=========================================================== Avaya Inc. January 2002 OR Client Software for Windows 2000 Version 2.00 =========================================================== This README.TXT covers information that was not yet known or available when the user documentation shipped with this release 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. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION 1.1 Description This software is officially released and supported software of Avaya Inc. The Outdoor Router Client software consists of: 1. Communications Quality Indicator (CQI) This is a diagnostic tool that you can use to verify the quality of your wireless radio connection to the Avaya Wireless Outdoor Router network. The CQI tool can be installed on any computer running the MS-Windows 2000 (SP1) operating system. 2. A set of PC Card drivers, for use on any computer running the MS-Windows 2000 (SP1) operating system. The software supports the Avaya Wireless IEEE 11 Mbit PC Cards. Note 1: This software does NOT support the following PC Cards: * WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo 8 Mbit PC Cards * WaveLAN/IEEE 2 Mbit PC Cards * pre-IEEE WaveLAN PC Cards * External Antenna Module 915 MHz and 2.4 GHz Note 2: Check the website HTTP://support.AVAYA.COM for new releases. 1.2 Software Components The software for Avaya Wireless Outdoor Router Client comprises the following components: * Communication Quality Indicator (CQI); * PC Card Drivers. The Avaya Wireless Outdoor Router Client software is described in the on-line Help files (see also Section 4 of this readme file 'Installation Notes'). 1.3 Software Versions The following software will be installed in the directory specified during setup: Name: CQI variant 3, version 1.67 Name: Drivers variant 1, version 6.00 1.4 Other Files in this release: Readme file (this file): README.TXT (Plain text) End-User License Agreement: LICENSE.TXT (Plain text) Problem Report Form: REPORT.TXT (Plain text) ----------------------------------------------------------- 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2.1 Operating System The software and/or drivers provided with this release can be installed on the operating systems Windows 2000. 2.2 Free Disk Space To install and run the software you will need 4 MByte of free disk space. 2.3 RAM 8 MByte of RAM is required (16 MByte or more recommended). 2.4 Processor A Pentium or faster processor is required. ----------------------------------------------------------- 3. NEW IN THIS RELEASE 3.1 Version 2.10 Initial version of the Avaya Wireless Outdoor Router Client software for Windows 2000. ----------------------------------------------------------- 4. INSTALLATION NOTES 4.1 Installation procedure Installing (Avaya Wireless) PC Card adapter for Microsoft© Windows2000: IMPORTANT: ========== Do NOT Upgrade from Windows98 or WindowsNT4 with an existing CQI and ORC-client, it will not work. You will have to REMOVE the (Avaya Wireless) PC Card Hardware out of the PC system motherboard and de-install the Avaya Wireless software with the existing CQI. Otherwise Windows2000 will crash or never startup (or shutdown) again. The Win2k Partition will be dismounted. WORKAROUND: ============ Use the Windows2000 bootable CD, recover the installation with the recovery-console and type at the Command Prompt, where (C:) is the system - partition of your existing Windows2000 installation: C:\CHKDSK C: /F/X /R /I /C and press [ENTER] C:\FIXBOOT and press [ENTER] C:\FIXMBR and press [ENTER] C:\EXIT Press [F3] (reboot) ==================//=================== Laptop Systems: =============== DO NOT PAY ATTENTION AT POINT 5), This is for Desktop Systems. 1. Install or when you have already installed MS© Windows2000 2. Finish the installation (with or) without the PC Card and Reboot! REMARK: This is for the PC-card holder for Desktop systems, NOT the Avaya Wireless PC Card for Laptop systems 3. Now you will have to install Microsoft© Windows2000 ServicePack1 or ServicePack2, Reboot! & startup again. 4. Install the Avaya Wireless CQI (Communications Quality Indicator) and install directly after CQI the drivers ORC_2000, confirm both, and for the best results; reboot your PC. 5. For Desktop systems: ==================== Open your PC-housing and remove a PCI-screw to install a Avaya Wireless PCI-card (PC-card holder) without a Avaya Wireless PC-card (pcmcia-card) in a PCI-bridge on your PC motherboard, reboot, when started up, the Microsoft© Hardware Management Console will now contain the PCMCIA Controller. 6. For Laptop AND Desktop systems: =============================== Insert your PC-card into the PC-card Holder (PCMCIA-slot), when inserted, startup your PC. 7. When Microsoft© Windows2000 Graphical User Interface will start up, the system will detect new hardware and the drivers will automatically load, a window with... [ "Avaya Wireless PC-Card" ] when this will appear, wait a few seconds and a window with: [ "Avaya Wireless PC-card" ] will pop up. Press [ENTER] or [YES] to agree, and the PC-card drivers will load. 9. In the next window choose the 5Volt Card, if you have a intergrated card (in i.e. Laptop systems), choose the button [Other Devices] and you can choose an other option PC-card version, like i.e. NEC 3,5 - 5Volt or a Avaya Wireless 3,5 - 5Volt, within the Avaya Wireless-group. 10. If confirmed the driver want you to fill in a appropriate: a) Avaya Wireless License key, -> (Fill this in like: 2E-47-96-2D-8B-04-F2-17-32-A6 ) b) Pass phrase (default=public), c) Encryption key (if needed!), d) Transfer Rate (0=highest). You can configure this also by clicking the "OR Client", a PC-card icon in the Control Panel. 