Wireless LAN Installation Steps

Planning

As with any other project, the planning of a WLAN installation involves establishing a schedule and assigning resources. For example, you may need two installers working over a period of six weeks to install 150 access points and only one installer for a couple days for a smaller network with five access points.
You'll also need to accomplish some up front coordination to ensure that the installation is completed on schedule. The access points will tie back to switches via Ethernet; therefore, you need to communicate with the people responsible for supporting the existing Ethernet systems if they already exist. Each access point requires a 10Mbps or 100Mbps Ethernet connection, depending on the design of the WLAN. In addition, it will likely be safer and optimum in terms of performance to separate the access points from the rest of the corporate network via a router or virtual LAN(VLAN) (define) . Just be sure to discuss all of this with the support staff for effective integration into the existing system.
When considering the installation schedule, think about the time of installation. The best approach is to install access points and the distribution system during operational downtimes. For example,

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INSTALLING WINDOWS 7

The best way to install Windows 7 is to do a clean install. It is not difficult to perform a clean installation. Before you start the installation process I recommend that you check Windows 7 System Requirements list to ensure that your hardware is supported by Windows 7. If you don't have Windows 7 drivers for all your hardware, it is a good idea to download all the drivers from the hardware manufacturers website and save all the necessary drivers on a CD-R or a USB drive before you start the installation.

Windows 7 DVD is bootable. In order to boot from the DVD you need to set the boot sequence. Look for the boot sequence under your BIOS setup and make sure that the first boot device is set to CD-ROM/DVD-ROM.

Step 1 - Place Windows 7 DVD in your dvd-rom drive and start your PC. Windows 7 will start to boot up and you will get the following progress bar.

Step 2 - The next screen allows you to setup your language, time and currency format, keyboard or input method. Choose your

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Installing Windows XP

There are several different ways to install Windows XP Home or XP Professional.  The following write-up discusses those ways, the benefits and disadvantages to each and the screens that you can expect to see during the "DOS" or "Blue Screen" portion of the setup.  

These screen shots are from an XP Home installation, but they are identical to XP Pro.

Boot from CD
Boot from Setup Boot Floppy set
Install from CD
Over the Network
Install from GUI with Autoplay or from  Run
Install using drive imaging
Install using RIS  (Remote Installation Service)

Clean install from the GUI

Boot from CD.
Starting an install in this manner eliminates the need to have a partitioned and formatted hard drive prior to installation.  Probably on of the most foolproof methods for beginners.
Verify that your first boot device is your CD-ROM drive.  Do this by entering CMOS setup.  The method for entering CMOS and the actual location of this screen will vary depending on your brand of computer.  Consult your motherboard documentation.
Place you CD in your drive and turn on your computer.  Setup will start and copy the necessary files into RAM. You will then get the first screen.  Press ENTER to begin the installation.  The remaining steps are identical no matter how you started the installation.

Boot from Setup Boot Floppy set
Starting an install in this manner eliminates the need to have a partitioned and formatted hard drive prior to installation. 
Create the 6 setup boot disks from the file available from Microsoft.  Get the files for XP Home or XP Professional from here. You will need

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