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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux
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Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring the Client Adapter
Inserting the Client Adapter into a Computing Device
Inserting a PCI Client Adapter
Follow these steps to insert your PCI client adapter in your computer’s expansion slot.
Step 1 Turn off the PC and all its components.
Step 2 Remove the computer cover.
On most Pentium PCs, PCI expansion slots are white. Refer to your PC documentation for slot
identification.
Step 3 Remove the screw from the top of the CPU back panel above an empty PCI expansion slot. This screw
holds the metal bracket on the back panel.
Caution Static electricity can damage your client adapter. Before removing the adapter from the antistatic
packaging, discharge static by touching a metal part of a grounded PC.
Step 4 Examine the client adapter. The antenna connector and the LEDs face out of your computer and are
visible when you put the cover back on. The bottom edge of the adapter is the connector that you will
insert into an empty expansion slot in your computer. See Figure 3-10.
Figure 3-10 Inserting a PCI Client Adapter into a PC
Step 5
Tilt the adapter to allow the antenna connector and LEDs to slip through the opening in the CPU back
panel.
Step 6 Press the client adapter into the empty slot until the connector is firmly seated.
Caution Do not force the adapter into the expansion slot as this could damage both the adapter and the slot. If the
adapter does not insert easily, remove the adapter and reinsert it.
Step 7 Reinstall the screw on the CPU back panel, and replace the computer cover.
Step 8 Attach the 2-dBi antenna to the adapter’s antenna connector until it is finger-tight. Do not overtighten.
Step 9 For optimal reception, position the antenna so it is straight up.
Step 10 Boot up your computer.
Antenna
connector
LEDs
Card edge
connector
Standard 2 dBi
dipole antenna
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