Installation Instructions for Windows 95 and the Lucent/Orinoco Wireless Card

If you have any questions about these wireless installation instructions, you may call the HelpDesk at (865) 974-9800/9900 or visit our IT Service Center located in 103 Aconda Court.  For more information about wireless, please visit our wireless website at http://wireless.utk.edu.

Important Notes

·        You may need your Windows 95 CD to install this card.

·        Many things in these instructions are case sensitive. Please pay attention.

·        You may see the following screen during the driver installation.  If so, type in "x:\win95". Where "x" is your CD-ROM drive letter as shown in the picture below.

·        Upon restart, after the installation of the AS Client, you may see the "New Hardware found" window listing an unknown device. If so, click Next three times and then click the Finish button.

·        You may need to update the firmware on your card.  You can do this after you have installed the drivers correctly.  Follow the directions on the last page.

INSTALLING THE CARD

1.      Turn on your laptop and make sure it is finished loading all programs.

2.      Put the wireless CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3.      Insert the wireless card into your PCMCIA slot.

4.      The new hardware wizard should open and say it found Lucent technologies WaveLan/IEEE. Click Next. Click on the Other Locations button.

5.      On the next screen type in "X:Win95" where X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive and click OK.

6.      The next screen should look like the one below.  Please click Finish.

7.      If the following screen appears, click OK.

The window pictured below may also appear several times during the installation.  To dismiss this window, click the OK button.

8.      If you are prompted to restart the computer, click yes. If not, restart the computer yourself.  When your computer finishes booting, continue to the next step.

INSTALLING THE CLIENT MANAGER

9.      Once the card is installed, double click My Computer, double click your CD-ROM drive, double click Win95, then finally double click Cl_Mgr.

10.  Run the file labeled setup.

11.  Proceed with the installation using the default settings. If you are prompted to restart your computer, click yes.

12.  After the installation is complete, go to your Start menu, Settings, and then finally Control Panel.

13.  Inside the Control Panel you should see the following icon. Double click it.

14.  The following screen should appear. Click on the Edit button.

15.  The wireless profile wizard should open. In the profile name blank, type UT. Click Next. In the network name blank, type nomad in lowercase. Click Next.

16.  Click next 2 times.

17.  As shown in the below screen shot, check the box labeled “Renew IP Address when selecting this profile.” Click Finish.

18.  Close the control panel. 

19.  Restart your computer.

GENERAL INFORMATION

After you restart your computer, you may see green or orange bars in the system tray. This usually means that wireless connectivity is available in your location.  These bars must be present for a wireless connection to be established. 

UPDATING THE FIRMWARE

Note: To update firmware, your card must be in your computer and you must have your power cord plugged in.

q       Turn on your laptop and make sure it is finished loading all programs.

q       Put the wireless CD into your CD Rom drive.

q       Double click "my computer". Double click "cd rom drive".  Double click the folder for your operating system. Double click "firmware". Double click "WSU10752.exe"

q       Click the update button.  Read the message that follows.  Click OK.

REGISTRATION

After you have your wireless card installed and configured, you will need to register your wireless card to gain access to the wireless network.  To register, you simply need to open up your web browser (IE or Netscape) and you will automatically be taken to the network registration site, http://netreg.utk.edu/.   Just follow the instructions and within a few minutes you should be on the wireless network.

If you have any questions regarding the installation/configuration of your wireless card or need more details on how to register, please contact the OIT HelpDesk at 974-9900 (students) or 974-9800 (faculty & staff).