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Agere Systems SR02-02.2 March 19, 2003
"Wireless LAN Easy Install CD" Variant 1
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This README.TXT includes update information, additional
installation instructions, limitations to the current version of
the product, and suggestions to solve known issues or problems.
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
This CD-ROM release is an update to SR02-2.2.
Where SR02-2.2 was designed for Plug & Play installations,
this CD SR02-2.2b is designed for Easy Installations using
the "Wireless LAN CD-Wizard", based on the same versions of
drivers and tools.
The "Wireless LAN CD-Wizard" is a Windows-based navigation tool
to browse the contents of this Wireless LAN CD-ROM.
This navigation tool includes:
- an interactive wizard to assist users of Wireless LAN
adapters to connect their computer to an existing wireless
network.
- an overview of wireless documentation and software provided
on the CD-ROM.
The CD-Wizard is "operating system aware", which means it
will detect both language and type of operating system of the
host computer, and automatically:
- address the user in the same language as the host computer
- display only the information/choices that apply to the
operating system of the user's computer.
The wizard will only run on computers running the MS-Windows
operating systems listed in section 2. System Requirements.
1.2 Files Installed
The CD-Wizard will only install files and software upon command/
selection of the user on the screens of the CD-Wizard.
Only in situations where the Microsoft Windows Compiled Help Viewer
on your computer is unavailable or older than v.4.74, it will run the
Microsoft Compiled Help Viewer update (hhupdate.exe). This would typically
only happen on computers running MS-Windows 95 or MS-Windows NT 4.0.
1.3 Other Files & Versions
Agere Wireless LAN Drivers & Client Manager software & help files
* Windows PC card drivers 7.82.0.354 (WHQL certified)
* Windows USB Client drivers 7.82.0.354 (see Section 5.2)
* Windows CE drivers 7.82 (subject to the version of the
Windows CE operating system)
* Client Manager 3.04
Agere Wireless LAN CD-Wizard
* EZ-install engine
- EZSetup.exe 1.0.0.7
- EZCOMP.dll 1.0.1.1
* CHM Front-end 1.10.i (Interactive Instructions Wizard)
* Driver Installer 1.3.0.3 (Back-end Installation shell for
Driver and Client Manager)
* WLDetect Tool 1.0.3.0 (Wireless LAN Device Detection
and uninstall Tool)
Adobe Systems files
* Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader v5.05
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2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Operating System
The CD-ROM includes drivers and software for the following
Microsoft Windows operating systems.
- MS-Windows 98 and 98 SE (Second Edition)
- MS-Windows 2000
- MS-Windows Me (Millennium Edition)
- MS-Windows XP Home/Professional Edition
This CD-ROM does not support drivers and software for
MS-Windows 95 or MS-Windows NT 4.0.
2.2 Internet Browser
The "Wireless LAN CD-Wizard" uses Microsoft Compiled HTML Help
to display the navigation tool. To view and use Microsoft Compiled
HTML Help your computer needs to support basic functionalities of
the Microsoft Internet Explorer engine, supported by the
Internet Explorer versions listed below:
- MS-Internet Explorer v4.0
- MS-Internet Explorer v5.0 & 5.5
- MS-Internet Explorer v6.0 or higher
Most of today's computers running the operating systems listed
under section 2.1 support these browser versions by default and do
not need special updates.
Computers running older versions of the Microsoft Windows operating
system may need an update to the latest version of the Microsoft
Internet Explorer to view the available from the Microsoft website.
- For Windows 95 select Internet Explorer v5.5 Service Pack 2
- For all versions of Windows select Internet Explorer v6.0 or higher.
2.3 Macromedia Flash Player
The CD-wizard includes a number of animated graphics based on the
Macromedia Flash format *.swf.
To view the animations you will need to have the Macromedia Flash
player installed as a plug-in to your standard internet browser.
Most of today's computers support the Flash plug-in by default.
If your computer does not support the Flash plug-in, the CD-Wizard
will automatically prompt you to do so when you open a text page
that includes a Flash animation.
To install the latest version of the plugin, you may need an
internet connection.
You can continue using the CD-Wizard without loading the plug-in, however
in that case you will not be able to view the supporting animations.
2.4 Acrobat Reader
Some of the documents provided on the CD-ROM are in Adobe Acrobat PDF
format. To view or print these documents, you will need to have the
Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.
This CD-ROM includes a version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader v5.05 in a
limited number of languages. You can install this Adobe software free of
charge subject to the terms of the Adobe license agreement as included
with the installation package.
