Installation Instructions for Windows XP 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 XP CD to install this card.

·        Please note there are many things in these instructions that are case sensitive.

·        You may see the following screen during the driver installation. In the blank at the bottom type in "x:\winxp". Where "x" is your CD-ROM drive letter.


 


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

INSTALLING THE CARD

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

2.      Insert the wireless card into your PCMCIA slot.

3.      Windows should find the wireless card and automatically install a driver for the device.  It will first detect as the card as a Wavelan/IEEE, and then it will change to an Orinoco 5volt PC card.  You will then see a message that says, “Your new hardware is ready to use”.

4.      After those boxes disappear, another box will pop up saying “new network device is ready to use”. Close this box by clicking the “X” in the top right hand corner.

5.      Click on your “Start” menu, then go to “Connect To”, and then to “Wireless Network Connection”, as shown in the picture below.


 

6.      On the next screen click on the advanced button, as shown in the picture below.


 

7.      In the preferred networks section click the add button, as shown in the picture below.

8.      In the field labeled “Network name (SSID)”, type in the word nomad in all lower case, as shown in the picture below.

9.      Click the OK button on both windows.

10.  Restart your computer.

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 your 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, open up your web browser (IE or Netscape). You will automatically be taken to the network registration site, http://netreg.utk.edu/.   Follow the online instructions and within a few minutes you should be registered so that you can use 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).