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ALi USB HostLink Controller VirtualNetwork/SuperLink Installation
for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP Platform
Nov 2002
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(c) Copyright ALi Corporation 2002. All Rights Reserved
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CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. Usage of VirtualNetwork Installer
4. Usage of SuperLink Installer
1. Introduction
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ALi USB Host Link controller solution provides two software solutions in one
installation package, i.e., "USB Super Link" and "USB Virtual Network" to be
optionally installed. However, these two solutions should NOT co-exist in one
computer system due to operating system support and hardware limitation.
The "USB Super Link" software package provides a software tool SuperLink.exe to
enable end-user being capable of accessing remote file data in remote computer's
storage device(s) through a simple drag&drop procedure. While the "USB Virtual
Network" software package is developed to be an NDIS-compliant solution by
emulating a virtual LAN interoperability among peer-to-peer end-users' computers.
2. Installation
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This package provides installer to automatically install/uninstall/update the driver.
User also can use Windows' installation wizard to install/uninstall/update driver.
The following steps teach user how to use the installer.
The first step is to double click the self-extract compressed file to extract the
installation scripts to an assigned sub-directory.
The VirtualNetwork/SuperLink Installer is developed to be able to install/uninstall and switch
between ALi's VirtualNetwork or SuperLink drivers support. ALi's VirtualNetwork and SuperLink
software packages are different types of driver solutions to support ALi's USB Host
link controller product. To prevent any unnecessary system confusion and mis-operation,
the VirtualNetwork and SuperLink installer will automatically detect whether any prior
version of VirtualNetwork or SuperLink drivers has been installed, and ask end-user to select
his target application usage from beginning.
3. Usage of VirtualNetwork installer
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1) Run VirtualNet_Install.exe
a) If it is the first time to run VirtualNet_Install.exe, the default option is just
to install VirtualNetwork.
b) If VirtualNetwork has been installed, there will be an option item prompting up to ask
end-user whether to reinstall or to remove(uninstall) VirtualNetwork. Please choose one
option.
c) If SuperLink has been installed, there will be an option item prompting up to ask
end-user whether to only remove SuperLink, or to remove SuperLink and install VirtualNetwork .
Please choose one option as needed.
2) Click button "Next".
3) Click button "Finish" to complete the installation.
4) If end-user chooses to install VirtualNetwork in step 1), then plugging ALi's USB Host Link
Controller module into the USB port of both PCs.
For Windows 2000 and Windows XP, it is to be noted that user should click "Next"
directly, when the system O.S. reminds user that the provided drivers doesn't
have a digital signature.
5) Wait for system to generate IP address. This action will usually take around 30
seconds, depending on overall system configuration applied.
4. Usage of SuperLink installer
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1) Run SuperLink_Install.exe
a) If it is the first time to run SuperLink installer, the default option is just
to install Super Link.
b) If SuperLink has been installed, there will be an option item prompting up to ask
uers whether to reinstall or to remove(uninstall) SuperLink. Please choose one
option.
c) If VirtualNetwork has been installed, there will be an option item prompting up to ask
user whether to only remove VirtualNetwork or to remove VirtualNetwork and install
SuperLink. Please choose one option.
2) Choose the SuperLink application executable file (with path).
3) Click button "Next".
4) Click button "Finish" to complete installation.
5) If end-user chooses to install SuperLink in step 1), then plugging ALi USB Host Link
Controller device into the USB port of both PCs.
For Windows 2000 and Windows XP, it is to be noted that user should click "Next"
directly, when the system O.S. reminds user that the provided drivers doesn't
have a digital signature.
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.