
4.2LAN Drivers Installation
This chapter describes LAN driver installation for the onboard Ethernet controller Intel 82559. The relative drivers are under the following ADLINK CD directory: X:\CHIPDRV\LAN\100PDISK, where X: is the location of the
4.2.1 Software and Drivers Support
The 82559 drivers support the following OS or platforms:
∙Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 2000, Windows NT
∙Novell Netware, DOS Setup for Novell NetWare DOS
∙UNIX, OS2, Linux
All the above drivers are included in the ADLINK CD. In the following section, we will describe the driver installation for Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows NT. For driver installation of other OS’s, please refer to the readme file inside the CD.
4.2.2 Driver Installation on Windows 2000
Windows 2000 may install the LAN driver. We recommend you to manually install the most updated LAN driver, which is shipped with the ADLINK CD to guarantee compatibility. After installing Windows 2000, please update to the new driver by following these procedures.
1.Boot Windows 2000, Click Start. Select Settings then
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4.Click Driver tab, then click Update Driver… button.
5.An Upgrade Device Driver Wizard window will appear, click Next>.
6.Select Display a list of ... and click Next>. The next window will show a list of hardware models.
7.Insert the CD and click Have Disk.
8.Browse the Intel 82559 driver in the following path: X:\CHIPDRV\LAN\100PDISK, highlight oemsetup.inf, click Open, then click OK.