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Configuring Your Client Adapter
Step 5
Click the new firmware image file (*.img).
Step 6
Click the Open button. A dialog box appears indicating the progress of the download. The selected
image is loaded into the client adapter's Flash memory.
Step 7
When the Firmware download successful message appears, click OK.
Configuring Your Client Adapter
The pcm3x0PPC client utility enables you to change the configuration parameters of your client adapter.
The adapter's parameters are organized into two main categories depending on your network's
configuration:
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Table 5-2 enables you to quickly locate the instructions for modifying the client adapter's parameters.
Table 5-2
Parameter Category
Enterprise
Home networking
Setting Enterprise Parameters
The parameters in this section can be used to configure your client adapter for use in an enterprise
network. If you are planning to use your client adapter in a home network, go to the "Setting Home
Networking Parameters" section on page 5-21.
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Enterprise parameters – Use these parameters to configure your client adapter for use in an
enterprise network, such as that found in a large organization:
System parameters – Prepare the client adapter for use in a wireless network
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RF network parameters – Control how the client adapter transmits and receives data
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Advanced infrastructure parameters – Control how the client adapter operates within an
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infrastructure network
Advanced ad hoc parameters – Control how the client adapter operates within an ad hoc
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(peer-to-peer) network
Home networking parameters – Use these parameters to prepare your client adapter to operate in
a home network.
Despite their name, the home networking parameters are not limited to use in a home
Note
network. For instance, these parameters, which are confined to one screen, provide a
convenient way to minimally configure the client adapter.
Locating Configuration Instructions
System
RF network
Advanced infrastructure
Advanced ad hoc
Page Number
5-6
5-7
5-11
5-15
5-18
5-21
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Advanced Configuration on Mac OS 9.x
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