Sierra Wireless AirCard 710 User Manual
Rev 1.2 Mar.02
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book PCs
3: Installation on Notebook PCs
• System requirements
• Setting up your
• Setting up your
Internet connection
• Installing the AirCard
software
System requirements
Note: Dial-up Networking and
Winsock are components of the
Windows operating system
required by the AirCard 710/750.
The versions of these compo-
nents shipped with Windows 95
OSR2 do not meet the AirCard
710/750 requirements. If you are
using Windows 95 OSR2 and
have not yet upgraded to
Winsock2 and Dial-up
Networking version 1.3 or later,
you must do so before installing
the AirCard. The required
versions can be downloaded
from the Microsoft web site,
www.microsoft.com.
Winsock are components of the
Windows operating system
required by the AirCard 710/750.
The versions of these compo-
nents shipped with Windows 95
OSR2 do not meet the AirCard
710/750 requirements. If you are
using Windows 95 OSR2 and
have not yet upgraded to
Winsock2 and Dial-up
Networking version 1.3 or later,
you must do so before installing
the AirCard. The required
versions can be downloaded
from the Microsoft web site,
www.microsoft.com.
The AirCard 710/750 wireless network card is supported on:
•
Windows 95 OSR2 and higher with Winsock2 and Dial-up
Networking 1.3 or higher
Networking 1.3 or higher
•
Windows 98 SE
•
Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1
•
Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a and Networking
installed
installed
•
Windows Me
•
Windows XP (Home and Professional versions)
To install the AirCard, you require these system resources:
Setting your Internet
connection to use the AirCard
connection to use the AirCard
Most likely, your computer will be set to use a modem to
connect to the Internet.
connect to the Internet.
To use the AirCard, you must set your computer to connect to
the Internet through a LAN (local area network).
the Internet through a LAN (local area network).
The specific steps to do this will depend on the browser you
are using.
are using.
Internet Explorer version 5 and 6
1.
In Internet Explorer, select
Tools
>
Internet Options
.
2.
Click the Connections tab.
Table 3-1: System resource requirements
Card Slots
1 Type II PCMCIA (PC Card) Slot
Disk Drive
CD-ROM
I/O Resources
1 IRQ, 40 bytes I/O Space
Memory
32 MB