\HELP\WIN95_98\WIN95.TXT NETGEAR FA330/FA331 PCI Adapter ------------------------------- Driver Installation for Microsoft Windows 95/OSR2 ------------------------------------------------- Getting Started --------------- Microsoft Windows 95 does not come bundled with the driver for the NETGEAR FA330/FA331 adapter. You must go through the following procedure to install the device driver into the Windows 95 system for the adapter to function properly. The Windows 95 CD is needed to complete this installation. Windows 95 OSR2 Installation Procedure -------------------------------------- It is recommended that you complete the Windows 95 installation prior to installing the FA330/FA331 adapter card. 1. Shutdown the computer and install the FA330/FA331 adapter into the system. 2. Start your Windows 95 system normally. Upon power up, the system will indicate to you that a new PCI Ethernet Controller has been found. 3. Insert the Driver and Diagnostics disk and click on "Next". The next window should indicate that the "NETGEAR FA330/FA331 PCI Adapter" has been found. 4. Click on "Finish". 5. Click on "OK" when asked to insert the disk labeled "NETGEAR FA330/FA331 PCI Adapter Driver disk". The driver disk should still be in the drive since we haven't removed it. 6. Enter "A:\" and click on "OK" when prompted for the location of the "FA33XND3.SYS" file. Windows 95 will search into the driver disk for the FA33XND3.SYS file. 7. Click on "OK" when asked to provide computer and workgroup names. 8. Provide the computer and workgroup name and click on "OK" in the Network window. 9. Click on "OK" when asked to insert the disk labeled "Windows 95 CD-ROM". 10. Enter the directory location of the Windows CAP files and click on "OK". If your CD-ROM drive uses the driver letter D, you have to enter "D:\WIN95". Many systems already come with the Windows CAP files on the hard disk driver. Nomally the Windows CAP files reside on the "C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CAPS" directory. The system starts copying files. 11. Click on "OK" when asked to insert the disk labeled "NETGEAR FA330/FA331 PCI Adapter Driver disk". The driver disk should still be in the drive since we haven't removed it. 12. Enter "A:\" and click on "OK". 13. Click on "Yes" when asked if we want to restart the system. 14. Remove the driver disk and the Windows 95 CD-ROM when the system reboots. Windows 95 Installation Procedure --------------------------------- It is recommended that you complete the Windows 95 installation without the adapter card in the system. 1. Shutdown the computer and install the NETGEAR FA330/FA331 PCI Adapter into the system. 2. Start your Windows 95 system normally. Upon power up, the system will pop-up the "New Hardware Found" window and indicate to you that a new PCI Ethernet Controller has been found. 3. Select the "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacture." radio button and click on "OK". 4. The next window will ask to insert the manufacturer's installation disk. 5. Insert the disk labeled "NETGEAR FA330/FA331 PCI Adapter Driver disk" to floppy disk drive. Enter "A:\" and click on "OK" Windows 95 will search into the driver disk for the FA33XND3.SYS file. 6. Click on "OK" when asked to provide computer and workgroup names. 7. Provide the computer and workgroup name and click on "OK" in the Network window. 8. Click on "OK" when asked to insert the disk labeled "Windows 95 CD-ROM". 9. Enter the directory location of the Windows CAP files and click on "OK". If your CD-ROM drive uses the driver letter D, you have to enter "D:\WIN95". Many systems already come with the Windows CAP files on the hard disk driver. Nomally the Windows CAP files reside on the "C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CAPS" directory. The system starts copying files. 10. Click on "Yes" when asked if we want to restart the system. 11. Remove the driver disk and the Windows 95 CD-ROM when the system reboots. Advanced Setup -------------- The FA33X driver configures the adapter card to operate in autosensing mode by default. In this mode, the card automatically selects the most appropriate operating speed and duplex mode. There might be instances when you need to configure the adapter card to operate at a particular speed and duplex mode. The following procedure guides you into the Windows 95 or Windows 98 system for this setting. 1. In Control Panel, open "Network". 2. Click on the "NETGEAR FA330/FA331 PCI Adapter" selection. Then, click on the "Properties" button. 3. Click on the "Advanced" memu tab. 4. Click on the "Duplex Mode" property selection. 5. The "Duplex Mode" windows will show the following possible selections: Default Full-Duplex Half-Duplex 6. Click on the "Line Speed" property selection. 7. The "Line Speed" windows will show the following possible selections: Default AutoNegotiate 10BaseT (Ethernet) 100BaseTx (Fast Ethernet) Choose the appropriate setting as needed. Troubleshooting --------------- 1. Symptom: Even after the previously described procedure, Windows 95 still indentifies the FA330/FA331 adapter card as some other vendor's card. Explanation: When a device driver is installed into Windows 95, the device driver's accompanying information file (INF file) is copied into the /WINDOWS/INF directory. Upon start up, Windows 95 looks into the INF files in the /WINDOWS/INF directory for the PCI device ID number that matches the one on the PCI adapter card. The first one that Windows 95 finds, it identifies the physical device as the one described in the INF file. However, there might be PCI adapter cards coming from different manufacturers using the same controller chip. There is only one vendor ID and device ID for each controller chip. The Sub_vendor ID is what differentiates one hardware manufacturer's card from another. Since Windows 95 operates on a first come first serve basis, the FA330/FA331 INF file, NETFA33X.INF, should be placed on the top of the directory list for the adapter card to be correctly recognized and for Windows 95 to load the proper driver. Solution: a. In Windows 95, go to the C:\WINDOWS\INF directory. b. Remove the old NETFA33X.INF file (if it exists). c. Create a temporary directory and copy all the files from the \WINDOWS\INF directory to this temporary directory. d. Delete all the files (*.INF) in the \WINDOWS\INF directory. e. Copy the new NETFA33X.INF into \WINDOWS\INF directory. f. Copy all the files from the temporary directory back to the \WINDOWS\INF directory. Remove the temporary directory. 2. Symptom: No error appears in Device Manager and the NETGEAR FA330/FA331 driver is properly intalled. But you still have difficulty browsing and locating other systems on the network. Solution: a. Check and make sure that you have unique computer names for each computer in the whole network. You can change your computer name in: "My Computer" -> "Control Panel" -> "Network" -> "Identification" b. Check and make sure that the adapter is properly connected to a network device (eg. HUB) and the "connection type" for this adapter is set to "AutoSense" or the correct connection type. You can check it in: "My Computer" -> "Control Panel" -> "Network" -> "Properties" Select the "Advanced" tab to modify the operating speed or duplex mode. Possible selections for "Duplex Mode" : Full-Duplex or Half-Duplex Possible selections for "Line Speed" : AutoNegotiate, 100BaseTX or 10BaseT.Download Driver Pack
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