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D-Link DCM-202, USB/Ethernet Broadband Cable Modem Installing the Software Drivers Windows 98 OS

Models: USB/Ethernet Broadband Cable Modem DCM-202

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CAUTION! Before proceeding to step 5, you must verify that the DCM-202 Cable Modem appears on the screen. If USB Composite Device appears, you must: (a) click Back twice, (b) Check the Specify a location check box,

(c)type the letter of your CD-ROM drive followed by:\ (For example, D:\) in the Specify a location field. Then repeat step 3 and step 4. If Windows notifies you that it could not locate a driver for this device, you must click Cancel and use Windows Device Manager to remove the USB Composite Device from your available Universal Serial Bus Controllers list and then re-install the software using the procedure in this User Manual. Contact your local cable operator for help with removing the USB Composite Device with the Windows Device Manager.

5Click Next. The computer automatically copies the necessary driver files from the CD and notifies you when it finishes copying the driver files.

6Follow the installation prompts.

7If prompted, insert the Windows 98 CD into the CD-ROM drive.

8Click OK. If the Copying Files dialog box appears, make sure that you have inserted the Windows 98 CD and that you have pointed it to the correct CD-ROM path. After you point the Copy files from field to the correct path, click OK. The computer automatically copies the necessary system files.

9Click Finish after the computer has copied the necessary files.The System Settings Change dialog box appears.

10Click Yes to restart the computer.

11After the computer is completely rebooted, verify that the cable modem is operating properly. See the documentation that came with the cable modem for details.

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USB/Ethernet Broadband Cable Modem, DCM-202 specifications

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