D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Installation
for
Windows 95, Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME
Getting Started
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The Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE or Windows ME installation CD are need
to complete this install.
Windows 95 (retail)
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1. Make sure your computer is power-off.
2. Plug the adapter into one PCI slot of your computer.
3. Turn on the power. Your computer should be booting.
4. In the "New hardware Found" window, choose
"Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer" item.
Then click "OK".
5. Insert the driver diskette into the floppy disk drive.
6. In the "Install From Disk" window, specify the path of the driver.
Example:
A:\ (A: is floppy drive)
OR
D:\ (D: is CDROM drive)
Then click "OK".
7. After finishing file copying, the Windows system will ask you
to restart the system. Select "YES" to reboot.
Windows 95 OSR2
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1. Make sure your computer is power-off.
2. Plug the adapter into one PCI slot of your computer.
3. Turn on the power. Your computer should be booting.
4. Windows 95 will find new hardware, and
"Update Device Driver Wizard" will appear.
5. Insert the driver diskette into the floppy disk drive, and
press "Next" to continue.
6. The "Update Device Driver Wizard" should found the driver now,
press "Finish" to continue. If wizard did not found the driver,
press "Other Location" and specify the location of the driver.
7. After finishing file copying, the Windows system will ask you
to restart the system. Select "YES" to reboot.
Windows 98
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1. Make sure your computer is power-off.
2. Plug the adapter into one PCI slot of your computer.
3. Turn on the power. Your computer should be booting.
4. Windows 98 will find new hardware, and
"Add New Hardware Wizard" will appear.
5. Insert the driver diskette/CD into the floppy/CDROM drive, then
press "Next", and "Next" again in the following window.
6. Please check "Specify a location" and specify the path.
(A:\, assume A: is floppy drive),
(D:\, assume D: is CD drive).
7. The wizard should found the driver now. Follow the direction
to complete installation.
8. After finishing the installation, the Windows system will ask
you to restart the system. Select "YES" to reboot.
Windows 98 SE
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1. Make sure your computer is power-off.
2. Plug the adapter into one PCI slot of your computer.
3. Turn on the power. Your computer should be booting.
4. Windows 98 will find new hardware, and
"Add New Hardware Wizard" will appear.
5. Insert the driver diskette into the floppy disk, and
press "Next", and "Next" again in the following window.
6. Please check "Specify a location" and specify the path.
(A:\win98se, assume A: is floppy drive),
(D:\win98se, assume D: is CD drive).
7. The wizard should found the driver now. Follow the direction
to complete installation.
8. After finishing the installation, the Windows system will ask
you to restart the system. Select "YES" to reboot.
Windows ME
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1. Make sure your computer is power-off.
2. Plug the adapter into one PCI slot of your computer.
3. Turn on the power. Your computer should be booting.
4. Windows ME will find new hardware, and
"Add New Hardware Wizard" will appear. Check
"Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)" and
press "Next".
5. Insert the driver diskette into the floppy disk, check
"Specify a location" and specify the path.
(A:\winme, assume A: is floppy drive),
(D:\winme, assume D: is CD drive).
6. The wizard should found the driver now. Follow the direction
to complete installation.
8. After finishing the installation, the Windows system will ask
you to restart the system. Select "YES" to reboot.
Trouble Shooting
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- Everything is OK in Device Manager, but network adapter still
does't function properly. Please make sure that your Computer
name is different from others in the same network. You can change
your Computer name in
"My Computer" -> "Control Panel" -> "Network" -> "Identification"
icons
- Everything appears to be OK but network adapter still doesn't
function properly. Please make sure that the adapter is properly
connected to a network device (ex: HUB) and the "connection type"
for this adapter is set to "AutoSense" or the correct media type.
You can check it in
"My Computer" -> "Control Panel" -> "Network" -> "Properties"
icons. Select "Advanced" item.
Driver keywords
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- Open "My Computer" -> "Control Pannel" -> "Network" ->
Double click "D-Link DGE-550T ...", Select "Advanced" item.
Connection Type Specify the connection type for the adapter.
Default: Auto-Negotiation
Network Address You can set the Ethernet address for your
adapter. It is not recommended to use this
keyword. As you know two or more adapter in
the same network with same Ethernet address
will cause a little problem.
When using this keyword you need to input
exactly 6 bytes of Ethernet address using
one of the following format:
xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
OR
xxxxxxxxxxxx
Default: read address from adapter ROM.
802.1Q/1P VLAN You can enable it for VLAN group.
tagging Default: disable
VLAN ID This value will active after 802.1Q/1P VLAN
tagging enable.
GVRP Support GVRP and will active after 802.1Q/1P
VLAN tagging enable.
Default: enable
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.