3Com EtherLink
EtherLink PCI Network Interface Card User Guide
Running the Preinstallation Program 

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Running the Preinstallation Program

Before you physically install the NIC in a PC, run the NIC preinstallation program to properly set up your system environment.

The preinstallation program prevents conflicts with the NIC and your operating system. It guides you through the NIC installation and must be run before you physically install the NIC in the PC.

To run the NIC preinstallation program:

  1. Do not install the NIC in the PC.
  2. Turn on the power to the PC and start Windows.
  3. Quit any open applications and disable the automatic protection feature of any anti-virus software that may be running.
  4. Insert the EtherCD in the CD-ROM drive.
  5. The EtherCD Welcome screen appears.
    If the EtherCD Welcome screen does not appear, enter the following command from the Run option of the Windows Start menu:
    d:\installs\setup.exe
    where d:\ represents the letter name of the CD-ROM drive.
  6. Click NIC Software.
  7. Click NIC Drivers and Diagnostics.
  8. Click Install NIC Driver.
  9. To install the network driver and the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program, click Install with Diagnostic Program.
  10. To install the network driver only, click Install without Diagnostic Program.
  11. Files are copied. Do not continue the installation until a message box appears, stating that the installation is complete.
     

     

    On a Windows NT 4.0 PC, a message appears asking, "Do you have to install NIC drivers for any EtherLink PCI NICs?" Click Yes. If the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties screen appears, complete the information as appropriate for your network, and then click OK.
  12. Click OK.
  13. Select your operating system to continue the installation.
  14. The Completing NIC Installation screen appears.
  15. Click Done.
  16. Exit the EtherCD, and then shut down Windows.
  17. Turn off the power to the PC.
  18. Do not remove the EtherCD from the CD-ROM drive.

The next step is to install the NIC in the PC. Go to the next section, Inserting the NIC in the PC.