Wireless NIC - CDROM required?

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Timothy Baldwin

I am considering buying a D-Link AirPlus G 802.11g Wireless LAN PC Card
(DWL-630), however a CDROM drive is listed in the system requirements and
the Windows XP system we intend to use it on has no CDROM drive.

Considering that the CDROM drives of a Windows ME system, and a Linux system
are available over a (wired) network, is a CRDOM drive really needed?
 
The CDROM is stated as being needed as the drivers are supplied on a CD. If you have another method
of being able to install the drivers then no a physical CD ROM is not needed.
 
David Vair said:
The CDROM is stated as being needed as the drivers are supplied on a CD.
If you have another method of being able to install the drivers then no a
physical CD ROM is not needed.
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Just as I suspected, but I wanted a second opinion.
 
Timothy Baldwin said:
I am considering buying a D-Link AirPlus G 802.11g Wireless LAN PC Card
(DWL-630), however a CDROM drive is listed in the system requirements and
the Windows XP system we intend to use it on has no CDROM drive.

Considering that the CDROM drives of a Windows ME system, and a Linux system
are available over a (wired) network, is a CRDOM drive really needed?
Click to expand...

The CD requirement is just because dLink provides the drivers and installer
on CD. If you can get the CD contents to the target system by another
method, you'll be fine.

However, note that if you don't copy the installer files locally, you may
run into a problem if the hardware installer wants to add files after a
reboot and before (wired) network connections are established.

HTH
-pk
 
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