3Com 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990SVR95 manual Verifying Successful Installation

48CHAPTER 3: INSTALLING NIC DRIVERS IN WINDOWS

■If the Windows 95 files were copied to your hard drive, enter the path to the directory containing these files, and then click OK.

Files are copied. The Systems Settings Change screen appears, prompting you to restart your computer.

8Click Yes.

After Windows restarts, double-click the Network icon in the Control Panel and make sure that the configuration settings are properly set for your network environment. Contact your system manager for assistance.

The driver installation is complete. Go to Verifying Successful Installation on page 48 to confirm that the NIC is properly installed.

After Windows restarts, double-click the Network icon in the Windows Control Panel and make sure that the correct configuration settings are selected for your network environment. Contact your system administrator for assistance.

Verifying Successful Installation

Follow the steps for your operating system:

Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 95 and Windows 98.

Windows 2000

To verify successful NIC installation:

1Right-click the My Computer icon, and then click Properties.

2Select the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager in the middle panel.

3Double click Network Adapters and make sure that the name of the 3Com EtherLink NIC appears.

If a red X or a yellow exclamation point (!) appears by the name of the NIC, the installation was not successful. See Troubleshooting the NIC on page 129 for troubleshooting help.