Driver Installation Guide
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Introduction
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This document describes the procedure to install NDIS 3/4/5 driver on
Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/2000 for PCI Phoneline Network Adapter.
Installation procedure
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A. Windows 95:
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1. Plug "PCI Phoneline Network Adapter" into one of the Master PCI
slots of your platform.
2. Turn the power of your PC on to boot from Windows 95. Windows 95
may auto-detect your new adapter installed, and the "New Hardware
Found" dialogue box will appear. Select "Driver from disk provided
by H/W manufacturer" to install driver from the CD that come with
your LAN adapter.
Note, if your new adapter is not detected by Windows 95, you can
open "My Computer"->"Control Panel"->"Networks" after Windows 95
comes up, and select "Add adapter"->"Have disk" to install driver
from the CD that come with your lan adapter.
3. Insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM, and specify the path of the
driver in the CD-ROM (i.e. D:\ ) to copy the driver files to your
system.
4. When the driver installation is completed, restart Windows 95.
Configuration NDIS3 miniport driver:
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1. Click the "My Computer" icon in the Main Program Group.
2. Click the "Control Panel" icon from My Computer window.
3. Click the "Network" icon from the Control Panel window.
4. Select "Adapter" item from Network Component Type dialog box, then
click "Properties..." button.
5. Click "Advanced" button from Properties for PCI Phoneline Network
Adapter dialog box.
6. Follow screen instructions to complete the process.
7. Restart your computer.
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B. Windows 98:
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1. Plug PCI Phoneline Network Adapter into one of the Master PCI slots
slots of your platform.
2. Turn the power of your PC on to boot from Windows 98. Windows 98
may auto-detect your new adapter installed, and the "New Hardware
Found" dialogue box will appear. Select "Driver from disk provided
by H/W manufacturer" to install driver from the CD that come with
your PCI Phoneline Network adapter.
Note, if your new adapter is not detected by Windows 98, you can
open "My Computer"->"Control Panel"->"Networks" after Windows 98
comes up, and select "Add adapter"->"Have disk" to install driver
from the CD-ROM that come with your Adapter
3. Insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM, and specify the path of the
driver in the CD-ROM ( i.e. D:\ ) to copy the driver files to your
system.
4. When the driver installation is completed, restart Windows 98.
Configuration NDIS5 miniport driver:
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1. Click the "My Computer" icon in the Main Program Group.
2. Click the "Control Panel" icon from My Computer window.
3. Click the "Network" icon from the Control Panel window.
4. Select "Adapter" item from Network Component Type dialog box, then
click "Properties..." button.
5. Click "Advanced" button from Properties for PCI Phoneline Network
Adapter dialog box.
6. Follow screen instructions to complete the process.
7. Restart your computer.
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C. Windows NT 4.0:
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Before starting with the installation process, make sure that the
PCI Phoneline Network Adapter is properly installed and configured.
Note: system must be upgraded to Service Pack 4 or later.
1. Open "Control Panel" -> "Networks", and choose the "Add Adapter"
button. The Add Noetwork Adapter dialog box appears. Select"<other>
Requires disk from manufacturer" in the list of Network Adapters,
and then press <Enter>.
2. Insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM, and specify the path of the
driver in the CD-ROM (i.e. D:\ ) if necessary.
3. Select "PCI Phoneline Network Adapter", and start to copy the driver
files to your system.
4. After all the driver files have been copied to your system, then a
property dialog box appears in the screen. You can enable the special
properties if you want to.
5. When the driver installation is completed, restart your PC.
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D. Windows 2000:
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Before you start with the installation process, make sure that your
adapter should be properly installed in your PCI bus slot. Executing
Windows 2000 , it will auto-detect your system configuration and
find the adapter hardware. (If Windows 2000 does not prompt that it
detects the "PCI Phoneline Network Adapter", there must be something
wrong with the PCI Phoneline Network Adapter or your system
environment.)
1. Win2000 will prompt Ethernet PCI Controller in New Hardware Found
dialog box.
2. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)"
then press "Next" button.
3. Select "Specify a location" then press "Next" button , Insert the
driver CD into your CD-ROM, and specify the path of the driver in
the CD-ROM (i.e. D:\ ) to copy the driver files to your system.
4. When system ask you "Do you want to continue the installation",
click "Yes" .
5. Click "Finish" to complete driver install frome the driver CD.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.