(1) Installation Procedure of NDC SOHOware PCMCIA/ND51XX for Windows 98
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The NDC ND51XX-E PCMCIA adapter driver installation procedure varies
depending on whether or not you are installing into a full Windows 98
installation or a Windows 98 Upgrade installation.
<Windows 98 Clean Installation>
If you are installing the ND51XX-E PCMCIA adapter into a system that
has a clean Windows 98 installed, follow Procedure A.
If your adapter was already in your PC before you installed the full
version of Windows 98, you will not be prompted to install the NDC driver
during the installation of Windows 98. Click Start\Settings\Control Panel
\System and tab 'Device Manager'. Under 'Other devices', the NDC-Ethernet
will be marked with a question mark "?". Select it, click 'Remove' and
restart your computer. Then follow Procedure A.
<Windows 98 Upgrade Version Installation>
If the card is being installed into a Windows 98 system (no matter
what version of Windows your Windows 98 was upgraded from), refer to
procedure A for installation in a clean Windows 98 environment.
If the card was previously installed on a version of Windows that
was upgraded to Windows 98, it will still work fine after the upgrade.
But you may upgrade the driver by refering to the procedure B.
[Procedure A]
1. Power off the notebook computer
2. Insert the ND51XX-E PCMCIA adapter into one of the PCMCIA slots of
your PC
3. Turn the power on and boot into Windows 98
4. Windows 98 will show 'NDC-Ethernet' in the Add New Hardware Wizard.
Click 'Next'
5. Select 'Search for the best driver' for your device (Recommended),
and then click 'Next'
6. Check 'Specify a location'
7. Insert the newest driver diskette into the floppy disk drive.
Type 'A:\WIN98', and then click 'Next'
8. A 'Windows driver file search for the device and location of driver'
message will appear. The device name will be shown as 'NDC ND5100
PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter' and the driver location as
'A:\WIN98\NETND51.INF'. Click 'Next'
9. Windows 98 will ask you to insert the disk labeled 'SOHOware
PCMCIA/ND51XX Adapter Driver Disk'. As the disk was already inserted
in Step 8, just click 'OK'
10. In the 'Copying Files' box, type 'A:\WIN98', then click 'OK'
11. Insert the Win98 CD into your CD-ROM drive if requested
12. In the 'Copying Files' box, enter the path of the resource files
needed by the installation program, e.g. D:\WIN98, then click 'OK'
13. The 'Add New Hardware Wizard' will indicate the successful
installation of the 'NDC ND5100 PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter'. Click
'Finish'
14. Restart the computer to complete the installation
[Procedure B]
1. Power off the notebook computer
2. Insert the ND51XX-E PCMCIA adapter into one of the PCMCIA slots of
your PC
3. Turn the power on and boot into Windows 98
4. Clicking Start\Settings\Control Panel\System and tab 'Device Manager'
5. Under 'Network Adapters', select the 'NDC ND5100 PCMCIA Ethernet
Adapter', click 'Property' and tab 'driver'
6. Click 'Update driver'
7. On the 'Update Device Driver Wizard' box, click 'Next'
8. Click 'Next' again
9. Insert the newest driver diskette for the ND51XX-E into the floppy disk
drive. The Windows 98 will search the driver for you in some possible
locations. Since the INF file is placed at \WIN98, Windows 98 can not
find it automatically. You must specify a location. Check the box before
the 'Specify a location' to enable it, enter the path "A:\WIN98" in the
'specify a location' field and click 'Next'
10. The Wizard will find the new driver for the 'NDC ND5100 PCMCIA Ethernet
Adapter'. Click 'Next'
11. A 'Windows driver file search for the device and location of driver'
message will appear. The device name will be shown as 'NDC ND5100
PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter' and the driver location as
'A:\WIN98\NETND51.INF'
12. Click 'Next' and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation
During the installation, Windows 98 might ask for some system
files, such as NE2000.DOS. They come with Windows 98 Source (CD-ROM
or Diskette). If you have the Windows 98 CD-ROM, insert it and enter
the correct path, e.g. 'D:\WIN98'
During the installation, Windows 98 might ask for some driver files,
such as ND5100.SYS. They come with the newest driver diskette for the
ND51XX-E. Re-insert that diskette into the floppy disk drive, then enter
the path as 'A:\WIN98'
13. Windows has finished installing the driver updating, click 'Finish'
and follow the system instruction to restart your computer.
(2) Adding a Windows 98 machine to an existing network
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By default Windows 98 only installs the TCP/IP protocol.
If you want a Windows 98 machine to connect to a network without
a DHCP server, you should manually modify the TCP/IP settings of
all machines on the network. If you don't understand TCP/IP, you
have another choice. That is, follow the instruction below to
modify the network settings only on the newly added Windows 98
machine:
1. Click Start/Settings/Control Panel. Double-click
the Network icon to open the Network dialog box.
2. On the configuration tab, highlight
TCP/IP - > NDC ND5100 PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter
and then click the Remove button to unbind the
TCP/IP protocol from the LAN adapter.
3. Click the Add button. select Protocol and click
Add button. Select Microsoft in the left pane,
select NetBEUI in the right. Click OK to install
the NetBEUI protocol.
4. On being returned to the Network dialog box you
should see the NetBEUI protocol has been added
to the list in the network component pane.
From the Primary Network Login dropdown list
choose Client for Microsoft Networks. Click OK.
5. Restart Windows 98.
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.