ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º Compex FreedomLINE 100TX/10Base PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter º º (C) Copyright PDS, 1998. All Rights Reserved. º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ INTRODUCTION ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The installation for the NDIS driver for Windows 95 is menu driven through the Windows 95 interface. The directory structure provided on the driver diskette has been setup for automatic OEM installation. The NDIS4 driver in the root directory is intended for Windows 95 Release 2 and higher and for Windows NT 4.0. For earlier release Windows 95 Release 1, use the NDIS3 directory to install. The file FLTX.INF is the setup file used by Windows 95 installation. Follow the guidelines in the Microsoft Windows 95 manuals for more details to install the driver from the driver diskette. Note:- Windows 95 CD-ROM software disk released in August 95 may contain driver to support Digital 21140 chipset based but will not support newer Compex LAN adapters with the new MII format. To install for this adapter for Windows 95, follow the instructions. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ INSTALLATION GUIDE ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Installing using NDIS4 driver to Windows 95 Release 2 or OSR2 ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ 1. Find an empty slot in the computer and plug in the network adapter. 2. Start up the computer and boot up Windows 95. 3. Windows 95 automatically detect the FL100TX adapter and display. "PCI Ethernet adapter found" Insert the Compex driver disk in floppy drive A and press Enter. 4. "Compex FreedomLINE 100TX/10base PCI (21143) Fast Ethernet adapter" will appear in the network adapter box. Press Enter to accept this adapter. 5. Windows 95 to complete copying of all setup files required by Windows 95 from the CR-ROM and the driver disk in drive A. 6. After copying the required files, Windows 95 will prompt for a restart. Choose to restart the computer for the driver to take effect. 7. When the PC reboots, Compex FreedomLINE 100TX/10base PCI Fast Ethernet adapter is now ready to service. Installing using NDIS3 driver to Windows 95 Release 1 ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ 1. Find an empty slot in the computer and plug in the network adapter. 2. Start up the computer and boot up Windows 95. 3. Windows 95 automatically detect the FL100TX adapter and display. "PCI Ethernet adapter found" Insert the Compex driver disk in floppy drive A and press Enter. 4. Enter A:\NDIS3 5. "Compex FreedomLINE 100TX/10base PCI (21143) Fast Ethernet adapter" will appear in the network adapter box. Press Enter to accept this adapter. 6. Windows 95 to complete copying of all setup files required by Windows 95 from the CR-ROM and the driver disk in drive A. 7. After copying the required files, Windows 95 will prompt for a restart. Choose to restart the computer for the driver to take effect. 8. When the PC reboots, Compex FreedomLINE 100TX/10base PCI Fast Ethernet adapter is now ready to service. Uninstall FL100TX Windows 95 driver ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ After the first successfully installation for FL100TX PCI adapter, if for any reason you removed the network adapter entry in Network applet in Control Panel, and do a reinstallation of the adapter, you do not need to insert the driver disk again. Windows will be automatically detected the adapter and install the driver after the first installation. For this reason if there is a update driver, you have to uninstall the adapter driver from Windows first before new driver can be installed. To uninstall the adapter driver files do the following, Note: This batch file use the command utility EXISTS.COM to check for the matching existing Windows95 directory you entered. Before you run UNFLTX95.BAT be sure to copy this utility to a search path or in the root directory of drive C. A) First run UNFLTX95.bat to remove the driver. i) From Windows goto DOS prompt and run UNFLTX95.BAT from the disk \WIN95 directory. e.g., A:\WIN95\UNFLTX95 ii) To proceed to remove the drivers, press any key to continue. If you changed you mind, press CTRL-C to abort. B) Then goto Control Panel | Network applet| to remove the adapter from the network list. C) Answer YES to restart Windows. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Optional Parameters ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ConnectionType: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Compex FreedomLINE 100TX/10base PCI (21143) Fast Ethernet Adapter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ o AutoSense Senses dynamically the media ports This does not support 10BaseT's NO_LINK_TEST. o 100BaseTx To connect 100BaseTx Ethernet hubs o 100BaseTx Full_Duplex To connect 100BaseTx Full Duplex hubs o 10BaseT To connect 10BaseT Ethernet hubs o 10BaseT Full_Duplex To connect 10BaseT Full Duplex hubs @ 10BaseT NO_LINK_TEST Select this 10BaseT medium connection (RJ connector) with no link integrity test. Choose this option if the adapter is connected to a hub which does not generate link pulses to check the link integrity. StoreAndForward = {Enabled|Disabled} (FL 100TX/10base PCI only) Select the StoreAndForward mode if high PCI latencies causes 100Mbps Transmit Underruns 0 Disabled (default) SnoozeMode = {Enabled|Disabled} (21041 only) 0 Diabled 1 Enabled