Alternatively you can download the latest Adobe Acrobat software from the
Adobe website at http://www.adobe.com.
2.5 Free Disk Space
To install drivers and/or software of this CD-ROM you will need
additional disk space as defined in the readme.txt file included
in the root of this CD-ROM.
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3. THIS RELEASE
3.1 Windows 98/98SE/NT/2000/Me/XP
PC Card and USB Client Software (Jan 2003)
3.2 Windows CE (Jan 2003)
The WinCE 4.0 driver does not support encryption (see 6.11).
Desktop install program displays version information at the
beginning of the installation.
Uninstall of drivers is supported.
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4. INSTALLATION NOTES
4.1 Standard Installation
When you insert the CD-ROM into a Windows computer running a version
of the Microsoft Windows operating system as listed in Section 2, the
CD-ROM should start automatically.
If the CD does not start automatically, use your Windows explorer to
navigate to your CD-ROM drive, and double-click the file "ezsetup.exe".
4.2 Language Selection
When the Wireless LAN CD-Wizard starts it will determine the version
of your Windows operating system and the language of your operating
system based on the "country/location" settings in the
"Regional Options" panel of your Windows operating system.
The CD-Wizard supports the following languages:
- English
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish (Catalan)
- Japanese
- Korean
- Chinese Simplified
- Chinese Traditional
If the "Regional Options" on your computer have been set to another
country, the CD-Wizard will default to English.
4.3 Update of system Components
If your computer does not support the System Requirements listed in
Section 2 above, the Wireless LAN CD-Wizard may prompt you to:
- confirm the update of system components by the wizard, or
- download and update the referenced system components yourself
before you proceed.
4.4 Alternative Installations (plug & play)
Driver Installation
a) Insert or connect your wireless client adapter to your PC.
The Microsoft Windows operating system will detect the new
hardware and ask you for the location of the drivers.
b) Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive.
c) Click the 'browse' button of new hardware found dialog.
d) Navigate to your CD-ROM drive, click on OK.
The Microsoft "New Hardware Wizard" will detect the drivers and
install them onto your computer.
NOTE: This installation will only install the English version of
the driver and associated help files. To install national
language support for any of the languages listed under
section 4.2, you will also need to install Client Manager
as described below.
Client Manager Installation
a) First install the drivers as described above.
b) Navigate to the folder \software\cl_mgr on the CD-ROM
c) Double click the file setup.exe to install the Client Manager program.
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5. TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS
5.1 Wireless Adapter does not work under Windows 2000
Description: On some computer systems with a recent BIOS
(later than December 2001) the wireless adapters
based on a PCI bus interface may not work properly.
Affected hardware:
* MiniPCI adapter
* PCI Swapbox adapters based on the Ti 1410 chip
* PCI Swapbox adapters based on the Ti 1225 chip
Affected Windows 2000 versions:
* MS-Windows 2000, 2000 SP1, 2000 SP2, Professional
* MS Windows 2000, 2000 SP1, 2000 SP2, Server
* MS-Windows 2000, 2000 SP1, 2000 SP2, Advanced Server
Perceived defect behavior: Although the
installation of drivers and software in the works ok
for the Windows 2000 operating system, the adapter
does not get/renew an automatically assigned IP Address.
Impact: Your computer will not be able to connect
to networks that use the TCP/IP protocol.
Most of today's networks use TCP/IP for standard
network traffic. TCP/IP is mandatory for internet
access.
Resolution: Whether this issue will occur is related to the
hardware of the host computer system.
In most cases it can be resolved easily by
installing a Microsoft Windows 2000 patch
(post Service Pack 2 update) that you can
download from the Microsoft website at:
http://www.support.microsoft.com
On this page use the Search option to search for the
item "Q265296".
From the results select the option:
"Toshiba PC Card Controller May Power 3.3-Volt R2
PC Card at 5 Volts (Q265296)"
Download the item "Q265296_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe" and
follow the Microsoft instructions for this update.
5.2 USB Device may hang when connected to non-Agere Base Station
Description: In exceptional circumstances you may encounter
situations where the USB Client driver hangs when
it is connected (associated) with non-Agere Base
Station.
This situation may typically appear in situations
where the infrastructure includes a Cisco 350 access
point, that has fragmentation enabled, using a
nominal threshold value, such as 400 bytes.
Impact: A data transfer may timeout in app. 10 seconds,
leaving the connection lost.
