WIN98.TXT Driver File Contents (GFC2208.zip)

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		    Generic Vendor Inc.		    
		       GFC2208 PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter
			    
	      NDIS 5 Miniport Driver For Windows 98 Installation
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	   Copyright (C) 1999 Generic Vendor Inc.	    
			     All rights reserved.			    
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The driver (GFC2208.SYS) conforms to the Network Driver Interface
Specification (NDIS) 5.0, and used with Microsoft Windows 98.


Contents
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    A) Installing NDIS 5 Miniport driver on Microsoft Windows 98
    B) Configuring NDIS 5 Miniport driver on Microsoft Windows 98


A) Installing NDIS 5 Miniport driver on Microsoft Windows 98
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  1. Plug Generic Vendor's GFC2208 PCI adapter into one 
     of the Master PCI slots of your PCI platform.

  2. Turn ON the power of PC then boot from Windows 95.

  3. Windows 98 will prompt "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "New Hardware Found"
     dialog box and "Update Device Driver Wizard" dialog box.

  4. Click "Next" button when "Search for the best for your device"
     [Recommended] is on.

  5. Insert the Generic Vendor GFC2208 Adapter Driver 
     Diskette in your floppy drive.

  6. Disable the "Floppy disk drives" check box. Click "Specify a location", 
     type "A:\WIN98" and then click "Next" button.

  7. Windows 98 will prompt "GFC2208 PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter" in 
     "Add New Hardware Wizard" dialog box.

  8. Click "Next" button and Windows starts to copy files from Windows
     98 CD-ROM to your hard disk.

  9. Click "Finish" button from "Add New Hardware Wizard" dialog box.

 10. Remove the Adapter Driver Diskette from your floppy drive.

 11. Restart your computer to take effect the network function.


B) Configuring NDIS 5 Miniport driver on Microsoft Windows 98
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  1. Click the "My Computer" icon in the Main Program Group.

  2. Click the "Control Panel" icon from My Computer window.

  3. Click the "Network" icon from the Control Panel window.

  4. Select "GFC2208 PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter" item from "Network" dialog 
     box, then click "Properties" button.

  5. Click "Advanced" button from "GFC2208 PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter Properties"
     dialog box.

  6. Select the Media Type value (AutoDetect, 10BaseT, 10BaseT Full_Duplex,
     100BaseTX, 100BaseTX Full_Duplex) from "Value" item, then click OK button
     from "GFC2208 PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter Properties" dialog box.

  7. Click OK button from "Network" dialog box.

  8. Restart your computer to take effect the new configuration.



Trademarks:
Microsoft Windows 98 is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

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