Part 1: Installation and user’s guide

This section contains instructions on how to install and use the Intel PRO/100 SP Mobile Combo Adapter.

System requirements

Before installing the PRO/100 adapter, be sure that your system has the following:

vOne open Mini-PCI slot

vThe latest BIOS for your computer

vMicrosoft® Windows® Millennium Edition (Me), Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 Workstation, Windows 98 or Windows 95

vWindows NT 4.0 requires Service Pack 4 or later to use VLAN, or Service Pack 5 or later for PROSet II

To download the necessary software patches from Microsoft and Novell visit the following Microsoft Web site for the latest Service Pack information. If this site has changed, go to the main Microsoft site and search for the term,

Service Pack. http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/

Attach the network and modem cables

Connect the cable to the mobile computer using Category 3, 4, or 5 Twisted Pair Ethernet (TPE) network cable for 10 Mbps (Mbps equals 1 000 000 bits per second) networks, and only Category 5 TPE for 100 Mbps networks and 10/100 Mbps residential networks. The modem cable is an RJ-11 standard phone line.

Installing Ethernet and modem device drivers

PCI Ethernet Controller driver and Lucent Win Modem driver installation procedures are included for:

vWindows Me

vWindows 2000

vWindows 98

vWindows 95

vWindows NT 4.0

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