Installing a 3C359 NIC Driver for Windows Environments
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If your network environment uses the TCP/IP
communications protocol, you must obtain from your
network administrator all the information you will need
to define an IP address during the installation process.
Installing a Driver for Windows 95
This section describes installing the 3C359 NIC NDIS 4 driver
or NDIS 3 driver for the following Microsoft Windows 95
versions:
■
Version 950 (950a, or “retail” version)
■
Version 950b (OEM Service Release 2, or OSR2)
About Microsoft Windows 95 Versions
The 3C359 NIC NDIS 4 driver installation procedures differ
depending on the Windows 95 version installed on
your PC.
Version 950 of Windows 95
If your PC did not come
with Windows 95 already installed, you must install
version 950 of Windows 95 (950a, or “retail” version)
before you install the driver. Version 950 of Windows 95
is designed to upgrade Windows 3.x PCs.
Version 950b (OSR2) of Windows 95
Some PCs are
sold with a special Windows 95 version already installed.
Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) is version 950b
of Windows 95. An OEM Service Release is an updated
version of a Microsoft product for PC original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) to preinstall on new PCs. Windows 95
version 950b contains some new hardware support
and programs.
Finding the Windows 95 Version
To determine which
Windows 95 version you are using, open the Control Panel,
select
System
, and read the System information under
the General tab. If your release is version 4.00.950 (or
4.00.950a), you are using the “retail” version of Windows 95
(version 950). If your release is version 4.00.950b, you are
using the OSR2 version of Windows 95 (version 950b).
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