WIN98.TXT Driver File Contents (fnw-9803-t._v2.12.507.2001_eng.zip)

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The driver (FastNIC.SYS) conforms to the Network Driver Interface
Specification (NDIS) 5.0, and used with Microsoft Windows 98.

  Contents:
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    A) Installing NDIS5 Miniport driver on Microsoft Windows 98
    B) Configuring NDIS5 Miniport driver on Microsoft Windows 98

A) Installing NDIS5 Miniport driver on Microsoft Windows 98
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    1. Plug adapter into one of the Master PCI slots of your PCI platform.

    2. Turn power ON then boot from Windows 98.

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

    4. Insert the adapter driver disk in your floppy drive.

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

    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 "PLANEX FNW-9803-T 10M/100M PCI LAN 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 NDIS5 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 "PLANEX FNW-9803-T 10M/100M PCI LAN Adapter" item from
       "Network" dialog box, then click "Properties" button.

    5. Click "Advanced" button from "PLANEX FNW-9803-T 10M/100M PCI LAN Adapter
       Properties" dialog box.

    6. Select the Media Type value (AutoSense, 10BaseT, 10BaseT Full_Duplex,
       100BaseTX, 100BaseTX Full_Duplex) from "Value" item, then click OK
       button from "PLANEX FNW-9803-T 10M/100M PCI LAN 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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