet client if
you do not have any other programs that use TCP/IP. (Click the Start button,
choose Run and type telnet mail.oberlin.edu)
* Netware instruction steps
can be skipped. You can access Stulocker without the Netware client at https://stulocker.cc.oberlin.edu/NetStorage/
If you have any problems, or further questions contact your
RCC.
