Chapter 6: Installing The Drivers And Configuration Utility For Windows Nt; Overview; Installing The Network Pc Card In Your Notebook Pc; Installing The Drivers For Windows Nt - Linksys WPC11 User Manual

Chapter 6: Installing the Drivers
and Configuration Utility for
Windows NT

Overview

The installation of the Network PC Card is different for users of Windows NT
because it is not a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operating system. This means it will not
automatically detect the presence of the Card when it is inserted.
Consequently, the order of the installation is different. The steps involved in
the installation are different, as well. If you are using any other operating sys-
tem than Windows NT, stop here and refer to the chapters regarding those oper-
ating systems.

Installing the Network PC Card In Your Notebook PC

1. Locate an available Type II or Type III PCMCIA slot on your notebook
computer.
2. With the Network PC Card's 68-pin connector facing the PCMCIA slot
and the "Network PC Card" label facing up, slide the Network PC Card
completely into the PCMCIA slot while the computer is restarting and
before the Windows desktop appears.
The Hardware Installation is complete. Proceed to the next section for
driver installation.
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Installing the Drivers for Windows NT

Windows NT will set up the Network PC Card differently depending upon
whether you've previously installed network hardware or not. Please follow the
instructions appropriate for you.
If You Have Never Installed Network Hardware:
1. Windows NT is not a Plug-and-Play Operating System and will not auto-
matically identify the Network PC Card. To begin setup, insert the Setup
Utility CD into your CD-ROM drive. If the Setup Utility CD attempts to
autorun, exit out of the utility to the desktop by clicking the Exit tab. Select
Settings from the
Start Menu and
bring up the
Control Panel
(as shown in
Figure 6-1).
Double-click the
Network icon.
2. Windows will display
the screen in Figure 6-
2, showing that
Networking has not
been installed. Click
the Yes button to con-
tinue.
Figure 6-1
Figure 6-2
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