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 Part 1: Installation and user’s guide

You can use the High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card Kit to:

• Connect your computer to a Peer-to-Peer workgroup of wireless computing devices

• Connect your computer to a local area network (LAN) infrastructure that includes 

IBM High-Rate Wireless LAN Access Points (Access Points), or other IEEE 802.11-
compliant LAN systems

• Expand the capabilities of your Access Points, to support wireless devices that have 

been equipped with High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Cards

With the Peer-to-Peer workgroup configuration, you can quickly set up a small wireless 
workgroup, where the workgroup participants can exchange files using features like “Files 

and Printer Sharing” as supported by  the Microsoft

®

 Network Neighborhood.  You can 

use this type of wireless Peer-to-Peer networks while mobile, or in Small Office/Home 
Office (SOHO) environments. As long as the stations are within range of one another, this 
is the easiest and least expensive way to set up a wireless network.

With the High-Rate Wireless LAN Access Point, you can connect to a corporate LAN 
infrastructure to have wireless access to all network facilities.

LAN infrastructures can be stand-alone wireless LANs or wireless network infrastructures 
connected to an existing Ethernet network

Note: If you intend to use the High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card in a High-Rate Wireless 

LAN Access Point, see the User’s Guide that was shipped with the access point, or 
download it from the IBM High-Rate Wireless LAN Web site at

 http://www.ibm.com/pc/downloads

Perform the installation in two steps:

1. Install the Client Manager software

2. Install the device drivers

The High-Rate Wireless LAN Client Manager can be used to monitor the quality of your 
network connection.

To install the Client Manager software, do the following:

1. Insert the High-Rate Wireless LAN software CD into the CD-ROM drive of your 

computer.  If Autorun is enabled on your computer, the Wireless Networking Client 
Software window opens.  

Note: If you downloaded the software from the web, please refer to the installation 

instructions found on the Web site.

2. Click Install Client Manager; then follow the on-screen instructions.