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Fast Ethernet Controller Provider Inc.
PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter
NDIS 5 Miniport Driver For Windows 98 Installation
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Copyright (C) 1999 Fast Ethernet Controller Provider Inc.
All rights reserved.
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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 NDIS 5 Miniport driver on Microsoft Windows 98
B) Configuring NDIS 5 Miniport driver on Microsoft Windows 98
A) Installing NDIS 5 Miniport driver on Microsoft Windows 98
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1. Plug Fast Ethernet Controller Provider's FastNIC PCI adapter into one
of the Master PCI slots of your PCI platform.
2. Turn ON the power of PC then boot from Windows 98.
3. Windows98 will prompt "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "New Hardware Found"
dialog box and "Update Device Driver Wizard" dialog box.
4. Click "Next" button when "Search for the best for your device"
[Recommended] is on.
5. Insert the Fast Ethernet Controller Provider FastNIC Adapter Driver
Diskette in your floppy drive.
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 "PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet 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 NDIS 5 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 "PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter" item from "Network" dialog
box, then click "Properties" button.
5. Click "Advanced" button from "PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Properties" dialog box.
6. Select the Media Type value (AutoDetect, 10BaseT, 10BaseT Full_Duplex,
100BaseTX, 100BaseTX Full_Duplex) from "Value" item, then click OK
button from "PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet 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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