Linksys EtherFast® Series

Starting Over in Windows 95, 98 or 2000

If you experience installation difficulties, you may need to re-install all of the Windows networking components from scratch. The instructions below explain how to give your PC a clean sweep so that you can start the EtherFast Card’s software installation over.

The following instructions are for Windows 95 and 98. To start over in Windows 2000, go to page 57.

Starting Over in Windows 95 & 98

1.At the desktop click on the Start Button, highlight Settings, click on Control Panel.

2.Double-click on the Network Icon.

3.If the Configuration box has a component called Dial-Up Adapter, skip forward to step 5. If it doesn’t, continue with step 4.

Note: The screen shot above, and the ones on the next three pages, are examples only. They may differ from system to sys- tem.

10/100 Network In a Box

4.Remove any instance of the name Linksys in the box. This includes IPX/SPX…Linksys, NetBEUI…Linksys, and TCP/IP…Linksys. Also remove Client for Microsoft Networks, Client for NetWare Networks, and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.

In some cases, removing one of these components may in turn automati- cally remove other components as well. If this happens, skip ahead to step 6.

5.For PCs with Dial-Up Networking and/or an AOL adapter, remove any instance of the name Linksys, all IPX/SPX protocols, all NetBEUI, all Clients, and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. Do not remove Dial-Up Adapter, AOL Adapter, TCP/IP-Compatible Protocol- AOL Adapter or TCP/IP-CompatibleProtocol-Dial-Up Adapter.

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Linksys FENSK05 v2 manual Starting Over in Windows 95, 98 or