NetComm NP6800 - Manual (Page 10)

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Page 10 NP6800 - Wireless LAN Access Point
Driver Installation & Configuration
The NetComm NP6800 - Wireless LAN Access Point is supplied with a Windows driver and a
USB and Ethernet Access Point Utility. The utility should be installed at the same time as the
Windows USB driver and is used to view and edit NetComm NP6800 - Wireless LAN Access
Point settings.
After following the driver installation instructions for your operating system, refer to the section
on Access Point Utility for installation instructions.
Before installing the Wireless Access Point Windows driver:
■ Connect the NetComm NP6800 - Wireless LAN Access Point to the USB port of your
computer.
■ Have the NetComm Driver CD ready for insertion.
Installing the WLAN Driver in Windows 98/ME/2000
To install the Wireless LAN Access Point driver in Windows 98, Windows Millennium (ME) or
Windows 2000, you must login as Administrator or a member of the Administrator Group (see
Windows Help for more information on this.)
1. After inserting the Access Point’s USB cable into an available USB port on the computer,
Windows recognises the Adaptor and the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box
appears.
2. Insert the NetComm Driver CD.
3. Select the Specify the location of the driver checkbox. Click Next.
4. Type in the location of the driver or browse for D:\Drivers\ operating system, where D:\ is
the letter of your CD ROM drive. Type or select the correct operating system directory
( Win98, WinMe or Win2000) for your computer and click Next to continue.
5. Click Next when the Add New Hardware Wizard displays the location of the driver
files.
Note: The Microsoft Digital 'Signature Not Found' dialog box could appear at this point in
the installation. A Microsoft digital signature is not required for the driver
installation. Click Yes to continue.
The Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box displays stating the required software has
been installed.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation and refer to the section on installing the Access
Point Utility.