The connection can only be restored if the device
is dis- and reconnected
Resolution: If your network includes Cisco 350 Access Points
Disable fragmentation.
Agere will release USB adapter drivers with
a fix for this problem via their web site as soon
as this fix will become available.
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6. KNOWN ISSUES
6.1 CD-Wizard does not start automatically
The Windows operating system includes the option to
enable/disable the feature that allows CD-ROMs to
start automatically.
By default this option is enabled, allowing the CD-Wizard
to start automatically.
On some computer systems however, the LAN Administrator or
another user may have disabled the "AutoPlay" feature.
If the CD-Wizard does not start automatically, use your
Explorer to display the contents of the CD-ROM, and double
click the file EZSETUP.EXE.
6.2 No option to select a different language
The Wireless LAN wizard only supports the languages listed in
section 4.2 above.
This is a feature that will be added in a next release.
6.3 CD-Wizard prompts to run hhupd.exe
If the EZ Install wizard prompts you to update your CHM viewer
your computer is running an older version of the Compiled HTML
Help viewer. Running this Microsoft update program will resolve
the error without affecting further behavior of your computer.
6.4 CD-Wizard prompts to update Internet Explorer
If the CD-Wizard prompts you to update Internet Explorer your
computer is running an older version of the Compiled HTML
Help viewer (which is actually a part of the Internet Explorer.
If the version of your Internet Explorer is older than v4.0,
the Microsoft update program hhupd.exe (see 6.3) will not be
sufficient to ensure compatibility of the MS-Windows Compiled HTML
Viewer with the CD-Wizard functionality.
To resolve the issue, update the Internet Explorer on your computer.
The Internet Explorer update is available free of charge from the
Microsoft website.
- For Windows 95 select Internet Explorer v5.5 Service Pack 2
- For all versions of Windows select Internet Explorer v6.0 or
higher.
See also Section 2 System Requirements
Note that this update of Internet Explorer does not prevent you
from using another internet browser of your choice to surf the
internet.
6.5 CD-Wizard prompts to install Macromedia Flash Player.
See Section System Requirements, 2.3 Macromedia Flash Player.
6.6 Prompt that shlwapi.dll is missing
Description: This issue typically only occurs on
Windows NT 4.0 systems running an older version of
the Internet Explorer.
Impact: CD-Wizard will not start
Resolution: Download and install the latest version of the
Internet Explorer and try again
6.7 PCI Card and Wake-On-LAN Support
This information is not applicable to the Ti1410/Ti1225 based PCI
adapters. The PCI Card (the PCI adapter that comes with a
factory-installed radio card) supports the "Magic Packet" for
WakeOnLAN to allow the Wakeup from Hibernate and wakeup from
standby mode for computers running one of the Microsoft operating
systems below:
- MS-Windows 98 and 98 SE (Second Edition)
- MS-Windows 2000
- MS-Windows Me (Millennium Edition)
- MS-Windows XP Home/Professional Edition
WakeOnLAN requirements:
- Your computer runs a BIOS version that supports WakeOnLAN
Consult your computer manufacturer for BIOS updates for
your computer.
- A properly installed Windows installation
Use your Windows Device Manager to verify that there are no
question marks or exclamation marks.
If there are conflicts or issues reported by the Windows Device
Manager, consult the Internet for updated drivers.
To activate WakeOnLAN:
1) Look into the BIOS and familiarize yourself with
WakeOnLAN-related settings.
2) Determine the PCI version compliancy level of the motherboard
of your computer:
* For motherboards that are PCI V2.2 compliant:
a) Do not connect the 3 wire WOL cable.
b) Make sure you insert the Wireless LAN PCI Card into
the PCI slot that supports wake-up.
Note that some motherboards only support WakeOnLAN in
specific PCI slots. (3v3aux).
* For motherboards that are PCI V2.1 compliant, connect the
the 3-wire WOL cable.
3) Start your computer, and use the Windows Control Panel to
check if your computer supports Hibernation.
a) Open the Control Panel, and double-click the item
"Power Options"
b) Check if the windows "Power Options Properties" includes a
tab called "Hibernate":
* If YES, your computer supports WakeOnLAN (proceed with
step 4).
* If NO, your computer does not support WakeOnLAN.
4) Start the Windows Device Manager and display the properties
for the PCI Card.
5) Next select the Advanced tab.
6) Set Wake On LAN to the value on an click OK.
7) Next, proceed as described below for the operating system of
your computer:
* For Windows 95/98/ME: restart your system.
