Manually Updating the 10/100 NIC Driver by Specifying a Directory

Although Windows 2000 reports that it found the correct driver for the Network Instruments 10/100 NIC, the standard driver that it has installed needs to be updated to work best with Network Instruments Probe or Observer.

A custom driver is required to make the 10/100 NIC work optimally with Probe and Observer. Therefore you must manually update the driver as described in the following steps.

1.Right-click on My Network Places icon on the desktop and select Properties from the pop-up menu. The Network Connections folder is displayed.

2.Right-click on the Intel 21143 Based PCI Fast Ethernet connection and select Properties from the pop-up menu. Click Configure... on the Intel 21143 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Properties window. Click the Driver tab at the top of the resulting window, and the following dialog is displayed:

3.Click Update Driver...

Installing the Interface Cards and Drivers

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