Testing The Network Card - SMC Networks 1255FTX-SC Installation Manual

After clicking "Finish," you will see the following message in
your system tray:
Latest Drivers
Driver updates can be downloaded from SMC's web site (see the
back cover of this guide).
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Testing the Network Card

This section will help you verify that the adapter is installed
properly.
Windows 95/98/Me
1. Right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop and click
"Properties."
2. Then go to the "Device Manager" tab and open the "Network
adapters" section. You should see your SMC1255FTX-SC in this
menu. Highlight it and click "Properties."
3. The Device Status shows that the "This device is working
properly." If there are any error messages displayed here, you
will need to click the SMC adapter and click "Remove." Then
reboot the machine and go through the installation process
again.
Windows NT
1. Double-click on the "My Computer," "Control Panel," and
"Network" icons. From the "Network" window, select the
Adapter tab.
2. Click on the "Properties" button to verify that the
SMC1255FTX-SC adapter is listed in the "Adapters" section.
3. Click "Start," click "Run" and type "eventvwr." This will bring
up the entire System Log in the Event Viewer. Make sure that
there are no error messages regarding the initialization of the
SMC adapter.
4. Open your NT diagnostics utility and make sure that the SMC
adapter is listed under the "Resources" tab. This will verify
that the adapter was successfully initialized using the IRQ
specified in this section.
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