Dell OptiPlex Gxi - Manual (Page 28)

See your system administrator for information.
14. Click Yes in the Network Settings Change window to restart your system.
Configuring the Windows For Workgroups™ NIC Driver
To connect your system to and configure it for use on an Ethernet network, you must complete the following steps:
1. Use the Dell DiskMaker program to make a diskette copy of the NIC drivers installed on your hard-disk drive.
See "Backing Up Drivers and Utilities" in the online System User's Guide .
2. Connect the network cable to the back of your computer.
See “Network Cable Requirements” in the Reference and Installation Guide for more information.
3. Verify that the NIC is enabled in the System Setup program.
See Chapter 2, “Using the System Setup Program,” in the Reference and Installation Guide for more information.
4. Start the Windows for Workgroups operating system.
5. In the Main program group, double-click the Windows Setup icon.
6. Click Continue to access the Windows Setup screen.
7. Select Change Network Settings from the Options menu.
8. From the Network Setup window, click Networks. Then click Install Microsoft Windows Network, and click OK.
9. Click Drivers to access the Network Drivers dialog box.
10. Click Add Adapter to access the Add Network Adapter dialog box.
11. Select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter, and click OK.
12. Insert the NIC driver diskette 1 into drive A, and click OK.
13. In the Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter dialog box, select 3Com EtherLink XL/Fast EtherLink XL Adapter (3C90x) and click OK.
14. In the Network Drivers dialog box, click Close.
15. In the Network Setup dialog box, enter the User Name, Workgroup Name, and Computer Name, and click OK.
16. Click Yes to All in the Windows Setup dialog box.
17. Click OK when a message displays on the screen, stating that the system files are updating.
18. If the Install Driver dialog box appears and prompts you for the el90x.386 driver, type
a:\WFW311 and click OK to load the Network Driver Interface
Specification (NDIS) 3 driver.
If the Install Driver dialog box appears and prompts you for the el90x.dos driver, type
a:\NDIS2\DOS and click OK to load the NDIS 2 driver.
19. Click OK to have the operating system make backup copies of the system files.
20. Remove the diskette from drive A, save the changes to any open files, and then click Restart Computer.
Configuring the Windows® 95 NIC Driver
The Windows 95 operating system automatically detects and installs the NIC driver. The following instructions are for reinstalling the NIC driver on these versions of
the Windows 95 operating system:
l Dell-installed Windows 95, Windows 95 Service Release 1
l Windows 95 Service Release 2 operating system and Windows 95 operating systems not installed by Dell.
To determine whether your operating system is Windows 95, Windows 95 Service Release 1, or Windows 95 Service Release 2, click the Start button, point to
Settings, and click the Control Panel. Double-click the System icon to access the System Properties window, and click the General tab. If your system version is 4.00,
then your operating system is Windows 95. If your system version is 4.00.950.A, then your operating system is Windows 95 Service Release 1. If your system version
is 4.00.950.B, then your operating system is Windows 95 Service Release 2. For Windows 95 operating systems not installed by Dell, the system version is 4.00.
Dell-installed Windows® 95 or Windows 95 Service Release 1, or a
Windows 95 operating system not installed by Dell
To reinstall the NIC driver in a system running Dell-installed Windows 95, Dell-installed Windows 95 Service Release 1, or a Windows 95 operating system not
installed by Dell, perform the following steps:
1. Use the Dell DiskMaker program to make a diskette copy of the NIC drivers installed on your hard-disk drive.
See "Backing Up Drivers and Utilities" in the online System User's Guide .
2. Verify that the integrated NIC is enabled and connected to its network.
See Chapter 2, “Using the System Setup Program,” in the Reference and Installation Guide for more information.
3. Start the Windows 95 operating system.
4. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click the Control Panel. Then double-click the System icon.
5. In the System Properties window, click the Device Manager tab.
6. In the list of system devices, double-click Other Devices. Then select PCI Ethernet Controller, and click Properties to access the PCI Ethernet Controller
window.
7. Select the Driver tab, and then click Change Driver to access the Select Hardware Type dialog box.
8. Select Network Adapter, and then click OK to access the Select Device window.
NOTE: The following instructions are for the Windows 95 32-bit NDIS 3.0 driver. See "Using the NDIS Driver 2.01 Driver With Windows 95" for
information on using the 16-bit NDIS 2.01 driver with the Windows 95 operating system.