WaveLAN/PCMCIA Quick Installation Guide

Introduction 0 

The Macintosh WaveLAN software has been developed to take advantage of 

Apple’s PC Card Manager and the Apple networking software extensions. The 

WaveLAN drivers for Apple Powerbook computers are available in two versions: 

■ WaveLAN drivers for Macintosh computers that use the networking 

software for Installing in Ethertalk TCP/IP Environments (, or 

■ WaveLAN drivers for Macintosh computers that use the networking 

software for Classic and Open Transport Environments. 

Both type of drivers are available on the WaveLAN software diskette that came 

with your WaveLAN product. You can also download these drivers from the 

WaveLAN website at http://www.wavelan.com. 

To decide which driver you will need, please consult the User Documentation that 

came with your Apple Powerbook computer to determine what type of networking 

software extensions are supported by your Apple Powerbook Computer. 

What You Need to Know 0 

Apple/Macintosh PowerBook 

WaveLAN Quick Installation Guide March 5, 1998 

When installing and configuring your WaveLAN/PCMCIA Card for the very first 

time, please be aware that to enable your system to read the card’s settings, you 

must power up your system first, prior to ‘introducing the card to your Apple 

Powerbook system. 

When you would insert the card, prior to powering up the system, the driver 

software will not be able to read the settings of the card, and will display the card's 

MAC address as all zeros. 

When configuring your WaveLAN/PCMCIA card for the very first time, proceed as 

follows: 

1. Power up your computer. 

2. Install the Networking Software 

3. Insert the WaveLAN/PCMCIA card. 

4. Select AppleTalk to enable the card. 

5. Use the WaveLAN Setup Control Panel to configure the card. 

Once your WaveLAN/PCMCIA card has been configured, you can insert your 

WaveLAN card either before or after you boot your Powerbook System. 

When ‘introducing’ another WaveLAN/PCMCIA card to the same system, for 

example when replacing a defect card, you will need to repeat this procedure. 

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Installing in Ethertalk TCP/IP Environments 0 

The networking software components for EtherTalk and TCP/IP environments are 

included with the System Software Installer provided with the Macintosh 5300 and 

190 PowerBook computers. Apple will also make a version of the PC Card 

Manager available for the PowerBook 500 PC Card extension module. 

When your Powerbook system does not support the Ethertalk networking 

extensions skip to ’Classic and Open Transport Environments’ on page 6. 

Installation 0 

Before you can install the WaveLAN networking software, you must have Apple's 

EtherTalk and AppleTalk networking software installed. For your convenience, 

version 1.5.1 of Apple's “Network Software Installer” is included on this disk. 

You can run this installer to make sure you have the proper version installed on 

your computer. This version of the installer has been modified to install “EtherTalk 

for PC Cards” as an option. This will install the required EtherTalk and AppleTalk 

networking software needed to support the WaveLAN driver. You will be forced to 

restart your system if you are installing onto your current system disk. 

Figure 1 

The TCP/IP networking software is not installed by default, so you will need to use 

the System Software Installer that came with your computer to add TCP/IP. Use 

the Custom Install option, and select TCP/IP from the NetworkingSoftware option 

list. You will be forced to restart your system if you are installing onto your current 

system disk. 


Figure 2 

To install the WaveLAN networking software, just double-click the "WaveLAN® 

Installer" icon and it will remove any earlier versions of the driver and install this 

latest version into your system. You will be forced to restart your system if you are 

installing onto your current system disk. 

Figure 3 

Configuration 3 

After you restart, you can insert a WaveLAN PC Card into either card slot and use 

the WaveLAN Setup control panel to reconfigure your settings. Balloon help is 

available for each of the items shown in the WaveLAN Setup control panel dialog. 

NOTE: 

If you have an older WaveLAN PC Card, it may not work properly as 

configured. When the software detects these older cards, it will display an 

Alert dialog when you insert the card, and will add an “Update CIS...” 

button to the WaveLAN Setup control panel. You can update the card's 

PCMCIA tuple records by clicking the "Update CIS..." button on the 

WaveLAN Setup control panel. This will replace the old data on the card 

with a newer version which works with this Macintosh software. 

This change should not effect your ability to use the updated card in other 

environments. 


Figure 4 

Enabling AppleTalk 4 

You can select AppleTalk to use the WaveLAN card by starting the Network 

Control Panel from under the Apple Menu, or by double-clicking the "WaveLAN 

PC Card" icon on the desktop when the card is inserted. Then select the 

“EtherTalk Alternative” icon to enable AppleTalk to use the WaveLAN card as its 

network interface. 

