Installing the downloaded driver, Procedure, Installing the ms loopback adapter – Patton electronic DIALFIRE 2977 User Manual

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Driver installation for the Microsoft Windows NT operating system

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Model 2977 DialFire RAS User Manual

4 • Driver installation and configuration

Driver installation for the Microsoft Windows NT operating system

Installing the downloaded driver

This section describes installing and configuring the DialFire device driver package. Use this procedure to
install a driver that you have downloaded from the Patton Support website (www.patton.com/support/
upgrades
).

Note

If you are installing multiple adapters, each adapter needs to be
installed separately. You need to restart your computer before install-
ing another adapter.

Procedure
1. Log on to Windows NT as Administrator.

2. From

Start

, choose

Settings > Control Panel > Network > Adapters

.

3. Do one of the following:

– If this is the first time you have installed this driver, choose

Add > Have Disk

.

– If you have installed an earlier version of this driver, choose

Update

.

4. Enter the path to where the driver is stored and then choose

OK

.

5. Choose the driver and then

OK

.

6. Choose

OK

on the Setup screen to complete installation.

The adapter appears on the Network Adapters list.

7. Choose

Close

and restart the computer.

Installing the MS Loopback Adapter

Use this procedure to install the MS Loopback Adapter.

Procedure
1. From the Windows NT Control Panel, choose

Network

.

The system displays the following prompt: Windows NT Networking is not installed. Do you want to install
it now?

2. Choose

Yes

.

The system asks if your computer is wired to the network or connected via Remote Access (modem).

3. Choose

Wired

to the Network > Next > Select from list.

4. Choose

MS Loopback Adapter

from the dialog box and

Next

.

5. Choose

NetBEUI

as the network protocol and then

Next

.

6. Install the default network services by choosing

Next > Next.

The system asks for a directory path.

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