IBM ThinkPad November 9, 2001 IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI Combo Card driver for Windows 98/Me/NT4.0/2000 Client: 1.07.18 ====================================================================== Notice: ------- This program is language independent and can be used with any language system. What This Package Does ---------------------- This package provides the Wireless LAN driver of IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI Combo Card driver for Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT and Windows 2000. This package enables or updates the IBM Wireless LAN function of the following ThinkPad computers: - ThinkPad R30 To update the Wireless LAN driver, refer to the Installation instructions section Released Versions ----------------- Version 1.07.18 Initial Release Summary of Changes ------------------ Where: Version n.n.nnn (New) New function or enhancement (Fix) Correction to existing function <1.07.18> - (New) Support for ThinkPad R30. - (New) Support for Windows NT(added). Installation instructions: -------------------------- 1. Start Windows 98/Me/NT/2000. For Windows NT/2000, log on with a user ID authorized as an administrator. 2. Extract this package onto the hard disk drive. 3. Click Start, then click Run. 4. Type C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLLANACT\WLLANACT\SETUP.EXE in the Open box and click OK. 5. Follow the instructions on the screen. 6. Restart the system for the driver to be effective. CLEAN INSTALL: 1. Start Windows NT and logon with administrative privileges. 2. Extract this package onto the hard disk drive. 3. Click Start, select Settings, then click Control Panel. 4. Double-click the Network icon. The Network Configuration dialog box is displayed if this is the first time configuring the Network. If not, go to step 20. (First Network Configuration) 5. Click the Yes button. 6. Select Wired to the network. 7. Click the Next button. 8. Click the Select from list... button. 9. Click the Have Disk... button. 10. Type C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLLANACT\WLLANACT\NT4 in the Insert Disk dialog box. If you have extracted the files to a different location, specify the NT4 directory under this location instead. 11. Click the OK button. 12. Select IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI Combo Card. 13. Click the OK button. 14. Click the Next button. 15. Follow the instructions on the screen. 16. Follow the prompts for any Windows NT installation disks by typing the path to the directory that contains Windows NT files. (It is usually C:\i386 directory or Windows NT CD-ROM's X:\i386 directory.) 17. Follow the instructions on the screen. 18. Click the Finish button when the installation completes. 19. Click Yes when prompted to restart the system. (Adding Wireless LAN to Network Configuration) 20. Click the Adapters tab. 21. Click the Add... button. 22. Click the Have Disk... button. 23. Type C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLLANACT\WLLANACT\NT4 in the Insert Disk dialog box. If you have extracted the files to a different location, specify the NT4 directory under this location instead. 24. Click the OK button. 25. Select IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI Combo Card. 26. Click the OK button. 27. Follow the instructions on the screen. 28. Click the Close button. 29. Follow the instructions on the screen. 30. Click Yes when prompted to restart the system. UPDATE INSTALL: 1. Start Windows NT and log on with a user ID authorized as an administrator. 2. Extract this package onto the hard disk drive. 3. Click Start, select Settings, then click Control Panel. 4. Double-click the Network icon. 5. Click the Adapters tab. 6. Select IBM Internal High Rate Wireless LAN PC card 7. Click the Update button. 8. Specify the directory name with the full path name where you extracted the package in step 2 in Insert Disk dialog box. e.g. "C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLLANACT\WLLANACT\NT4" 9. Click the Continue button. 10. Click the Close button. 11. Click Yes when prompted to restart the computer. Determining which version is installed: --------------------------------------- 1. Double click Prism Icon on the system tray. 2. Click on About tab on Configuration Utility 3. It lists the version of drivers and firmware. Trademarks ---------- * IBM and ThinkPad are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. Other company, product, and service names may be registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of others.