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Part No 09-1314-000
Published January 1998

 

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This quick guide is for users who choose the Express installation 
option within the 3Com Installation Wizard to install and 
configure the 3C509B network interface card (NIC). Express 
installation is the choice for typical users who want a fast and 
easy installation method with minimal user intervention.

 

Express installation loads the latest drivers from the 

 

EtherDisk

 

 

diskette, automatically tests the NIC and your network, and 
dynamically binds TCP/IP to the NIC. 

If you do not have a DHCP server on your network, or if you have 
a static TCP/IP address, you must use the Custom installation 
option instead to install and configure the NIC.

To use Express installation, the NIC must be installed in a PC that 
is running Windows 95 and supports the Windows 95 Plug and 
Play feature. 

If your PC is running Windows 95, go to the next section to 
determine if your PC supports Plug and Play.

For all other Windows operating systems, see Chapter 1 in the 

 

EtherLink III ISA Network Interface Card User Guide 

 

for procedures 

on how to install the NIC.

 

Performing the Windows 95 Preinstallation Procedure

 

Before you install the NIC in your PC, you must perform the 
following procedure to properly set up your system environment. 
This procedure deletes the default .INF file and the default 
Windows driver for the NIC. If you do not perform this procedure, 
the 3Com Installation Wizard will not run successfully and the NIC 
software will not be installed.

Summary of Contents for EtherLink 3C509B

Page 1: ...the Custom installation option instead to install and configure the NIC To use Express installation the NIC must be installed in a PC that is running Windows 95 and supports the Windows 95 Plug and P...

Page 2: ...ing the Custom installation option within the 3Com Installation Wizard See Chapter 2 in the EtherLink III ISA Network Interface Card User Guide for the Custom installation procedure 5 Click OK The nex...

Page 3: ...ckplate Figure 1 Save the screw Some PCs have both ISA and PCI slots Make sure that you install the EtherLink III ISA NIC in either an ISA or an EISA slot See Figure 1 PCI slots the shortest of the th...

Page 4: ...er on and boot Windows 95 11 Connect the NIC port to the network cable Make sure the network cable is connected to the network The next step is to install the network driver Installing the Network Dri...

Page 5: ...tte 1 5 Click OK The Copying Files screen appears prompting you for the location of the source files 6 If it is not already displayed in the Copy files from entry box type a 7 Click OK Windows 95 copi...

Page 6: ...shown in Figure 4 and then click Next A number of screens appear each displaying status messages about establishing configuration settings and automatically running tests When the tests are completed...

Page 7: ...t the diagnostic program double click the tray icon To disable the tray icon right click the icon and select Disable Tray Icon See Chapter 5 for more information about the 3Com tray icon The NIC softw...

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