3Com EtherLink 3C900B User Manual - page 28
3 Installing the NIC Driver and Software in Windows
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5 Click Have Disk.
The Insert Disk dialog box appears.
6 Insert the EtherCD in the CD-ROM drive.
7 Make sure that the letter name of the CD-ROM drive (for example, d:\) appears in the
entry box, and then click OK.
The Select OEM Option dialog box appears.
8 Make sure that the 3Com EtherLink PCI NIC is selected, and then click OK.
The Adapters tab of the Network screen appears.
9 Click Close.
If the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties screen appears, enter the requested information for
your network environment. Consult your system administrator or refer to the
Windows NT documentation for assistance.
If the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties screen does not appear, the installation is complete.
10 Click Yes to restart the PC.
The network driver installation is complete. Go to the next section, “Verifying
Successful Installation,” to confirm that the NIC is installed properly.
Verifying Successful Installation
Follow the steps for your operating system.
Windows XP and Windows 2000
To verify successful NIC installation:
1 Right-click the My Computer icon, and then click Properties.
2 Select the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager in the middle panel.
3 Double click Network Adapters and make sure that the name of the 3Com EtherLink
NIC appears.
If a red X or a yellow exclamation point (!) appears by the name of the NIC, the
installation was not successful. See “Troubleshooting the NIC Installation” on page 39
for troubleshooting help.
Windows Me, Windows 98, and Windows 95
To verify successful NIC installation:
1 Right-click the My Computer icon, and then click Properties.
2 Select the Device Manager tab.
3 Double-click Network adapters and make sure that the name of the 3Com EtherLink
NIC appears.
If a red X or a yellow exclamation point (!) appears by the name of the NIC, the
installation was not successful. See “Troubleshooting the NIC Installation” on page 39
for troubleshooting help.