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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Mac OS
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Chapter 3 Installing the Driver, Client Utility, and Client Adapter
System Requirements
System Requirements
The instructions in this section can be used only with the following:
• Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Adapters
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340, 350, and 4800 series client adapters
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PC Cards and PCI client adapters
• Apple Macintosh computers running the Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS X (version 10.1.x) operating system
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Apple PowerBook G3 and G4 laptops using PC card client adapters
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Apple PowerMac G3 desktops (Blue and White) using PCI client adapters
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Apple PowerMAC G4 desktops using PCI client adapters
Obtaining the Driver and Client Utility Software
The following sections describe the steps you must follow to obtain the driver and client utility software
from the Cisco web site.
Cisco Software Center
The Cisco Software Center contains the latest driver and client utility software. To obtain the software
from the Cisco web site, follow these steps:
Step 1 Use your Internet browser to access the Cisco Software Center at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/sw-wireless.shtml
Step 2 In the client adapters section, click on the link for the Macintosh operating system.
Step 3 Click on the latest software file (MACOSInstallv2x.sit) that supports both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9.x
operating systems. The 2x identifies the software package version number.
Step 4 Read and accept the terms and conditions of the Software License Agreement.
Step 5 Download and save the file to a temporary directory on your hard drive and then exit your Internet
browser.
Step 6 Double-click MACOSInstallv2x.sit to expand the file.
Step 7 Go to the “Installing the Driver and Client Utility” section.
Installing the Driver and Client Utility
This section describes the driver and client utility installation procedures for the Mac OS 9.x and the
Mac OS X operating systems.
For Mac OS 9.x, you must install the driver and client utility before installing the client adapter into your
PowerBook or PowerMac. Follow the instructions in this section.