Cisco Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless LAN Client Adapter

Release Notes for Cisco Aironet MS-DOS Drivers and Utilities for WLAN Client Cards

OL-1803-01

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Windows for Workgroups 3.11 NDIS2 Installation

Step 1

Power on your computer, and start Windows for Workgroups.

Step 2

Extract the NDIS.EXE files to the directory containing the network files on your computer’s hard drive.

Step 3

Go to the Network program group, and click Network Set-Up.

Step 4

Under Network Setup, choose Networks.....

Step 5

Under Networks, choose Install Microsoft Windows Network. Click OK.

Step 6

Under Network Setup, choose Drivers....

Step 7

Under Network Drivers, choose Add Adapters.

Step 8

If the drivers were already copied to the hard disk, they will be displayed in the list.

Step 9

Under Add Adapter, choose the appropriate Cisco Aironet Adapter. If it is not on the menu list, choose
Unlisted or Updated Network Driver. Choose the correct Cisco Aironet Adapter, and click OK.

Step 10

If the chosen adapter is displayed in the Network Drivers, click Setup.

Step 11

Select the appropriate parameters, such as Infrastructure Mode, SSID, Channel, and Bitrate.

Step 12

Exit Windows for Workgroups.

Step 13

To modify the PC Card system parameters, edit the PROTOCOL.INI file in the Windows directory.

Step 14

Reboot your computer.

DOS NDIS2 Installation

The Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Adapter can be installed in a NetBIOS-compliant MS-DOS
environment such as MicroSoft LAN Manager or PC LAN. The installation of this driver includes
creating or editing a configuration file (PROTOCOL.INI).

It is required that this file contains the lines shown in

Table 2

Table 2 Minimum PROTOCOL.INI Driver Settings

Infrastructure Mode

Ad Hoc Mode

[CSCNDIS2]

DRIVERNAME = CSCNDIS2$

If INFRASTRUCTURE = YES
If omitted, default is YES

INFRASTRUCTURE = NO

SSID = <your SSID>

CHANNEL = <channel>