5installation procedure under windows xp – BAFO BF-7510 User Manual

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5

Installation Procedure Under Windows XP

Use the procedures described in this section to install and configure the WLAN Dongle under
MS Windows XP

5.1

About Windows XP
Throughout this section it is assumed that you have a basic working knowledge of WinXP.
However, in this paragraph, some specific feature of WinXP are briefly explained.
WinXP operating system supports the “Plug & Play” feature. That means that once you insert the
WLAN Dongle into your PC for the very first time, the operating system will detect the card and
automatically install the driver.
Furthermore WinXP supports “Hot Swapping”. with this feature, you can remove and reinsert the
card whenever you want.

5.2 Installing

the

Driver

The following selection please check Chapter 3 to setup your WLAN adapter

5.3 Configuration

Under

WinXP

There are two ways to configure WLAN Adapter. One is WLAN Monitor Utility; the other one is
Windows Wireless Network Configuration.
Use Windows Wireless Network Configuration: Please follow the steps to Enable Select an
available networks (Fig 5-1) and click Advanced button (Fig 5-2).
Make sure “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” is checked and click OK
(Fig 5-3). Otherwise unckeck for using WLAN Monitor Utility to setup WLAN (Fig 5-4).

Fig 5-1


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