3Com TokenLink VelocityTM XL PCI Network Interface Card manual Installing a Driver for Windows

Installing a 3C359 NIC Driver for Windows Environments 4-3

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 a Driver for Windows 95

This section describes installing the 3C359 NIC NDIS 4 driver or NDIS 3 driver for the following Microsoft Windows 95 versions:

■Version 950 (950a, or “retail” version)

■Version 950b (OEM Service Release 2, or OSR2)

About Microsoft Windows 95 Versions

The 3C359 NIC NDIS 4 driver installation procedures differ depending on the Windows 95 version installed on

your PC.

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

Version 950b (OSR2) of Windows 95 Some PCs are sold with a special Windows 95 version already installed. Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) is version 950b of Windows 95. An OEM Service Release is an updated version of a Microsoft product for PC original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to preinstall on new PCs. Windows 95 version 950b contains some new hardware support

and programs.

Finding the Windows 95 Version To determine which Windows 95 version you are using, open the Control Panel, select System, and read the System information under the General tab. If your release is version 4.00.950 (or 4.00.950a), you are using the “retail” version of Windows 95 (version 950). If your release is version 4.00.950b, you are using the OSR2 version of Windows 95 (version 950b).