SMC Networks, Inc. SMC 10/100 PC Card NDIS Driver for Windows for Workgroups Installation The driver SMC8041.DOS contained in directory \NDIS\DOS is used with the SMC 10/100 PC Card in the Windows for Workgroups environment. This driver conforms to the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) 2.0 defined by Microsoft/3Com. 1. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE a. Select the "Network" icon in Main group in Windows environment. b. Select the "Network Setup" icon. c. Push <Drivers...> Pushbutton in the "Network Setup" dialog. d. push the <Add Adapter...> button. e. Select "Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter". Then push <OK> Button. "Install driver" appears. f. Type in the drive and path name where the NDIS driver resides (e.g. A:\ndis\DOS or B:\ndis\DOS). g. Insert the Driver Diskette in the specified drive. h. Press <OK>. i. Press <close>. j. Press <OK> twice. k. Restart the computer. Notes: To use SMC 10/100 PC Card's NDIS2 DOS driver, you have to run the SMC 10/100 PC Card's Enabler SMCOPEN.EXE in you CONFIG.SYS before the network start, like the following: DEVICE=C:\windows\SMCOPEN.exe 2. Sample config.sys file FILES=30 buffers=30 STACKS=9,256 DEVICE=c:\windows\HIMEM.sys DEVICE=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems x=d000-dfff DEVICE=c:\windows\SMCOPEN.exe DEVICE=c:\windows\ifshlp.sys LASTDRIVE=y 3. Sample protocol.ini file for Windows for Workgroups [network.setup] version=0x3100 netcard=SMC8041,1,SMC8041 transport=ms$netbeui,MS$NETBEUI lana0=SMC8041,1,ms$netbeui [protman] DriverName=PROTMAN$ PRIORITY=MS$NETBEUI [SMC8041] DriverName=SMC8041$ [MS$NETBEUI] DriverName=netbeui$ SESSIONS=10 NCBS=32 BINDINGS=SMC8041 LANABASE=0 4. Sample autoexec.bat file C:\WINDOWS\net start C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE @ECHO OFF PROMPT $p$g PATH C:\WINDOWS; SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMPDownload 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.
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