Installation Guide for the Windows 95 Driver
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The Windows 95 NDIS 3.0 driver supports Cogent's eMASTER+
PCI single port and Quartet adapters.
To Install and Configure the Windows 95 Driver
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1. Power off your system, install your eMASTER+ PCI
adapter, and boot up your system.
NOTE for 100 and 10/100 Models ONLY: Upon power up, Windows
95 will recognize your eMASTER+ adapter as a generic DECchip-
based network adapter. This occurs because the Cogent
adapter utilizes the DECchip 21140. You will remove the DEC-
based driver during the next step.
2. After booting up Windows 95, go to the Control
Panel and choose the Network icon.
NOTE for 100 and 10/100 Models ONLY: Remove the DEC-based
network driver from the list of installed components by
highlighting the driver and selecting "Remove."
3. Select "Add," and then select "Adapter" as the
network component type.
4. Click on "Have Disk" to specify that you are going
to install a network driver from a diskette.
Specify "a:\win95" as the path to your Windows 95
network driver.
5. After specifying the path, you will be prompted to
select the model of your Cogent eMASTER+ adapter.
6. After selecting the appropriate model and choosing
OK, you will return to the Control Panel's network
dialog box.
7. Make sure that you have at least one network
client and one protocol installed, in addition to
the Cogent adapter driver that will now be listed.
8. If you want to configure any of the parameters
(see descriptions of adjustable parameters below)
on the Cogent adapter, highlight the adapter in
the list of installed drivers and select
Properties.
9. After you have made all desired changes, select
OK. Windows 95 will ask if you want to restart
your system now. Respond with No, and then shut
down and power off your system.
10. Power up your system to allow the eMASTER+ PCI
Windows 95 driver to take effect.
Uninstalling the eMASTER+ PCI Windows 95 Driver
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If you no longer wish to use the Cogent adapter with Windows
95, remove the driver from the Network dialog box. After
shutting shut down your system and powering off, remove
your Cogent adapter. You may now power your system back up.
Full Duplex Operation
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The Windows 95 driver for Cogent's eMASTER+ PCI adapters can
be run in Full Duplex mode, if you are connecting the
adapter to another Full Duplex device. To enable Full Duplex
operation, use the "Connection Type" parameter with one of
the Full Duplex options described below.
Customizing eMASTER+ PCI Parameters
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To customize any other parameters for the Windows 95 driver,
from the Network dialog box within the Control Panel,
highlight the eMASTER+ PCI adapter, choose "Properties," and
then choose "Advanced."
Special Notes:
Full Duplex Operation: Change the Connection Type to
one of the Full Duplex
options.
All custom parameters are described below.
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Connection Type
This parameter determines the type of cable to be used with
the eMASTER+ adapter.
Default: INITSENSE/Half Duplex
Range:
INITSENSE/Half Duplex Autosensing of line speed and
cable type at adapter
initialization time only
INITSENSE/Full Duplex Autosensing of line speed and
cable type at adapter
initialization time only, with
FDE activated
100 Mbps Sets speed to 100 Mbps
manually (10/100 models only)
100 Mbps/Full Duplex Sets speed to 100 Mbps
manually with FDE activated
(100 TX and 10/100 TX models
only)
10 Mbps/UTP Sets speed to 10 Mbps UTP
manually (10 and 10/100 models
only)
10 Mbps/Full Duplex Sets speed to 10 Mbps UTP
manually with FDE activated
(10 and 10/100 models with RJ-
45 port only)
THIN Sets cable type to BNC
Thinnet manually (Combo and
BNC models only)
ACTIVESENSE/Half Duplex Autosensing of line speed and
cable type at adapter
initialization time and during
runtime. For use only when a
cable is attached to adapter
ACTIVESENSE/Full Duplex Autosensing of line speed and
cable type at adapter
initialization time and during
runtime, with FDE enabled. For
use only when a cable is
attached to adapter
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BurstLength
Determines Packet Burst Length (the maximum number of DWORDs
to be transferred in one DMA transaction).
Default: 32 DWORDS
Range: 1 DWORD, 2 DWORDS, 4 DWORDS, 8 DWORDS,
16 DWORDS, 32 DWORDS
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Bus Number
This parameter specifies the PCI Bus # on which the eMASTER+
PCI adapter resides.
Default: 0
Range: 0, 1, 2
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fp_off
Optimizes driver performance in some machines. Do not use
with the Intel 430FX PCI motherboard chipset (which includes
Intel chips with the following part numbers: 82437FX,
82438FX, 82371FB, 82438FX). Set this parameter to "1" to
activate optimization.
Default: 0 (disabled)
Range: 0, 1
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IPG
Compatibility parameter to be used as directed by Cogent
Technical Support.
Default: 0 (disabled)
Range: 0, 1
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.