Sierra Wireless AirCard 710 - Manual (Page 17)

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Not
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book PCs
3: Installation on Notebook PCs
• System requirements
• 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. 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
• Windows 98 SE
• Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1
• Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a and Networking
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
Most likely, your computer will be set to use a modem to
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 specific steps to do this will depend on the browser you
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