11. For the best result you will have to Reboot the Computer. (Do not to forget to configure an appropriate IP-address and Subnet-Mask binded to the Avaya Wireless PC-card, otherwise you won't have an "Network Neighborhood" / "My Network Places" environment.) ----------------------------------------------------------- 4.2 Additional Installation Notes The OR Client NDIS 5 Miniport Driver in this package has been proven to work with Windows 2000 Build 2195 (RTM). The software in this package can be installed either before or after the uninstall of an already present driver. Note: When this driver has been installed an update to the latest firmware version becomes mandatory. You can find the latest firmware on the Avaya Wireless Web Site. If you have the Avaya Wireless driver installed that came with the first official Windows 2000 release, you need to do a uninstall and re-install. Uninstalling an installed Avaya Wireless driver. Note: In order to be able to do the Uninstall, the Avaya Wireless card must be inserted in the machine. To uninstall an already installed Avaya Wireless driver, do the following: 1. on the Desktop, go to My Computer and click the right mouse button, 2. select properties 3. in the next screen, select the Hardware tab, 4. on the next screen, press the Device Manager button, 5. in the next screen, go to Network adapters and select the '+', 6. then select the Avaya Wireless and press the right mouse button, 7. finally select Uninstall... After completion of the uninstall, remove the Avaya Wireless PC-Card,and any Windows 2000 CD's that may be in your CD-ROM drive. *********************************************************** ** REMOVING THE WINDOWS 2000 CD FROM THE CD-ROM DRIVE IS ** ** CRITICAL FOR PROPER INSTALLATION OF THE OR CLIENT ** ** DRIVER ** *********************************************************** If you have installed version 7.x of the Avaya Wireless driver, you should also delete the 'WNLUC48.CPL' file from your %SYSTEMROOT%\system23\ directory. After removing the radio card and Windows 2000 CD, run the W2k_ORC_Drivers.exe program. After running the setup program, re-insert the radio card. The new driver will now be installed. To configure the card, go to the control panel. There you will see a new icon, called "OR Client". Double clicking on this icon will bring up the configuration screen. Note: When installing on Desktop PC's make sure to first install support for the ISA-PCMCIA swap box (without the Avaya Wireless card inserted). After successful installation of support for the swap box, inserting the Avaya Wireless card will start the installation process for it. In order to install the system supplied drivers for the ISA-PCMCIA swapbox, you need to manually run the hardware wizard and select "Add a new device", select "from hardware list" and then choose PCMCIA adapters, then finally select the "Intel PCIC or Compatible PCMCIA controller". 4.3 Files Installed The CQI installation wizard will automatically install the program files in the following directory on the hard disk of your computer: C:\Program Files\Avaya_Wireless\CQI\CQI Optionally you may choose to select another folder or hard disk drive for installation of the CQI software. The following files will be installed in the specified directory: * CQI.EXE * M_PHONE.ICL * MODEM.ICL * S_DISC.ICL * S_SMILEY.ICL * STATUS.ICL * README.TXT Together with the Avaya Wireless CQI software, the installation wizard will install the Avaya Wireless CQI help system that provides context-sensitive and task -oriented help for the CQI. The help files will be installed in the following directory: C:\WINNT\Help\Avaya_Wireless\CQI The Avaya Wireless CQI help system is in HTML format. To view the help screens you will need to have an internet browser installed, such as: * The Microsoft Internet Explorer (v4.0 or higher) * The Netscape Navigator (v4.0 or higher) Alternatively, you may choose to use another type of browser, but it will depend on the supported features of such browsers whether the help files will display correctly. The ORC Driver Installation wizard will install the following files: NDIS 5 Miniport driver for Windows 2000 NETWV48.INF WVLAN48.SYS WVLAN.CPL 5. TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS At the time of release of this software, the following problems remain to be solved: 5.1 None. ----------------------------------------------------------- 6. KNOWN ISSUES At the time of release of this software, the following problems remain to be solved: 6.1 Support for Network IDs 8 to 15. Description: The PC Card Driver setting "Network ID" has a valid range of 0 to 15. However, this release only supports Network IDs in the range 0 to 7. Impact: Minor. Action: Next release will support Network IDs in the full range of 0 to 15. 6.2 License key not valid Description: The license key is entered correctly, the tools still indicate that License Key that was entered is not valid. Impact: Minor. Action: Make sure that the dashed (the '-' characters) are entered as part of the license key. 6.3 Unexpected termination of the CQI tool Description: When the CQI tool is active (indicated by the satellite icon in the Windows menu), the application can be ended by pressing the ESC key. Impact: Minor. Action: Make sure not to press the ESC key, when the last application window that was shown belonged to the CQI. 6.4 Unable to upgrade firmware Desription: It is not possible to upgrade the firmware with these drivers installed. Impact: Minor Action: Use a station(laptop/PC) which has either version 1.4 of the ORC software installed or which has 802.11 station drivers installed, to upgrade the firmware. ----------------------------------------------------------- 7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT 7.1 Finding Information On the Avaya Wireless Web Site you can find the most recent device drivers, bridge firmware, software updates and user documentation. World Wide Web: HTTP://support.AVAYA.COM 7.2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you encounter problems when installaing or using this product, or would like information about our other Avaya Wireless products, please contact your local authorized Avaya Wireless Reseller or Avaya Wireless Sales Office. Addresses and telephone numbers of the Avaya Wireless Sales office are listed on our Avaya Wireless Web Site. ===========================================================Download Driver Pack
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