EtherFast 10/100 PC Card Setup for Microsoft Windows Millennium ----------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Begin Setup Technical Support Before You Begin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for choosing the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card from Linksys. Before attempting to install the card, we highly recommend that you read the User Guide that came with your card in order to install both your PCMCIA socket & card services AND your network driver. Setup ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The EtherFast Card is a plug-and-play with 10BaseT/100BaseTX auto-detect network adapter that is designed to be automatically detected by Windows ME as soon as you insert it into your computer. Before you begin the installation, you should have your original Windows ME CD-ROM handy. Windows ME may ask for it in order to install special files onto your computer during the network driver setup. When this occurs, insert your CD-ROM or other media into the drive and tell Windows ME to look in the \winme directory on the appropriate drive. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D: on your system, and Windows ME is requesting a file from it, you would type in D:\winme and press Enter in order to inform ME of the CD-ROM's location. If Windows ME came pre-installed on your computer, you might also be able to find the files you need in the c:\windows\options\cabs folder on your hard drive if there is one. Some versions of the Windows ME CD-ROM may be structured differently. See your Windows ME user guide for additional information if necessary. ------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: Novell NetWare 4.x Users If you will be using Windows ME to connect to a Novell NetWare 4.x file server, follow the Novell NetWare Client32 setup directions that are found in the CLIENT32 directory on the EtherFast Card disk INSTEAD of following the instructions below. ------------------------------------------------- Windows ME Setup (1) Start up your computer. After Windows ME is up and running, put the driver disk of EtherFast 10/100 PC Card into drive A:. (2) Insert EtherFast 10/100 PC Card into PCMCIA slot. (3) Insert the device driver disk into the floppy disk drive. (4) Choose "Specify the location of the Driver (Advanced)" and click Next. (5) Choose "Specify the location" and type A:. Click Next. (6) Expect a minor delay and the appropriate driver for this device should be found. Click Next. (7) Click Finish. Then the software installation for this device will be completed successfully. (8) If prompted to restart Windows Millennium, click Yes. (9) Go to Control Panel and select the "network" icon. (10) Add the Client, Protocol or Services you needed. (11) Restart the Computer. Completing the Installation After your PC restarts, log in if you are asked to do so. If you haven't logged in before, enter the user name and password that you would like to use if prompted. Look at the EtherFast's cable coupler. If your cabling is properly attached and the network is detected, the green Link and Activity lights will be on, and both the lights will be flickering or solid. The Link light is for use with Link and Frame received. The Activity light is for use with Power On and Frame Transmitted. The third amber light is for use with 100BaseTX indication. To make sure that your system's network components were installed properly, click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, and double-click on the Network icon. The Network window will appear. Verify that all of the components you'll need to access your network are properly installed. If any are missing, you can add them now. When you're finished, restart your computer. Your EtherFast network driver has been successfully installed. Proceed to the next section to enable File and Printer Sharing. File & Printer Sharing in Windows ME File and printer sharing will allow your computer to share printers, documents, disk drives, CD-ROMs, and much more with other computers. Before enabling file & printer sharing, you should prepare your computer to be used with any file servers that may be on the network. If you are not using a Novell NetWare server on your network, skip to the NT FILE SERVER note below. Otherwise: NOVELL NETWARE FILE SERVER If you are using your computer with a Novell NetWare file server, click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, and double-click on Network. Change the Primary Logon to Client for NetWare Network. Next, double-click on the Client for NetWare Networks. Put your server's name in the Preferred Server box. Enable the Logon Script Processing box. Click on OK, then click OK again. Restart your computer and Windows ME to enable the changes. Note: If your computer will be logging into a 4.x Novell server, you will need to also install Client32 drivers for NetWare. To obtain Client32 drivers, contact Novell or see your NetWare documentation. NT FILE SERVER If you are not using a Windows NT file server on your network, skip to step 1 below to enable file & printer sharing. If you are using your computer with a Windows NT file server, click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, double- click on Network. Change the Primary Logon to Client for Microsoft Networks. Double-click on Client for Microsoft networks. Put a check in the Log into Windows NT domain box. Put your NT domain name into the Windows NT domain name area. When you're finished, click OK, then OK again. Restart your computer and Windows ME to enable the changes. Follow the steps below to enable file & printer sharing. 1. Start up Windows ME if you haven't already. If you are asked to log in, be sure to enter your user name and password, then click on OK. Next, click on Start, followed by Settings, Control Panel, and the Network icon. 2. Click on the Configuration window tab. If you see File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks item in the list of items that appears, close the Control Panel and go to Enabling File Sharing or How to Share Printers below. Otherwise, see step 3. 3. Click on the File and Print Sharing button. 4. If you want other users to be able to access your files, use your mouse to put a checkmark next to the I want to be able to give others access to my files option. If you want others to be able to use printer(s) that are plugged into your computer, put a check- mark next to the I want to allow others to print to my printers option. When finished, click OK. You'll now see a text line that reads File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks in the Configuration list box. (If you don't see it, you might need to use the scroll bars to scroll through the list). Click on OK. When ME asks if you want to restart your computer, click Yes. Enabling File Sharing After following steps 1-4 above, double-click on your My Computer icon. A window of available disk drives will appear. Using your right mouse button, click once on the drive that you want to make available to other users. Click on Sharing, followed by the Sharing tab. Click on Share As. In the Share Name box, give your computer a name (you can call it whatever you want-- Mary's Computer, etc.). Next, decide on the type of access that you want to give other users. Read-Only access lets other users view the files on your PC. Full access lets users create, change, or delete files on your system. Depends on Password lets users have Read-Only and/or Full access, depending on the password that you decide to share with them. Use your mouse to select the type of file sharing access that you want other users to have. If you want to assign access password(s), type them into the Password box(es). When you're done, click on the Apply button, followed by OK. Your drive(s) can now be accessed from other users whenever they click on their Windows ME Network Neighborhood icons. If a user tries to access one of your drives that's password-protected, he or she will be asked for the appropriate Read-Only or Full access password. How to Share Printers After following steps 1-4 above, double-click on your My Computer icon. Click on the Printers folder. A window of available printers will appear. Using your right mouse button, click once on the printer that you want to share with other users. Click on Sharing, followed by the Sharing tab. Click on Share As. In the Share Name box, give a name to the printer you're about to share (Jack's HP4, for example). If you want to assign a password to the printer so only certain users can access it, type a password in the Password box. When you're done, click on the Apply button, followed by OK. Your printer(s) are now shared. When you're finished, restart your computer, log into your network, and double-click on Network Neighborhood. You should be able to see the other computers on your network. The installation is complete. 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