Micronet SP2500F Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation for Windows 95 Getting Started ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The Windows 95 installation disks or CD are need to complete this install. Using SP2500F driver ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ To Install WIN95 Driver, in order to ensure the INF file will be searched first by WIN95 system, please run PUTINF.BAT first in Windows95 DOS prompt. PUTINF.BAT will to do below step 1-6 procedure. Ex. > PUTINF.bat C:\WINDOWS ; C:\WINDOWS is Windows 95 ; default directory. 1. In Windows 95, go to the \Windows\INF\ directory. 2. Remove the old NETDLPCI.INF file (if it exists). 3. Create a temporary directory and copy all the files from the \Windows\INF\ directory to this temporary directory. 4. Delete all the files (*.INF) in the \Windows\INF\ directory. 5. Copy the new NETINF.INF into \Windows\INF\NETDLPCI.INF directory. 6. Now copy all the files back from the temporary directory you created to the \Windows\INF\ directory. NETDLPCI.INF should now be the first one in Windows directory sees in the loading process, and should be loaded before any others for the same LAN controller. Remove any adapter item from the Network Control Panel for any adapters that are no longer in the system. Shut down the system, remove the old adapter, install the new adapter, and turn on the system. Watch WIN95 auto-detect the hardware, and select correct new driver to be installed. If not, you may select the "Have Disk" option for installation, in which case you will be prompted to input the path where the driver located: A:\ (assume the driver locate at A:\) C:\WIN95 (assume the driver locate at C:\WIN95) Complete the installation. After this automatic process, Windows 95 should proceed to complete boot up process and your network adapter should work normally. Trouble Shooting ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 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 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Open "My Computer" -> "Control Pannel" -> "Network" -> Double click "Micronet SP2500F ..", Select "Advanced" item. Connection Type Specify the connection type for the adapter. Default: AutoSense 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.Download Driver Pack
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