* For Windows 2000/XP: go to step (8)
8) a) Start the windows Device manager and display the properties
of the Wireless LAN PCI Card
b) Next select the Power Management tab
c) Check the items:
* "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power
* "allow this device to bring the computer out of standby".
d) Click OK to confirm your choices and exit the Device Manager.
This will complete the procedure to enable WakeOnLAN.
6.8 Control Panel Applet shows error message during Easy install.
Description: When using the CD-Wizard to identify a profile, and
install the drivers and Client Manager, on some
computer systems the Control Panel pops-up prompting
the user to enter profile settings.
When the user closes the applet clicking the OK button,
the applet generates the error message
"Can not Access the PC Card, please re-insert the
PC Card".
Impact: This is a timing issue that occurs only on computers
running MS-Windows 98/Me.
Although there is no need for the Windows operating
system to prompt for driver parameters, MS-Windows
activates the driver and its Control Panel Applet
before it has actually detected the presence of the
hardware.
Resolution If the user ignores the error message, the wireless
adapter will work just fine.
This issue will be resolved in a future release.
6.9 Easy install does not update Client Manager.
Description: When using the CD-Wizard to update the drivers and
Client Manager, the CD-Wizard does not always
update the Client Manager.
Impact: The CD-Wizard/Easy Install is designed to provide a
single click installation routine for Drivers and
Client Manager.
When the Driver Installer of the CD-Wizard detects
an older device driver installation it will prompt
the user to remove before continuing to install the
newer version.
However when running the Driver installer, it can
not simultaneously run another Installshield
application to remove the Client Manager.
In most situations there will be no compatibility
issue using the older Client Manager with the updated
driver. Neither would there be any noticeable
difference for day-to-day operation by an end-user.
Resolution: End-users can continue using the older version
of Client Manager. Beta testers or any user that
prefers running the latest version can easily update
Client Manager by activating the Client Manager
installer (setup.exe) in the folder \software\cl_mgr.
6.10 MS-Windows shows error after updating drivers with CD-Wizard
Description: When re-inserting the wireless adapter after
using the CD-Wizard update feature, the MS-Windows
operating system may show the error message:
"Error during installation, Cannot install this
hardware. The system can not find the file specified".
Impact: When updating the drivers using the CD-Wizard, the
Driver installer will replace the old driver
information file (wnxxx.inf) with a newer copy.
The MS-windows operating system however will
memorize the settings of removed *.inf
files until the user restarts the computer.
Therefore when using the CD-Wizard to update drivers
the user should always restart the computer prior to
re-inserting/reconnecting the wireless adapter.
At present the Driver installer does not present a
prompt or mechanism to ensure the user restarts
the computer.
Resolution: When updating the drivers and Client Manager, always
restart the computer before you (re-)connect the
wireless adapter.
To restore the error:
1) Run the wldetect tool from the folder
\xtras\wldetect\wldetect.exe
This will remove the faulty installation and
restore your computer to a "clean" state.
2) Next run the CD-Wizard as if you are about to
install the wireless LAN drivers and Client Manager
for the first time on a new/clean computer.
Note that in this case the wldetect tool will remove
all previously defined profile settings.
6.11 WinCE 4.0 driver does not support encryption
Description: No (network) connection can be established to
networks that use encryption.
To networks without encryption, you can establish a
connection.
This happens with PC-short Card and Compact-Flash.
Impact: When transferring data the frames are sent un-encrypted
causing a security risk.
Resolution: Agere Systems will provide an updated release containing
a fixed driver for WinCE 4.0 on short notice.
The release will be made available via the Agere Systems
website http://www.agere.com/client/wlan.html
In the meantime you are advised to install and use the
WinCE 3.0 driver.
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7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
7.1 Finding Information
Consult your authorized reseller or manufacturer for more
information.
Alternatively consult our Web Site for the most recent
device drivers and software updates and user documentation.
World Wide Web: HTTP://WWW.AGERE.COM
7.2 Contact Technical Support
If you encounter problems when installing or using this
product, or would like information about our other
"Wireless" products, please contact your local Authorized
Reseller or Agere Systems Sales office.
Addresses and telephone numbers of the Agere Systems
Sales offices are listed on our Web Site.
Help us Helping you!
When contacting Technical Support, please use the Problem
Report (report.txt) and send it to us by Fax or E-Mail.
A completed Problem Report Form that includes the details about
your "Wireless" product and its host environment will help us
helping you to solve your problems.
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
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.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.