Installation was easy and used Linksys' proprietary setup wizard I had seen once before when installing a Linksys Router. The setup installs a systray application that constantly tracks the status of Skype and your CIT200. When it detects that Skype is running and online, it will automatically setup a connection with the CIT200. And really, that's about all you have to do to start calling.
My only problem with the installation was that it interfered with my XP setup. All of a sudden, I noticed I didn't have sound anymore and it took me a while to find out it was the installation of the Linksys software that caused this. For some reason, the software had set the CIT200 as the preferred audio playback device. So XP was trying its darndest to play sounds (like my MP3s) through the CIT200. Apparently, the CIT200 is installed as an audio device in XP and you can adjust some (quality) settings through the Windows Audio Mixer. This is all fine and dandy but that's no reason to set the CIT200 as XP's preferred audio device. Once I figured it out, it was just a matter of setting my soundcard as the preferred playback device again, but I'm sure not everybody will be able to figure out what just happened to their computer.
The setup CD also allows you to install Skype itself in case you don't have it on your computer already. But since new Skype versions are made available regularly, it's best to skip the installation from CD and install the newest version from the Skype website instead.
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