PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethernet Adapters Installation Guide
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Note
When installing adapters on a Windows NT system that does not have any other
adapters installed, you must install Networking support.
Tip
If Windows displays an
Insert Disk
dialog box or indicates it cannot locate a file on
the
Intel PRO Adapter
CD-ROM, insert the
PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
CD-ROM
and tell Windows to copy files from the
WinNT
directory of the CD-ROM drive (typically
d:\WinNT\
).
4.
Restart the computer as shown in the following figure, then connect to
your network.
Alternative Driver Installation Options for the PXI-8231/8232
The installation instructions illustrated for each operating system in this
document are appropriate for most users. However, if your PXI chassis
does not contain a CD-ROM drive, try one of the following alternatives to
load the Ethernet driver.
•
If you have an existing Ethernet connection in your PXI chassis,
download the Intel Ethernet driver from the National Instruments Web
site. Access the
Drivers and Downloads
page at
ni.com/download
.
•
Connect an external CD-ROM, such as a USB CD-ROM, and load the
Ethernet driver directly from the
PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethernet Drivers
CD-ROM.
•
Use another computer that has a CD-ROM to copy the Ethernet driver
onto a 3.5 in. floppy disk:
1.
Open a DOS command window.
2.
Change to the directory on the CD-ROM that matches the OS you
want to use with the diskette.
3.
Change to the
\MAKEDISK
directory.
4.
Depending on your OS, enter:
MAKE2KXP
,
MAKENT
, or
MAKE98ME
[destination
(optional;
A:
if not specified)
]
.
