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- EtherPCI LAN Card II
- Setup Instructions for Microsoft Windows 95
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- Contents
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- Before You Begin
- Setup
- Technical Support
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- Before You Begin
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- Thank you for purchasing your EtherPCI LAN Card II from Linksys. The
- instructions below explain how to set up the card's software drivers
- for use with your network software.
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- Be sure to read the User Guide before installing your card. In addition,
- please make note of these hardware & software guidelines:
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- * When loading the EMM386.EXE program in your computer's CONFIG.SYS,
- you MUST use version MS-DOS 6.22 or above. If you load an older
- EMM386.EXE program (below DOS 6.22), your computer will hang up while
- loading the network driver.
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- * Plug-and-play computers have a number of expansion slots inside.
- Each slot has a pre-assigned interrupt (IRQ) and I/O address (MEM).
- When the Linksys LAN Card is inserted into a PCI slot, the PC's
- BIOS should automatically assign a unique IRQ & MEM value for the
- network card.
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- In most cases, the card should work fine using the pre-
- assigned IRQ and I/O addresses. Occasionally, however, the
- card may have an IRQ conflict with other adapters in the system.
- If this happens, you will need to change the IRQ setting of the
- LAN Card manually. There are three possibilities:
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- - Your PCI may not allow you to change the IRQ value(s) of
- the PCI slot(s). In this case, you will ONLY be able to
- use the IRQ & MEM values that have been pre-assigned to
- each slot.
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- - You may be able to change the IRQ & MEM values for a given
- PCI slot by setting jumpers on your PC's mother board.
- Please refer to your PC's motherboard user guide for
- specific instructions.
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- - Your PC may allow you to change the IRQ & MEM values for
- a given PCI slot by accessing the PC's BIOS setup menu.
- Please refer to your PC's user guide for specific details.
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- Although it is advisable to set a unique IRQ address for
- each PCI slot, depending on your PC, you may or may not
- be able to do so.
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- Setup
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- 1. Turn your computer off. Insert the EtherPCI II card into one
- of your computer's motherboard slots. See the User Guide
- if you want step-by-step instructions. Turn your computer back
- on when you're finished and start Windows 95.
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- 2. Windows 95 will detect your new hardware. When the New Hardware
- menu appears, choose "Select driver disk provided by manufacturer"
- and click OK. When 95 asks for the path where the driver is
- located, put the EtherPCI II disk into drive A:. Type A:\WIN95
- and press Enter. When "Linksys" appears in the box, press Enter.
- 95 will begin copying files to your system. You may need your
- original Windows 95 disks or CD-ROM to complete the setup.
- Windows may also ask you to supply the name of your computer and/or
- workgroup. Enter them. If you don't have names yet, make up
- new ones.
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- Finally, when 95 asks if you want to restart your computer,
- click on Yes. Continue with the directions below after your
- 95 starts back up.
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- 3. Click on My Computer, followed by Control Panel. Select the
- Network icon. Make sure that the following network protocols
- are installed:
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- Client for Microsoft Networks
- Client for NetWare Networks
- Linksys Ether16 LAN Card
- IPX/SPX compatible Protocol
- NetBEUI
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- If any protocols are missing, click on the Add button and add
- them in.
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- 4. If you are *not* using Windows 95 with an NT or NetWare file server,
- skip the two paragraphs below.
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- Otherwise:
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- Using the Card with a NetWare File Server
- Click on My Computer, Control Panel, and Network. Change the
- Network Logon to Client for NetWare Network. Next, double-click
- on the client for NetWare networks. Put your server's name in
- the Preferred Server box. Click in the Enable logon script
- processing box. Click on OK.
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- Using the Card with a Windows NT File Server
- Click on My Computer, Control Panel, and Network. Change the
- Primary Logon to Client for Microsoft Networks. Double-click on
- the client for Microsoft networks. Check the Log into Windows NT
- domain box. Put your NT domain name in the Windows NT domain
- area. Continue with the installation, following any directions
- that appear on your screen.
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- When the setup is complete, choose to restart your computer.
- Then follow the File & Printer Sharing instructions below.
- They explain how to turn on Windows 95 sharing so that other
- computers can see your PC and vice-versa.
