Transition Networks
N-TGE-SFP-02 User Guide
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In Linux Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 based operating systems the driver is built in to the OS, so typically you do not
have to do any driver installation; the NIC just works with the driver included in the OS.
Installing Linux* Drivers from Source Code
1.
Download and expand the driver tar file.
2.
Compile the driver module.
3.
Install the module using the modprobe command.
4.
Assign an IP address using the ifconfig command.
Installing Linux Drivers from RPMs
1.
Download and expand the driver tar file.
2.
Install the driver using the rpm command.
Manually Install Intel
®
Network Adapter Drivers in Windows
See
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000022174/network-and-i-o.html
In the example below, the adapter used is the Intel® Ethernet Connection X722 and Windows Server* 2016 as
the base operating system.
1.
Download the driver package for your Operating System.
See the
Available for Intel® Ethernet Adapters.
2.
The EXE is a self-extracting compressed file and you can double-click the EXE you downloaded to
automatically install the drivers and Proset software. For manual installation, continue to step 3.
3.
Use your preferred Zip software to extract the files from the installation package you downloaded (either
PROWinx64.exe or PROWinx32.exe) to a temporary location (e.g., C:\Temp\PROWinx64).
4.
Open
Device Manager
and right-click
Start
and click
Device Manager
OR run
devmgmt.msc.
5.
Right-click the connection you want to update and choose
Update Driver Software.
If there is no driver
installed for that device it will show up with a yellow exclamation and have a generic name such
as
Ethernet Controller
.
6.
Choose
Browse my computer for driver software
7.
Click
Browse
and go to the folder where you extracted the driver files. Make sure that
Include
subfolders
is checked so that it will scan the
entire driver set.
8.
Click
Next
and it will start to install the driver software. Once installation is complete, it will show in the
network adapters section.
9.
Continue with the same process for any other adapters you wish to update by selecting the adapter from
the list.
Messages
:
This product is not supported on this operating system. Aborting setup
