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The Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapter Installation Wizard installs and configures the Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapter software. If the installation wizard cannot find the client adapter, it prompts you to remove and reinsert the card or restart the PC. If you previously created a custom installation package using the Cisco Aironet Configuration Administration tool, the installation process proceeds without user input.

The opening window presents the following installation options:

Express Installation/Upgrade

Custom Installation/Upgrade

Uninstall All Components


Express Installation

Installs or updates the client adapter driver, firmware, utilities, and security modules using factory default configurations. To use this option, select Express Installation and then click Next.

The installation wizard copies files to your hard disk and then invokes the driver installation program, which detects the client adapter type and installs the hardware driver. If the client adapter is already inserted, you are prompted to restart the machine if the card is a PCI or ISA type, or remove and reinsert the card if it is a PCMCIA or Cardbus type.


Custom Installation

Installs or updates the client adapter driver, firmware, utilities, and security modules using custom configurations. To use this option, select Custom Installation and then click Next. The custom Installation Components screen opens.

Selectively enable or disable installation of software components by checking or unchecking the component. Some components depend on others, so changes to one component can automatically change others. The following software components are available:

Firmware

Drivers

Set Quiet Mode

Aironet Client Utility

Aironet Client Monitor

Security Modules

To view the component settings, expand the component. To change a setting, click the component value, set its value, and click OK. When you are finished, click Next.

The installation wizard copies files to your hard disk and then invokes the driver installation program, which detects the client adapter type and installs the hardware driver. If the client adapter is already inserted, you are prompted to restart the machine if the card is a PCI or ISA type, or remove and reinsert the card if it is a PCMCIA or Cardbus type.


Uninstall All Components

Uninstalls all Cisco Wireless Network Adapter drivers and applications and deletes all profiles.  Any programs not supported by this package will not be removed.


Firmware

Installs firmware on the client adapter. The firmware component does not have selectable installation parameters.


Drivers

Installs host drivers that support the client adapter. The driver component does not have selectable installation parameters.


Set Quiet Mode

Specifies whether the client becomes quiet when its associated access point is turned off. In quiet mode, the client generates radio frequency energy only in direct response to an access point transmission. This parameter applies to individual cards rather than profiles. It can be set differently for different cards and remains in effect across ACU sessions and computer reboots.


Aironet Client Utility Component

Specifies installation parameters for the Aironet Client Utility (ACU) component.

Installation Path—Specifies the path where the ACU software is installed.

Program Folder—Specifies the program folder where the ACU software is installed.

Place Icon on desktop—Places ACU icon on the computer's desktop to provide quick access to the utility.

Allow Non-Administrator Users To Save Settings To The Registry—Enables users without administrative rights to modify ACU profiles and save them to the registry on computers running Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, or XP.


Aironet Client Monitor Component

Specifies installation parameters for the Aironet Client Monitor (ACM) component.

General ACM Parameters

Installation Path—Specifies the path where the ACM software is installed.

Program Folder—Specifies the program folder where the ACM software is installed.

Auto Start— Automatically starts ACM after Windows boots.

Start After Install— Automatically starts ACM after it is installed.

Program Feature Overrides

These settings specify which ACM features are enabled and are available for use. If you disable program features now and you later want to use them, you must run ACAT again, enable the feature, create a new configuration file, and run the Install Wizard again.

About Box (Help)—Displays the ACM version number and enables you to access the online help.

Exit Program—Closes ACM for all client adapters.

Launch Aironet Client Utility—Activates ACU, if it was installed.

Troubleshooting—Activates the troubleshooting utility, which helps users identify and resolve configuration and connection problems with client adapters.

Preferences—Enables the ACM preference features, which specify when ACM runs and which menus appear on the ACM pop-up menu.

Turn Radio On/Off—Turns the client adapter on or off.

Reauthenticate—Forces the client adapter to try to reauthenticate using the existing name and password of the current profile.

Select Profile—Selects the active profile for the client adapter.

Auto Profile Selection—Automatically selects a profile from the list of profiles that participate in auto profile selection.  Use the ACU to specify which profiles participate in auto profile selection.

Other Configuration Application—Enables an application other than ACU to configure the client adapter.

Show Connection Status—Provides information about the current status of your client adapter.

Menu Options

These settings specify which menu options are displayed on the ACM pop-up menu. The menu feature must also be enabled in Program Feature Overrides before they can be displayed. The menu names are the same as the feature override names defined above.


Security Modules

Specifies the security module components to install. If you disable security modules now and you later want to use them, you must run ACAT again, select the security module, create a new configuration file, and run the Install Wizard again.

LEAP—Enables creation of profiles that use LEAP authentication.

Allow Saved LEAP User Name and Password—Enables you to create a profile in ACU that uses a saved (rather than temporary) username and password for LEAP authentication. When such a profile is used, the saved username and password are used to start the LEAP authentication process, and users are not prompted to enter them.

EAP-SIM—Installs the EAP-SIM supplicant, which adds support for EAP-SIM authentication.

PEAP—Installs the PEAP supplicant, which adds support for PEAP authentication.

Note: Your client adapter can authenticate using EAP-SIM or PEAP only if your computer's operating system is Windows 2000 (with Service Pack 4 or greater) or Windows XP.

EAP-FAST —Installs the EAP-FAST supplicant version included in the Install Wizard file. Installing the EAP-FAST supplicant enables you to create a profile in ACU that uses EAP-FAST authentication. If this option is not selected now and you later want to create a profile that uses EAP-FAST, you must run this installation program again and select this option.

Note: This parameter is available only for 350 series and CB20A cards that are installed on computers running Windows 2000 or XP.

Allow Saved EAP-FAST User Name and Password—Enables you to create a profile in ACU that uses a saved (rather than temporary) username and password for EAP-FAST authentication. When such a profile is used, the saved username and password are used to start the EAP-FAST authentication process, and you are not prompted to enter them.

Note: This parameter is available only for 350 series and CB20A cards that are installed on computers running Windows 2000 or XP.

Allow Auto-Provisioning? —Enables a protected authentication credentials (PAC) file to be obtained invisibly and automatically as needed (that is, when the EAP-FAST username cannot be matched to a previously provisioned PAC).

Note: This parameter is available only for 350 series and CB20A cards that are installed on computers running Windows 2000 or XP.