Hardware and Software Installation (M2)

By Andrew Williams

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.

Introduction

Firstly, for H&S Purposes we set up our anti-static gear to prepare for operating on the computer

1st Step – H&S

After laying down and equipping anti-static gear, we then started to manually install the wireless NIC

2nd Step – Manual Install

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

3rd Step – Install Comfirmation

After checking the Wireless NIC was installed, we then started to run a scan for updated driver software.

4th Step – Update Scan

After a brief period of time, the scan we done but it stated that the best driver software for your device was already installed.

5th Step – It’s all up to date

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.

6th Step – Internet Connection

Now it was connected, we tried again to see if it was connected but this time we used the command prompt

7th Step – Command Prompt

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!

Final Step – Ping’ It

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.

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