2. This PowerPoint will display my installation, updating and
testing of a Wireless NIC, below is my picture of my team who
aided this practical task.
3. Firstly, for H&S Purposes we set up our anti-static
gear to prepare for operating on the computer
4. After laying down and equipping anti-static
gear, we then started to manually install the
wireless NIC
5. After that, we then made sure it will installed by
checking under network devices (start > Control
Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and
Printers > Network Devices (CISCOLAB-02) >
Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter
6. After checking the Wireless NIC was
installed, we then started to run a scan for
updated driver software.
7. After a brief period of time, the scan we done
but it stated that the best driver software for
your device was already installed.
8. After installation the NIC and performing a
driver update scan, we needed to actually
make sure it worked. Firstly, it didn’t work
but we had forgot to connect it to the
internet.
9. Now it was connected, we tried again to see if
it was connected but this time we used the
command prompt
10. Used the command prompt (CMD), we ‘pinged’ a
website’. What this did was checked to see if
there was connection between that website and
the device by sending out a ‘ping’ and hopefully
receiving a result, which is what happened!
11. The computer we operated on was
connected via Ethernet cable (Wired) With
the installation of a Wireless NIC and
connecting to a network (LTA-Public) via
wireless communication, it can now connect
to the internet wirelessly. This means if
either connection method went down for
some reason, the other network would
hopefully still work.
