Cisco Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless LAN Client Adapter
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Release Notes for Cisco Aironet MS-DOS Drivers and Utilities for WLAN Client Cards
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Introduction
Introduction
This document describes the system requirements, upgrade procedures, new and changed information,
and caveats for the following releases of Cisco Aironet software:
and caveats for the following releases of Cisco Aironet software:
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Version 2.04 of MS-DOS drivers for IP, Novell, and NetBeui
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Latest editions of 5 MS-DOS utilities to support various WLAN configurations
Note
Version numbers have not been assigned to the MS-DOS Utilities included with this release.
System Requirements
MS-DOS drivers and utilities can be used with only Cisco Aironet 340, 350, 4500, and 4800 Series
Wireless LAN Client Adapters (PC , PCI, and LM cards) installed in computing devices running
MS-DOS version 6.22, Windows 3.x, or Windows For Workgroups 3.xx.
Wireless LAN Client Adapters (PC , PCI, and LM cards) installed in computing devices running
MS-DOS version 6.22, Windows 3.x, or Windows For Workgroups 3.xx.
Upgrading to a New Driver Release
There is no need to uninstall the old driver before upgrading to a new driver. Replace the current NIC
driver with the upgraded Cisco Aironet driver, then make the appropriate update to the configuration file.
driver with the upgraded Cisco Aironet driver, then make the appropriate update to the configuration file.
Loading a New Driver and Utilities
The new driver files replace the previous driver files. Installation is accomplished at the command
prompt using standard MS-DOS commands.
prompt using standard MS-DOS commands.
Driver Overview
The MS-DOS and Windows for Workgroups based drivers must have a configuration file created (or
edited) with an ASCII text editor.
edited) with an ASCII text editor.
The drivers and associated files do not ship with the adapter. You must download them from the Wireless
Software Center at Cisco.com. The downloadable file, DOSDRVS.EXE, is a self-extracting executable
file containing separate self-extracting executable files for each driver. After downloading and running
the DOSDRVS.EXE file, you can run the driver file for your specific application. The UTIL.EXE file
must also be run to extract the utility programs for these drivers. The structure of the DOSDRVS.EXE
file is shown in
Software Center at Cisco.com. The downloadable file, DOSDRVS.EXE, is a self-extracting executable
file containing separate self-extracting executable files for each driver. After downloading and running
the DOSDRVS.EXE file, you can run the driver file for your specific application. The UTIL.EXE file
must also be run to extract the utility programs for these drivers. The structure of the DOSDRVS.EXE
file is shown in