Microsoft Windows. Intel ETHEREXPRESS PRO/100

C H A P T E R 2

Microsoft Windows 95

Instructions are provided here for "Plug and Play" installation. For detailed technical information see Windows 95 headings in Chapter 3,

Configuration Reference and Chapter 4, Troubleshooting.

NDIS 3 Driver

1 Insert the PRO/100 PC Card into a PC Card slot.

2 If Windows 95 detects the PRO/100 PC Card, proceed to step 3.

If it does not, click on the PC Card (PCMCIA) icon in the

Control Panel to enable PC Card services, then go to step 3.

3 If prompted for a manufacturer’s disk, insert Disk 2, Network

Drivers Disk. Windows will identify the product as a “PRO/100

Mobile Adapter 16.”

4 Complete the installation process as prompted by the Windows

95 software.

Technical Note

For best results with autodetection, do not load DOS real mode PCMCIA Card and Socket Services and do not use

EMM386 (or if needed, do not use the HIGHSCAN keyword). If installing from a SCSI CD-ROM through a PC

Card, copy the \WIN95 directory from the CD-ROM to your hard disk (35 MB required) and install from the hard disk.

For a more detailed discussion of these issues, see Chapter

4, Troubleshooting.

5 If the automated (autodetection) installation procedure is not successful, proceed to the following section: “Verification and

Troubleshooting.”

Verification and Troubleshooting

1 To verify successful installation, double-click the System icon in the Control Panel, choose the Device Manager tab in the System

Properties window, and look for Intel EtherExpress PRO/100

Mobile PC Card under Network adapters.

• If the PRO/100 Mobile 16 icon has no X or circled exclamation point on top of it, the installation has been successful.

Click OK to close the Network window, then restart the computer when prompted. If you wish to verify configuration

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Software Installation of a NetWare Client, proceed to the heading Verification of

NetWare Client Configuration.

• An X or a circled exclamation point on top of the PRO/100

Mobile Adapter 16 icon indicates a problem. Select PRO/100

Mobile Adapter 16 and click Properties to see an explanation.

Then continue with step 2 below.

2 To review the installed Adapter configuration, double-click the

Network icon in the Control Panel.

3 Select the PRO/100 Mobile Adapter 16 component and click

Properties.

4 From the Properties window, select the Advanced tab.

5 Confirm that the Properties and their associated Values are correct and that there are no conflicts with other installed devices. (For a technical discussion of these settings, see

Chapter 3, Configuration Reference in this User’s Guide. For more detailed troubleshooting information, see Chapter 4,

Troubleshooting.)

Verification of NetWare Client Configuration

1 After installing the PRO/100 Mobile PC Card driver and verifying the installation as described above, check for configuration of the NetWare Client by clicking on the Network icon.

You should see both “Client for Microsoft” and “Client for

Novell” listed. The installation process includes configuration for a NetWare Client as a default. If “Client for Novell” does not appear, you can configure the NetWare Client with the following steps:

2 In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon.

3 From the Configuration tab in the Network window, click Add.

4 From the Select Network Component Type window, select

Client and click Add.

5 Under Manufacturers in the Select Network Client window, select Microsoft.

6 In the Network Clients window, select Client for NetWare

Networks.

7 Click OK (you will be returned to the Network window).

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