3Com 3C319 manual Before Installing the Driver, Installing the Ndis 4 Driver for Windows

4-2CHAPTER 4: INSTALLING A NETWORK DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 95

Before Installing the Driver

Before you install the NDIS 4 driver, make sure that the 3C319 NIC is installed as described in Chapter 2, and that Windows 95 is installed.

Have the Windows 95 software accessible on diskettes, CD, or hard drive in case the installation utility requests protocol files from the Windows 95 software library.

If your network environment uses the TCP/IP communications protocol, you must obtain from your network administrator all the information you will need to define an IP address during the installation process.

Installing the NDIS 4 Driver for Windows 95

This section describes installing the 3C319 NIC NDIS 4 driver for the following Microsoft Windows 95 versions:

■Retail version 950 (950a)

■OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) version 950b

The default installation modes are 16 Mbps ring speed and 3Com mode. If these options are not satisfactory, you can change the settings in Windows 95.

About Microsoft Windows 95 Versions

The 3C319 NIC NDIS 4 driver installation procedures differ depending on the Windows 95 version installed on your PC.

Retail Version of Windows 95

If your PC did not come with Windows 95 already installed, you must install the retail version of Windows 95 (version 950) before you load the driver. The retail version of Windows 95 is designed to upgrade Windows 3.x PCs.