ISA NE-Series Ethernet Adapter NDIS 3.1 MiniPort driver installation guide for Windows NT 3.5x & 4.0 The drivers named "NDIS31" conform to the NDIS31 MiniPort Spec. It can support Windows NT 3.5x and Windows 95 with different oemsetup.inf file. This driver also support the Windows NT 3.1 but user must replace NDIS.SYS by NT 3.5 DDK's NDIS.SYS (\DDK\SRC\NETWORK\NT31BIN\I386\FREE\NDIS.386) File description: NDIS31.SYS : NDIS31 MiniPort driver WINNT.TXT : Read me file ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Installing driver on Microsoft Windows NT 3.5x ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1) In the Main group of NT, choose the Control Panel icon. 2) In the Control Panel window, choose the Network icon. 3) In the Network Settings dialog box, choose the Add Adapter button. The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears. 4) In the list of network cards, select "<other> Requires disk from manufacturer", and then press <Enter> button. 5) Insert this driver disk in drive A, enter drive and pathname A:\ and then choose the OK button. 6) In the Select OEM Option dialog box, you will see ISA NE-Series Ethernet Adapter in the menu, use OK button to install it. 7) And then ISA NE-Series Ethernet Adapter Setup dialog box appear, you can specify "IRQ level" and "I/O Port Address" of the adapter plugged in your PC. However, this NDIS 3.1 mini port driver has support auto IO, IRQ scan, so driver can work even user select a wrong IO port and IRQ. For multiple cards installation, specify correct IO port and IRQ is necessary. 8) After that, installation is completed. Our adapter becomes one of those Installed Adapter Cards and driver become one of those Installed Network Software. You can see: "[0x]ISA NE-Series Ethernet Adapter" within Installed Adapter Cards menu and "ISA NE-Series Ethernet Adapter Driver" within Installed Network Software menu. 9) Now, the SYSTEM have already copied NDIS31.SYS from A:\WINNT directory to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS and the OEMSETNT.INF from A:\ to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 but renamed it to other installation information file. So next time, if you want to add our adapter to your system, you do not need floppy diskette again. 10) To complete network installation, remember binding the adapter to transport drivers by choosing "Bindings" button under Network Setting dialog box. 11) Restart your computer to take effect the network function. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Installing driver on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1) In the Main group of NT, choose the Control Panel icon. 2) In the Control Panel window, choose the Network icon. 3) Select "Adapters" item, then click "Add..." button from "Network" dialog box. 4) Click "Have Disk..." button from "Select Network Adapter" dialog box. 5) Enter the full pathname A:\ of the driver installation information file (OEMSETNT.INF) in "Insert Disk" dialog box, then click OK button. 6) Select "ISA NE-Series Ethernet Adapter" then click OK button from "Select OEM Option" dialog box. 7) And then ISA NE-Series Ethernet Adapter Setup dialog box appear, you can specify "IRQ level" and "I/O Port Address" of the adapter plugged in your PC. However, this NDIS 3.1 mini port driver has support auto IO, IRQ scan, so driver can work even user select a wrong IO port and IRQ. For multiple cards installation, specify correct IO port and IRQ is necessary. 8) Click "Close" in the "Network" dialog box. Windows NT will copy driver from A:\WINNT to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS and the OEMSETNT.INF from A:\ to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 but renamed it to other installation information file. So next time, if you want to add our adapter to your system, you do not need floppy diskette again. 9) Restart your computer to take effect the network function. Trademarks: Microsoft Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.Download Driver Pack
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