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Lucent Technologies March, 2000
ORINOCO WaveMANAGER/CLIENT IEEE
Variant 1 Version: 6.00
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This README.TXT covers information that was not yet known
or available when the user documentation shipped with this
product was written. This text file includes update
information, additional installation instructions,
limitations to the current version of the product, and
suggestions to solve known issues or problems.
In all references to the ORINOCO product line, the Lucent
technologies WaveLAN product can be substituted.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
1. SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION
2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
3. NEW IN THIS RELEASE
4. INSTALLATION NOTES
5. TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS
6. KNOWN ISSUES
7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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1. SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION
1.1 About this software
The ORINOCO WaveMANAGER/CLIENT (WMAN_CL) is a diagnostic
tool that you can use to verfiy the quality of your
wireless radio connection to the ORINOCO network.
The ORINOCO WMAN_CL tool can be installed on any computer
running the MS-Windows 95, 98, NT4 or 2000 operating
system, which has been equipped with a Lucent Technologies
wireless ORINOCO PC Card.
1.2 Files Installed
The ORINOCO WMAN_CL tool installation is managed via an
installation wizard.
You can choose to start the installation wizard by
double-clicking the setup.exe file which can be found:
- On your ORINOCO CD-ROM in the folder:
\software\pc_card\wavemanager client ieee
- If you did download an update from the website:
xxxx\wm_cl where xxxx is the directory in which the files
where you placed after extracting them from the downloaded
file.
The installation wizard will automatically install the
program files in the following directory on the hard disk
of your computer:
c:\program files\orinoco\wavemanager\client ieee
Optionally you may choose to select another folder or
hard disk drive for installation of the ORINOCO WMAN_CL
software.
The following files will be installed in the specified
directory:
* WMAN_CL.EXE
* WMAN_CL.HLP
* WMAN_CL.CNT
* README.TXT
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2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Operating System
To install and run the ORINOCO WMAN_CL software you will
need the Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT4 or 2000 operating
system. Support for other operating systems will become
available in a future release.
2.2 Free Disk Space
The installation of the ORINOCO WMAN_CL program requires a
free disk space of approximately 3.5 Mb:
* 300 Kb for the ORINOCO WMAN_CL application
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3. NEW IN THIS RELEASE
3.1 The Initial Dialog has been removed.
The Option dialog has been removed. The program will always
run in enhanced mode.
The SNR levels and color have been changed.
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4. INSTALLATION NOTES
4.1 Standard Installation
Installation procedures are described in the 'Getting
Started Guide' or 'User's Guide' that came with your
ORINOCO product. Please refer to these documents for
information about installing and configuring your
ORINOCO product.
ORINOCO User documentation is also available in
electronic format on the ORINOCO Web Site
(http://www.lucent.com/orinoco)
You can download the documentation in Adobe's Acrobat
Portable Document Format (PDF).
To view or print PDF files you will need the freeware
Acrobat Reader included on this CD-ROM. Alternatively
you can download the Acrobat Reader from the Adobe
Web Site (http://www.adobe.com/acrobat).
4.2 Removing the ORINOCO WMAN_CL Software
To remove the ORINOCO WMAN_CL Software proceed as follows:
1) Click the "Start" button on your Windows task bar,
point to "Settings" and select "Control Panel".
2) In the Control Panel window, double-click the
"Add/Remove" icon to display the "Add/Remove
Program Prperties" window.
3) Scroll down the list of applications in the
lower section of the "Install/Uninstall" tab, and
select the item ORINOCO WMAN_CL
4 Next click the "Add/Remove" button, and follow the
instructions on your screen.
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5. TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS
None.
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6. KNOWN ISSUES
None
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7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
7.1 Finding Information
On the ORINOCO Web Site you can find the most recent
device drivers, bridge firmware, software updates and
user documentation.
World Wide Web: HTTP://WWW.LUCENT.COM/ORINOCO or
FTP://FTP.WAVELAN.COM/PUB
7.2 Contact Technical Support
If you encounter problems when installing or using this
product, or would like information about our other
ORINOCO products, please contact your local Authorized
ORINOCO Reseller or Lucent Technologies Sales office.
Addresses and telephone numbers of the Lucent
Technologies Sales offices are listed on our ORINOCO
Web Site.
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Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
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