WaveMANAGER/CLIENT

System Requirements

• A computer running the Microsoft Windows 95, or Windows NT operating system
• A WaveLAN/PCMCIA or WaveLAN/ISA network adapter card
• Upgrade to / Install the latest WaveLAN Miniport Driver version 1.17
  Note: This driver is not yet available from the WaveLAN software diskettes!

The WaveLAN Miniport Driver v.1.17 is included with the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT program in the self-executing zipfile wmclient.exe (200k bytes, dated June 16, 1997).

Installing WaveMANAGER/CLIENT

Overview

1. (Optional) Create a WaveLAN directory
2. Download the file wmclient.exe
3. Extract the WaveLAN Miniport Driver v1.17 and the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT program
4. Create a WaveMANAGER/CLIENT icon on the taskbar
5. (If applicable) Replace previously installed WaveLAN Miniport Driver
6. Restart the computer

1 Create a directory
(optional)

1. Click the Start button on the Windows 95/Windows NT 4.0 Task bar point to 'Programs and then click Explorer to open the Windows Explorer (File Manager) program.
2. Open the folder 'Program Files' (ususally C:\Program Files)
3. From the File Menu, select 'New, Folder' (or 'File, Create Directory)
4. Name the directory 'WaveLAN' and press the 'Enter' key.

2 Download the file

1. Print out this Web-page (you will need it later).
2. Click the 'Download Now' Button at the end of this page.
3. When prompted, save the file to the directory which you created in step 1: (C:\Program Files\WaveLAN\ )

3 Extract the file

1. Click the Start button on the Windows 95/Windows NT 4.0 Task bar and click Run
2. In the dialog box, click the Browse button to open the folder where you saved the downloaded file (C:\Program Files\WaveLAN\ )
3. Select the file wmclient.exe
4. Add the command line parameter -d after the closing Quote sign "
   
   The Run dialog box, should now display the command line as pictured below
   
5. Click 'OK' to extract the files.
   (The - d parameter will build the recomended file structure for the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT program files and the WaveLAN Miniport Driver).

4 Create an icon on your Windows taskbar

The program to add to the taskbar is:
C:\Program Files\WaveLAN\WMANAGER\CLIENT\wman_cl.exe

5 Replace previously installed Miniport Driver

When your computer has an earlier version of the WaveLAN Miniport Driver installed, you need to replace the previously installed driver with WaveLAN Miniport Driver version 1.17.

CAUTION:

UPGRADING THE WAVELAN MINIPORT DRIVER SHOULD ONLY BE DONE BY A SKILLED LAN ADMINISTRATOR OR SUPPORT ENGINEER THAT HAS A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 AND WINDOWS NT OPERATING SYTEM.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO MODIFYING THE NETWORK ADAPTER SETUP, OR STARTING THE UPGRADE PROCEDURE.

Why replace the old driver?

The drawback of this Plug and Play mechanism is that it complicates upgrading existing drivers because:

• When you remove a driver from the Network (Neighborhood) Control Panel, it will not be deleted from your harddisk.
• When trying to upgrade a driver, Windows will recognize the hardware as a piece of hardware that had been installed before and will attempt to re-install the old driver.

Therefore, when trying to upgrade from an older version you are advised to overwrite the previously installed WaveLAN Network Adapter Drivers on your harddisk drive.

Overwrite previously installed Drivers

1. Open the Windows Explorer (File Manager).
2. In the Explorer Menu, point to View and select Options
3. From the View tab, select 'Show all files' and clear the check-box 'Hide MS-DOS file extensions'.
   
   
4. Click the Apply button to return to the Explorer (File Manager) window.
5. Back in the Windows Explorer (File Manager) open the folder where you saved the downloaded file (C:\Program Files\WaveLAN\)
6. Open the folder C:\Program Files\WaveLAN\Drivers
7. Copy the following system files to the directories as indicated below:

For Windows 95 Operating Systems

• Copy the file wvlan22.inf to the Windows directory C:\Windows\inf
  When asked to 'Replace the existing file? Click Yes.
• Copy the files wvlan22.sys and wv2uif.vxd to the Windows System directory C:\Windows\System\
  When asked to 'Replace the existing file? Click Yes.

For Windows NT Operating Systems:

• Copy the files wvlan22.dll and wvlan22.hlp to the Windows NT System directory C:\Winnt\system32
  When asked to 'Replace the existing file? Click Yes.
• Copy the file wvlan22.sys to the Windows NT System directory C:\Winnt\system32\drivers
  When asked to 'Replace the existing file? Click Yes.
  
8. When finished, close the Windows Explorer.
9. Restart the Computer to ensure Windows loads the new WaveLAN Miniport Driver system files.

This will finish your upgrade to the latest version of the WaveLAN Miniport Driver. You can now run the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT Diagnostics program.

6 Install WaveLAN Miniport Driver v.1.17

The installation process of drivers for WaveLAN/ISA Cards, differs slightly form the installation of WaveLAN/PCMCIA:

When using a WaveLAN/PCMCIA adapter :

• Insert the WaveLAN/PCMCIA Card
  Windows will detect the 'new' hardware and will try to install the appropriate drivers.

When using a WaveLAN/ISA adapter:

• Click the Start button, point to Settings and then click Control Panel
• Double-click the 'Add New Hardware button'.
• Select 'Yes' to find the new hardware.

When Windows has identified the new hardware, it will ask you to provide a disk from the 'hardware manufacturer'.

1. Move to the WaveLAN directory which you created under step '1 Create a directory', open the folder 'Drivers' (e.g. C:\Program Files\WaveLAN\Drivers) and select the file oemsetup.inf.
   A computer with WaveLAN/PCMCIA will continue automatically, a computer equipped with WaveLAN/ISA may ask you to select a driver from the list displayed.

Note: When prompted to select a driver, select the driver that corresponds with the actual card inserted into the computer. For example:
When using an AT&T WaveLAN adapter, select the AT&T Miniport driver. Otherwise Windows 95 may not recognize the hardware a next time when the station is rebooted. In such cases Windows 95 will report 'New hardware found' and attempt to install a new driver.


2. Fill-out the WaveLAN properties that apply to your network environment (Domain ID, NWID etc.).
   You do not need to enter the Station Address
3. Windows will now rebuild the driver database, and may ask you for the Windows 95/NT CD-ROM:
   
   If you had a WaveLAN Miniport Driver installed before, most files that the Windows Operating System is trying to copy, will still be available on the computer itsself. In that case you can try to replace the path to the CD-ROM drive by c:\windows\system or c:\windows (for Windows 95), or c:\winnt\system32 (Windows NT), i.e. the location where the system files were located before. Optionally you can try to use the Find File option to determine the path required on your computer.
4. When finished restart your computer to activate the new driver software.