File: wfwndis2.txt 3Com Corporation 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN + 56K Modem PC Card (3CCFEM556 PC Card family) ============================================================ This document describes how to configure the LAN+Modem card for use with Windows for Workgroups v3.11 and Microsoft Windows Networking. This document describes how to configure the LAN+Modem card for use with Windows for Workgroups v3.11 and Microsoft Windows Networking. This file includes the following topics: - General Information - Before Installing the Client - Installing a New Client - Installing an Additional Client ============================================================ General Information ------------------- After installation, make sure the point enabler (FMENABLE.EXE) is loaded before the network is started. ============================================================ Before Installing the Client ---------------------------- If you are going to install the Novell NetWare client in addition to the Microsoft Windows networking client, you must install the Novell NetWare client first. Before installing the network driver, you should gather the following information and have it handy for supplying information to the setup dialog boxes: - Name of the NT Server domain or Windows 95/WFW 3.11 Workgroup to which you belong. - The latest versions of the Card and Socket Services installed on your machine. Check with your computer manufacturer if you are not sure. You will need to have the following software components accessible and ready to use: - Windows for Workgroups v3.11 installation files (either on hard disk, floppy diskettes, or CD) - The Installation Disk 2 that came with your LAN+Modem card ============================================================ Installing a New Client ----------------------- 1. From Windows, open the Network group. Double click on the Network Setup icon to open the Network Setup dialog box. If networking has not been installed, you will see nothing in the network drivers window. If it looks like networking has been installed, ignore this procedure and use Installing an Additional Client, below. 2. Click on the Networks icon to open the Networks dialog box. At the left edge of the dialog box, you will see three radio buttons, describing the type of network support that Windows offers. If you see the name of another network client listed on the bottom of this window, see Installing an Additional Client, below. 3. Select Install Microsoft Windows Network and click OK. 4. Click Drivers to open the Network Drivers dialog box. 5. Click Add Adapter to display a list of possible choices for adapter. Select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter and click OK. 6. At the Install Driver prompt, insert Installation Disk 2 in the floppy drive and click OK. Select the "3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN + 56K Modem PC Card" and click OK. You will see the following added to the list of network drivers: 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN + 56K Modem PC Card [NDIS2] 7. Click CLOSE. When the Network Setup Dialog box reopens, it will show the "3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN + 56K Modem PC Card" in the Network Drivers window. Click OK. 8. Supply the information requested in the Microsoft Windows Network Names dialog box. Your MIS department or network manager should be able to supply the information you need. When the information is complete, click OK. 9. The installer will request various disks for installation. When finished, you will be asked to reboot the system. You will have network access when the system restarts. Refer to your Windows Manual for instructions on using Microsoft Windows Networking. ============================================================ Installing an Additional Client ------------------------------- If there is NetWare (ODI) or other client already installed on your system, follow this procedure: 1. From Windows, open the Network group. Double click on the Network Setup icon to open the Network Setup dialog box. 2. Write down the name of the client listed on the last line of the Networks dialog box. (You will need this name later.) 3. Click Install Microsoft Windows Network. At the bottom of the small window under the selection that you just made, you will see other selections. Click Other. 4. Find the name of the client you noted in Step 2, select it, and click OK. 5. Click Drivers to open the Network Drivers dialog box. 6. Click Add Adapter to display a list of possible choices for adapter. Select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter and click OK. 7. At the Install Driver prompt, insert Installation Disk 2 in the floppy drive and click OK. Select the "3Com Megahertz LAN + 56K Modem PC Card" and click OK. You will see the following added to the list of network drivers: 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN + 56K Modem PC Card [NDIS2] 8. Click CLOSE. When the Network Setup Dialog box reopens, it will show the LAN+Modem card in the Network Drivers window. Click OK. 9. A Windows Setup dialogue box will open to alert you to the presence of files for the existing client. Select No if you want to maintain your access to the other network. Windows may ask this question several times, depending on how many references to the previous network it finds. Select No each time. 10. The installer will request various disks for installation. When finished, you will be asked to reboot the system. You will have network access when the system restarts. Refer to your Windows Manual for instructions on using Microsoft Windows Networking. (%ver wfwndis2.txt v1.0)