Sonnet Technologies Aria extreme CardBus and PCI Card Windows User Manual
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Contents
Chapter 1—Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................1
Wireless LAN Basics..............................................................................................................................................................2
Local Area Network (LAN).................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Ad-Hoc Mode....................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Infrastructure Mode ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Roaming (Aria extreme CardBus) ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 2—Installing the Aria extreme Card and Software ...........................................................................................7
System Requirements.............................................................................................................................................................8
Installing the Aria extreme PCI Adapter Card.........................................................................................................................9
Basic Installation Procedure .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Installing the Wireless LAN Driver and Software..................................................................................................................11
Basic Installation Procedures ................................................................................................................................................11
General Guidelines for OS-Specific Situations ...................................................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 3—Using the Wireless LAN Utility ...................................................................................................................17
Launching the Wireless LAN Utility......................................................................................................................................18
Note About Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Windows XP ......................................................................................................... 19
Chapter 4—Using Wireless Tray Icon Functions............................................................................................................35
Viewing Signal Strength Information......................................................................................................................................35
Chapter 5—Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Utility....................................................................................39