National Instruments 370620B-01 User Manual

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PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethernet Adapters Installation Guide

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Note

When installing adapters on a Windows NT system that does not have any other

adapters installed, you must install Networking support.

Tip

If Windows displays an Insert Disk dialog box or indicates it cannot locate a file on

the Intel PRO Adapter CD-ROM, insert the PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethernet Adapters CD-ROM
and tell Windows to copy files from the

WinNT

directory of the CD-ROM drive (typically

d:\WinNT\

).

4.

Restart the computer as shown in the following figure, then connect to
your network.

Alternative Driver Installation Options for the PXI-8231/8232

The installation instructions illustrated for each operating system in this
document are appropriate for most users. However, if your PXI chassis
does not contain a CD-ROM drive, try one of the following alternatives to
load the Ethernet driver.

•

If you have an existing Ethernet connection in your PXI chassis,
download the Intel Ethernet driver from the National Instruments Web
site. Access the Drivers and Downloads page at

ni.com/download

.

•

Connect an external CD-ROM, such as a USB CD-ROM, and load the
Ethernet driver directly from the PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethernet Drivers
CD-ROM.

•

Use another computer that has a CD-ROM to copy the Ethernet driver
onto a 3.5 in. floppy disk:

1.

Open a DOS command window.

2.

Change to the directory on the CD-ROM that matches the OS you
want to use with the diskette.

3.

Change to the

\MAKEDISK

directory.

4.

Depending on your OS, enter:

MAKE2KXP

,

MAKENT

, or

MAKE98ME

[destination

(optional;

A:

if not specified)

]

.

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