AT&T Plug&Share 6750G User manual

Copyright © 2004 Advanced American Telephones. All Rights Reserved.
AT&T and the Globe Design are trademarks of AT&T Corp., licensed to Advanced
American Telephones. All marks are trademarks of their respective corporations.
Plug&Share™
Wireless Notebook Adapter
802.11g / 108 Mbps
6750G
Quick Start Guide

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Package Contents
System Requirements:
You must have a notebook computer with the following applications & hardware:
• Windows®98 SE, Me, 2000 or XP
• Type II PCMCIA card slot
• Intel®Pentium II (or higher)
• 64 MB of RAM
• CD-ROM drive
• 5 MB of available hard-disk space (60 MB to load Adobe®Acrobat®Reader®)
• AT&T Plug&Share™Wireless Router (or other 802.11b or g compliant router or access point)
• AT&T Plug&Share™Wireless 6850G Router (for 108 Mbps data rate)
Plug&Share™
Wireless Notebook Adapter
108 Mbps 802.11g CD-ROM
Contains installation software, User
Manual, Quick Start Guide and Safety
& Warranty Information.
Quick
Start Guide
Safety &
Warranty
Information

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STEP 1: Install the Driver and Configuration Utility
1Do NOT install adapter first. Insert the enclosed CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
2 Your CD auto-run function may start automatically. If it does not, click on the Start button. Click Run and enter D:\autorun. (If
your CD-ROM drive is not your D drive, use the appropriate drive letter.)
3 When the adapter menu screen appears, click on Install Software from the menu on the left side of the screen.
4 The InstallShield Wizard will appear.
5 Different versions of Windows®will present different screens. Press Next at each screen until driver installation has completed.
6 Some versions will present a screen that asks about restarting your computer. Choose Yes, I will restart my computer now.
IMPORTANT: Remove CD-ROM disk before continuing.
7 Click Finish, if necessary. A new icon will appear on your Windows®desktop. You can double-click it to launch the utility at any time.
Proceed to Step 2 only after the software has been correctly installed.
If correctly installed, a Utility icon (four vertical bars) should appear next to your computer’s time display.An
“X” indicates that software installation was successful, but the wireless adapter is not yet activated.
Before you begin
• If you have a Windows®XP or Windows®2000 operating system, and you are installing this adapter on a PC you use at work,you
must have “Administrator Rights”.This is normally determined by your IT person at work.
• If you have used an earlier AT&T 802.11b Series adapter (or one by another manufacturer), you must uninstall all drivers and utilities
beforeinstalling your new adapter. If your system has a built-in wireless adapter, you must disable it before installing your new adapter.

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STEP 3: Recognize the Hardware
Depending on the Windows®operating system version running on your computer, one of several screens may appear to inform you
that the computer recognizes new hardware. Choose to install the software automatically and click Next.
Depending on your Windows®version, you may see a Hardware Alert message or a Digital Signature Not Found message. Click
Continue Anyway or Ye s to complete the installation.
Depending on your Windows®version, you may have to restart your computer to complete the installation. If a Windows®message
prompts you to restart your computer, do so.
Finally, some versions may display the message Systems Settings Change. Click Ye s .
Check the indicator lights to verify that the adapter is working:
•Act/Link: After the notebook adapter is inserted, the Act/Link lights will blink when there is traffic flow on the network.
STEP 2: Insert the Notebook Adapter
With the card label up, insert the card into the
notebook computer PCMCIA slot.

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STEP 4: Configure the Notebook adapter for your wireless network
Check the Utility icon (four vertical bars) next to your computer’s time display. If the bars are
green, you are already connected and do not need to run the Wizard (skip to page 7). If the bars
are not green within 30 seconds, double-click the Utility icon, then click the Run Wizard button
at the next screen.
Wizard screen 1
SSID: Enter the SSID (Service Set Identifier) used by your
wireless router or access point.The default SSID is at&t.The
SSID is case sensitive (i.e.,“cat” and “Cat” are not the same). All
wireless adapters on your network must use the same SSID as
your wireless router and/or access point.
WEP: WEP is a form of wireless encryption. If you click On
to enable WEP in your wireless adapter, you must turn on WEP
in your router, and make sure all devices use the same settings.
Click Apply to save your settings and display Wizard screen 2
(see next page).
CAUTION: SSID and all WEP settings must be identi-
cal in all wireless network devices. WEP Ascii/Hex Key
must match the WEP settings used in your router (may
be called Security Phrase , Hex Key or other term).
Enter up to 32
letters or numbers
Double-click to run Utility.
Number of green bars
shows signal strength.

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Wizard screen 2
This screen shows the status of your network connection.
Your adapter should have found the network associated with
the SSID you entered, and automatically set the channel to
agree with your wireless router and/or access point. If you see
Pass in the top two fields on this screen, you are ready to
close this window and begin using your wireless network.Test
this by visiting the Internet (see next page).
You can view or change the adapter setting from the other
screens. Just click on the tabs in the blue menu bar at the top
of this screen.

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Test Internet Access
To test Internet access, launch your web browser and enter:
www.plugandshare.att.com
When you press Enter, the AT&T Plug&Share™screen should
appear. If it does not, see the Troubleshooting section in your
User Manual (on CD-ROM).
Problems?
If this screen does not appear when you test Internet access,
or if you see the word Fail in either of the top two fields of
the Wizard screen shown on page 6, please see the
Troubleshooting section in your User Manual (on
CD-ROM).
See User Manual for more information
To make full use of your new wireless adapter, please see the
User Manual on the enclosed CD-ROM.The manual will
explain how to customize settings, share files and printers, and
share your Internet connection.

Copyright © 2004 Advanced American Telephones.All Rights Reserved.
AT&T and the Globe Design are trademarks of AT&T Corp., licensed to Advanced
American Telephones.All marks are trademarks of their respective corporations.
PMGQ006750G-01
For customer service, please call
1-877-800-5400 (USA) • 1-866-669-4730 (Canada)
or visit
www.plugandshare.att.com
for product information and driver upgrades as they become available