Linksys FENSK05 manual Preparing to Install the Software

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Software Installation

Preparing to Install the Software

Setting up the EtherFast card's software involves installing a network driver onto your computer. The driver will allow the card to communicate with your Network Operating System software package, or NOS. Popular NOSs include Windows 98, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows NT, Novell NetWare, and many others. The 3.5" software disk that is included with the EtherFast card contains network drivers for most NOS packages, along with instructions describing how to install them.

Before attempting to install a network driver for the EtherFast card, your NOS should already be installed on your computer.

If you are using Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, or Novell NetWare, you will find the EtherFast card's network driver setup instructions printed in this user guide. Turn now to the appropriate section of this booklet to install the EtherFast card's network driver for your particular NOS.

If you are using a NOS package other than the five list- ed above, you will find the network driver installation instructions on Program disk 1 that is included with the card. To read and/or print the network driver setup instructions for your particular network software pack- age, insert the disk 1 into your computer's floppy disk drive and run the program on the disk called README.EXE. If you are using Windows 95, for example, you could click on Start, then Run, and type a:\readme to run the README program on the disk. After following the instructions on the EtherFast card disk, the EtherFast card will be ready for use.

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Contents 10/100 Network A Box Copyright & Trademarks Contents Introduction Package Contents About Plug-and-Play PCI Technology No Changes Allowed Jumper ChangesMenu Changes Hardware Setup Before You BeginUsing the Wake-On-LAN Feature Installing the HardwareInstalling the Cabling Expanding Your Network in the Future Preparing to Install the Software Windows 98 Setup Windows Preparing Windows 98 For Use on a Network -- Step Preparing Windows 98 for Use on a Network --Step Preparing to Use File and Printer Sharing Enabling File Sharing How To Share Printers Windows 95 Setup Windows 95 Version a Setup Windows 95 Version B Setup Preparing Windows 95 For Use on a Network -- Step Preparing Windows 95 for Use on a Network -- Step Preparing to Use File and Printer Sharing Enabling File Sharing How To Share Printers Windows NT 4.0 Setup Windows NT Windows NT Windows NT Installing the EtherFast Network Driver in NT Windows NT Windows NT Windows for Workgroups Setup Windows For Workgroups Novell NetWare Setup AinstallCd c\diag diag NetWare Novell Client32 Setup for Windows 95 NetWare NetWare Installing a 3.12 Server Bind a protocol to the driver. For example Installing a 4.x Server Installing a 5.0 Server \NETWARE\SERVER\5.0 then press EnterLoad LNE100TX FRAME=ETHERNETII TP Turbo What is Wake-On-Lan? Wake-On-LANMotherboard Support Setting Up Your EtherFast LAN Card for Wake- On-LAN Use Testing Link Change Sending a Magic PacketClient for Microsoft Networks Windows LogonAppendix Novell 3.x Client Setup for Windows 98 or Twisted-Pair Cabling Cabling Rules Meters 328 feetTroubleshooting Troubleshooting Hints for Windows 95Solution Solutions Running the Card’s Diagnostics Cd a\diag diagAppendix Installing Windows Network Components from Scratch Starting Over WindowsAppendix Appendix Appendix Manually Installing Network Components Windows Click on Start, Settings, then Control PanelClient for Netware Networks IPX/SPX-compatible ProtocolNetBEUI LEDs LNE100TX EtherFast 10/100 Network CardSpecifications Customer Support Customer Support Fax Bulletin BoardWeb FTP Site T p / / w w w. l i n k s y s . c o m