Linksys HomeLink HPN100, User Manual

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Preparing to Install the Software
Setting up the HomeLink card's software involves
installing a network driver onto your computer.
The driver will allow the card to communicate
with your Windows software package. Before
attempting to install a network driver for the
HomeLink card, Windows 95, 98 or NT should
already be installed on your computer. The
HomeLink Phoneline Network Card driver setup
program will not work properly under any other
operating systems.
You will need a CD-ROM drive on every PC onto
which you wish to install the network drivers.
Because there are several important questions
about your PC that you must answer during the
installation, we recommend that you read through
the installation instructions for your operating sys-
tem before continuing with the installation.
• Windows 98 instructions are on page 16
• Windows 95 instructions are on page 25
• Windows NT 4.0 instructions are on page 34
If you are using Windows 2000, also known as
Windows NT 5.0, the drivers for your operating
system are included on the HomeLink CD-ROM.
If you received a CD-ROM without the Windows
2000 drivers, you can get them from the
Download Center on the Linksys website. Please
note that the drivers and the operating system are
still in development. When Microsoft officially
releases the Windows 2000 operating system,
Linksys will provide updated drivers.
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