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- Novell Client32 for Microsoft Windows 95
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- The installation procedures for Client32 environment are the same as
- the original methods of Windows 95. Please refer the section above. But
- use the new path "A:\NETWARE\CLIENT32" instead of "A:\WIN95".
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- ENABLING FILE & PRINTER SHARING UNDER WINDOWS 95
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- The instructions below explain how to turn on file & printer sharing in
- Windows 95. Before following them, make sure that you have already
- installed & configured your Linksys network adapter.
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- Getting Started
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- 1. Start up Windows 95 if you haven't already. Click on the Start button,
- followed by Settings, Control Panel, and the Network icon.
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- 2. Click on the Configuration window tab. If you see File and printer
- sharing for Microsoft Networks in the list of items that appears,
- close the Control Panel and go to Enabling File Sharing or How to
- Share Printers below. Otherwise, go to step 3.
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- 3. Click on the File and Print Sharing button.
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- 4. If you want other users to be able to access your files, use your
- mouse to put a checkmark next to the I want to be able to give others
- access to my files option. If you want others to be able to use
- printer(s) that are plugged into your computer, put a checkmark next
- to the I want to allow others to print to my printers option.
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- When you're finished, click on OK. You'll now see a text line that
- reads File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks in the
- Configuration list box. (If you don't see it, you might need to use
- the scroll bars to scroll through the list). Click on OK. When 95
- asks if you want to restart your computer, click on Yes.
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- Enabling File Sharing
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- After following steps 1-4 above, double-click on your My Computer icon.
- A window of available disk drives will appear. Using your right mouse
- button, click once on the drive that you want to make available to other
- users. Click on Sharing, followed by the Sharing tab. Click on Share As.
- In the Share Name box, give your computer a name (you can call it whatever
- you want--Mary's Computer, etc.).
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- Next, decide on the type of access that you want to give other users.
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- * Read-Only access lets other users view the files on your PC.
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- * Full access lets users create, change, or delete files on your system.
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- * Depends on Password lets users have Read-Only and/or Full access,
- depending on the password that you decide to share with them.
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- Use your mouse to select the type of file sharing access that you want
- other users to have. If you want to assign access password(s), type them
- into the Password box(es). When you're done, click on the Apply button,
- followed by OK. Your drive(s) can now be accessed from other users
- whenever they click on their Windows 95 Network Neighborhood icons. If a
- user tries to access one of your drives that's password-protected, he or
- she will be asked for the appropriate Read-Only or Full access password.
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- How to Share Printers
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- After following steps 1-4 above, double-click on your My Computer icon.
- Click on the Printers folder. A window of available printers will appear.
- Using your right mouse button, click once on the printer that you want to
- share with other users. Click on Sharing, followed by the Sharing tab.
- Click on Share As. In the Share Name box, give a name to the printer
- you're about to share (Jack's HP4, for example). If you want to assign a
- password to the printer so only certain users can access it, type a
- password in the Password box. When you're done, click on the Apply
- button, followed by OK. Your printer(s) are now shared.
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- HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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- There are a variety of methods that you can use to get FREE technical help
- or sales information about Linksys products.
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- Voice & FAX
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- The Linksys voice line is open during normal business hours, 7-5 p.m.,
- Pacific Standard Time. The fax line is available 24 hours a day. When
- sending a fax, be sure to include a detailed description of any
- problem(s) that you are experiencing.
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- Technical Support Hotline (714) 261-1288
- Fax (714) 261-8868
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- E-mail
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- To get technical or sales information bounced back to you from Linksys
- automatically, send some e-mail to the address below. Include the
- name of the product that you want help with, along with the word
- HELP, in the subject line of your e-mail. Example: HELP ME WITH THIS
- PRODUCT. (If requesting sales information, use the word SALES instead
- of HELP).
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- E-mail Address info@linksys.com
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- Internet Access
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- You can also use your World Wide Web or FTP browser to visit Linksys on
- the Internet.
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- Web Site http://www.linksys.com
- FTP File Transfer Site ftp.linksys.com
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- Bulletin Board System (BBS)
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- To access the Linksys Bulletin Board System (BBS), set your modem to
- 8 bits, No parity, 1 stop bit, and call (714) 261-2888. Use a speed
- setting of 33.6bps or slower. When downloading files, use the "Z-modem"
- download protocol for best results.
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