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- 3Com (R) Corporation
- EtherDisk (R) Diskette for the
- 3C90X Fast EtherLink XL/EtherLink XL Bus Master NIC Family
- Microsoft Windows 95 with Microsoft's Client for NetWare Networks
-
- To install the Windows 95 driver to support Microsoft's client for NetWare
- networks, follow these steps.
-
- NOTE: It is assumed that Windows 95 has already been installed.
-
- First-Time Installation
- ------------------------
-
- The 3Com EtherDisk diskette #2 and the Windows 95 installation files will
- be needed during the installation.
-
- 1. After installing the NIC as described in the user guide, start your
- computer. When Windows 95 starts, it acknowledges the NIC, and the
- following message appears on the screen:
-
- Windows has found new hardware and is installing software for it.
-
- NOTE: If Windows 95 Recognizes the NIC and starts copying files right
- away then you have an existing version of the installation.
- To update your installation and the driver reboot your system
- and then follow the instructions in the Updating Your Driver
- section below. If Windows does not detect new hardware, the
- system may have installed a generic PCI Ethernet driver. Refer
- to the hint section for details.
-
- If the message above does not appear, it is likely that Plug and Play
- mode has been disabled. In this case, proceed as follows:
- a. Click the Add New Hardware icon on the control panel screen.
- b. Continue to click next until Windows 95 asks if you want it to
- search for new hardware.
- c. Click no and then click next.
- d. Choose Network Adapters in the Hardware Types menu and then
- click next.
- e. Click Have Disk... and then skip to step 3.
-
- 2. Select Driver from Disk Provided by Hardware Manufacturer and click OK.
-
- 3. Insert the EtherDisk 2 diskette in the A: drive and click OK.
-
- 4. Select the NIC that you installed in your computer from the list that
- appears; then click next.
-
- 5. If this is the first time you have installed a NIC on your computer,
- Windows 95 may ask you to supply the computer name and workgroup
- name. If your system administrator has supplied you with this
- information, use it. If not, you can supply your own computer name and
- workgroup name.
-
- 6. Windows now requires files from the Windows 95 installation media.
- Enter the location of the media. For example, if the
- Windows 95 CD-ROM is in drive E, type:
-
- E:\WIN95
-
- 7. Click No if you are asked whether you want to reboot.
-
- 8. When you return to the desktop, double-click the My Computer icon, then
- Control Panel, and then Network.
-
- 9. You must now change the Configuration.
- The default network setup for Windows 95 Consists of the following
- five components:
-
- Client for Microsoft Network
- Client for NetWare Networks
- 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC
- IPX/SPX Compatible Protocol
- NetBEUI
-
- Remove these two components by clicking the item and then clicking
- the Remove button.
-
- Client for Microsoft Network
- NetBEUI
-
- The network components should now only include:
-
- Client for NetWare Networks
- 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC
- IPX/SPX Compatible Protocol
-
- 10. If any of these components are missing and are required for your
- network, add them by clicking the Add button.
- Add protocols by choosing the protocol and clicking the Add button.
- In the Select Network Protocol window, choose vendor in the left
- pane, in the right pane, select the protocol and click OK.
- Add clients by choosing the client and clicking the Add button. In
- the Select Network Client window, choose Microsoft in the left pane,
- choose the client in the right pane, and click the OK button.
-
- 11. Click Client for NetWare Networks and then the Properties button.
-
- 12. Under the General tab, set your Preferred Server and the First Network
- Drive. When you have finished, click OK.
-
- 13. Set the primary network logon to Client for NetWare Networks and click
- OK.
-
- 14. When prompted, restart your computer.
-
- Hints
- -----
- 1. If an error message appears, saying that the .INF file cannot be found
- in the specified location, verify that Windows 95 is looking at the
- correct location. The file should be in the root directory of the
- 3Com EtherDisk diskette #2. The filename is W95EL90X.INF.
-
- If it is missing, download the file from 3Com's download sites, and
- make sure you expand it properly. Refer to the SUPPORT.TXT file on this
- diskette for more information.
-
- 2. To verify that the actual NetWare driver was copied to your Windows 95
- system, compare the date of the EL90X.SYS file in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory of your hard drive with the date of the one in the \WIN32\I386
- directory of the 3Com EtherDisk 2 diskette. The dates should be the same.
-
- 3. If Windows 95 does not detect new hardware, then the system may
- have installed a generic PCI Ethernet driver. In this case:
-
- a. Double-click on the System icon in the Control Panel.
- b. Change to the Device Manager tab.
- c. Under the Network Adapter section, the 3Com driver will be listed
- with a yellow exclamation in front of it.
- d. Under the Other Devices section, there will be a PCI Ethernet
- Controller listed with a question mark in front of it.
- e. Highlight the PCI Ethernet Controller under Other Devices and click
- on the Remove button. Select Yes if asked to confirm removal of
- this device. Select No if asked to restart the computer.
- f. Highlight the 3Com Fast EtherLink/EtherLink XL driver under Network
- Adapters and click on the Remove button. Select Yes if asked to
- confirm removal of this device. Select No if asked to restart the
- computer.
- g. Click OK to save all changes. Restart the computer.
-
- Updating Your Driver
- --------------------
- To update the driver and the support files follow the following
- instructions:
-
- 1. Open the Network Control Panel.
-
- 2. Click Add..
-
- 3. Select Adapter and Click Add..
-
- 4. Click Have Disk..
-
- 5. Insert the EtherDisk 2 Diskette into the A drive and click OK.
-
- 6. Select the NIC you have and click OK.
-
- 7. Remove all EtherLink XL adapters from the control panel by selecting
- them one at a time and clicking Remove.
-
- 8. Click OK
-
- 9. When Windows 95 asks the question Do you wish to reboot the system
- Click YES.
-
- 10. Go to step one of the First-Time Installation section, but when
- Windows 95 starts copying files right away do not be alarmed it
- is copying the updated versions.
-
-
- (%VER W95NETWR.TXT - Windows 95 with Microsoft's Client for NetWare v1.0g)
-
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