3Com (R) Corporation EtherDisk (R) Diskette for the 3C90X Fast EtherLink XL/EtherLink XL Bus Master NIC Family NDIS 3.0 or NDIS 2.0 Drivers and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ------------------------------------- The following describes the procedure for installing the protected-mode NDIS 3 (EL90X.386) driver or real-mode NDIS 2 (EL90X.DOS) driver under Windows for Workgroups (WFW). NOTE: It is assumed that WFW has already been installed. 1. Start Windows. 2. Open the Network group and double-click Network Setup. 3. Click Networks... in the Network Setup window. 4. Choose install Microsoft Windows Network and. 5. Choose No Additional Network in the submenu. Click OK. 6. If you would like to share your files or printers with other people on the network, click Sharing... After checking the appropriate boxes, click OK. 7. To install the network NIC, click Drivers... 8. In the Network Drivers window, click Add Adapter... 9. From the list of network NICs, select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter and then click OK. 10. Network setup now requires the vendor-provided network driver diskette. Insert the EtherDisk 1 diskette in drive A: and type the following path for the location of the NDIS driver: A:\WFW311 Click OK. 11. From the Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter screen, select 3Com EtherLink XL/Fast EtherLink XL NIC (3C90X) and click OK. The Network Setup screen now lists the NIC, along with the default protocol stacks: 3Com EtherLink XL/Fast EtherLink XL NIC (3C90X) (NDIS 2/NDIS 3) IPX/SPX Compatible Transport with NetBIOS Microsoft NetBEUI 12. If you wish to use the NDIS 3 driver skip, to step 14. If you wish to use the NDIS 2 driver, click Setup... in the Network Drivers menu. 13. To select the NDIS 2 real-mode driver, click the down arrow under Driver Type and select Real Mode NDIS Driver. Then click OK. 14. Click Close in the Network Drivers window to accept these settings and then click OK in the Network Setup window to start the installation. 15. At this point WFW may give you a chance to supply or change your username, workgroup and computer name. If your network administrator gives you this information, use the information you were given. If not, you can create this information yourself. When you are finished, click OK. 16. The Windows Setup program may ask if you want to replace the Enhanced Mode Protocol Manager with the version you are installing now. Click Yes to All. 17. If the Windows Setup program asks for the NDIS.386 file, insert Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Disk 7 and click OK. 18. If prompted for the EL90X.386 driver, insert the 3Com EtherDisk 1 diskette in the A:\ drive. Type the following path to load the NDIS 3 driver: A:\WFW311 Click OK. 19. If prompted for the EL90X.DOS driver, insert the 3Com EtherDisk 1 diskette in the A:\ drive. Type the following path to load the NDIS 2 driver: A:\NDIS2\DOS Click OK. 20. The PROTOCOL.INI and SYSTEM.INI files have now been modified. WFW saves the old versions with the extension .001, where the number is incremented every time a new PROTOCOL.INI or SYSTEM.INI, file is generated. Click OK. 21. When prompted, restart the computer. (%VER WFWNDIS.TXT - 3.0 Drivers and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 v1.0d)