Figure 5 

Enabling TCP/IP 5 

You can select MacTCP to use the WaveLAN card by starting the MacTCP 

Control Panel from under the Apple Menu when the card is inserted. Then select 

the “Ethernet Built-In” icon to enable TCP/IP to use the WaveLAN card as its 

network interface. You will need to restart your computer for these changes to 

take effect. 


Figure 6 


Classic and Open Transport Environments 6 

The networking software components for Apple Classic or Apple Open Transport 

environments are included with the MacOS System Software Installer provided 

with the Apple PowerBook 1400, 5300, and 190 computers. 

When your Powerbook system does not support the Classic and/or Open 

Transport networking extensions retrun to ’Installing in Ethertalk TCP/IP 

Environments’ on page 2. 

Installation 6 

The installation described in this document covers two types of networking 

software for Apple Powerbooks: 

■ Apple Classic, for Apple Powerbook devices based on the Motorola 680x0 

processor, and 

■ Apple Open Transport, for Apple Powerbook devices based on the 

PowerPC processor. 

Before you can install the WaveLAN networking software, you must have Apple's 

Classic or Open Transport networking software installed. The installer included 

with this release will detect and install the appropriate version of the WaveLAN 

software. 

NOTE: 

The 2400 Apple PowerBook does NOT support a Classical Driver 

Installing the Classic Networking Software 6 

The Classic TCP/IP networking software is not installed by default, so you will 

need to use the System Software Installer that came with your computer to add 

TCP/IP. Use the Custom Install option, and select TCP/IP from the Networking 

Software option list. You will be forced to restart your system if you are installing 

onto your current system disk. 


Figure 7 

Minimum Installation 7 

For your convenience, version 1.5.1 of Apple’s Classic “Network Software 

Installer” is included on this disk. You can run this installer to install the basic 

networking software on your 680x0 computer. This version of the installer has 

been modified to install “EtherTalk for PC Cards” as an option. This will install 

the required EtherTalk and AppleTalk networking software needed to support the 

WaveLAN driver, but does not include TCP/IP. You will be forced to restart your 

system if you are installing onto your current system disk. 

Figure 8 


Installing the Open Transport Software 8 

Apple now installs the Open Transport networking software by default with all 

versions of the MacOS. If your computer does not have Open Transport installed, 

you need to use the System Software Installer that came with your computer, or 

obtain a copy of the latest Open Transport software from Apple. 

Figure 9 

Installing the WaveLAN Software 9 

To install the WaveLAN networking software, just double-click the "WaveLAN® 

Installer" icon and it will remove any earlier versions of the driver and install this 

latest version into your system. You will be forced to restart your system if you are 

installing onto your current system disk. 

Figure 10 


Figure 11 

Configuration 11 

After you restart, you can insert a WaveLAN PC Card into either card slot and use 

the WaveLAN Setup control panel to reconfigure your settings. Balloon help is 

available for each of the items shown in the WaveLAN Setup control panel dialog. 

Figure 12 

NOTE: 

If you have an older WaveLAN PC Card, it may not work properly as 

configured. When the software detects these older cards, it will display an 

Alert dialog when you insert the card, and will add an “Update CIS...” 

button to the WaveLAN Setup control panel as pictured in Figure 12. 

You can update the card’s PCMCIA tuple records by clicking the "Update 

CIS..." button on the WaveLAN Setup control panel. This will replace the 


old data on the card with a newer version which works with this Macintosh 

software. This change should not effect your ability to use the updated card 

in other environments. 

Enabling AppleTalk 21 

Classic 21 

You can select AppleTalk to use the WaveLAN card by starting the Network 



“EtherTalk Alternative” icon to enable AppleTalk to use the WaveLAN card as 

its network interface. 

Figure 13 

Open Transport 31 

You can select AppleTalk to use the WaveLAN card by starting the AppleTalk 



“Ethernet” item from the “Connect via:” menu to enable AppleTalk to use the 

WaveLAN card as its network interface. 


Figure 14 

Enabling TCP/IP 41 

Classic 41 

You can select MacTCP to use the WaveLAN card by starting the MacTCP 

Control Panel from under the Apple Menu when the card is inserted. Then select 

the “Ethernet Built-In” icon to enable TCP/IP to use the WaveLAN card as its 

network interface. You will need to restart your computer for these changes to 

take effect. 

Figure 15 


Open Transport 51 

You can select TCP/IP to use the WaveLAN card by starting the TCP/IP Control 

Panel from under the Apple Menu when the card is inserted. 

Figure 16 

In the TCP/IP (DHCP) window, select the “Ethernet” item from the “Connect via:” 

menu to enable TCP/IP to use the WaveLAN card as its network interface. 

You will need to restart your computer for these changes to take effect.

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