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SETUP FOR CUSTOM
INSTALLATION
This chapter describes how to set up your Windows 95 or
Windows NT PC so that you can use the 3Com Installation Wizard
to install and configure a 3C509B NIC.
If you are running Windows 95, you must first determine if a
Plug and Play BIOS is installed in your PC. See “Performing the
Preinstallation Procedure” later in this chapter.
If you are running Windows 95 with a Plug and Play PC, you can
also perform an Express installation. See the 3Com EtherLink III ISA
Quick Guide for Express installation procedures.
If your PC is not running Windows 95 or Windows NT, go to
Chapter
4.
Selecting the Type of Installation
The two ways to install and configure the NIC using the 3Com
Installation Wizard are Express installation and Custom installation.
Express Installation
Express installation, the installation method that most typical
Windows 95 users choose, is fast and easy and requires only
minimal user intervention. Refer to the EtherLink III ISA Network
Interface Card Quick Guide that came with the 3C509B NIC for
information on how to perform the Express installation.
Express installation loads the latest drivers from the EtherDisk
diskette, automatically tests the NIC and your network, and
dynamically binds TCP/IP to the NIC.
If you do not have a DHCP server on your network, or if you have
a static TCP/IP address, you must use the Custom installation
option instead to install and configure the NIC.
Express installation is not available to Windows NT users.