Windows NT 4.0 v3.00 Windows NT* 4.0 installation notes for Intel's EtherExpress(TM) PRO/10+ ISA LAN Adapter ======================================================================= LOCATION OF DRIVER: \NT\EPRO.SY_ (NDIS 3.1 compressed) \NT\OEMSETUP.INF Note: NT 4.0 ships with a driver for the PRO/10+ ISA adapter. However, it is recommended that you install the more recent driver contained on the Configuration and Drivers diskette. General Instructions -------------------- After putting the adapter in the computer, you need to configure it under Windows NT. 1 Click the Network icon in the Control Panel. 2 Select the "Adapter" tab and click Add. 3 Select Have Disk. 4 On the Insert Disk screen, specify A:\NT for the path on the Intel PRO/10+ ISA drivers diskette, insert the disk in the disk driver and click OK. 5 Select "Intel EtherExpress(TM) PRO/10 or PRO/10+ ISA LAN Adapter" from the Select OEM Option screen and click OK. 6 The Intel PROSet Setup program automatically scans computer resources and determines the settings assigned to your adapter. It also adds an Intel PROSet icon to the Control Panel for future use of PROSet. Note: if you have Plug and Play enabled on the adapter and your computer has a Plug and Play BIOS, you may want to disable this option on the adapter. See note under Advanced Adapter Settings for additional information. 7 (Optional) You can test the adapter by clicking the Test button. 8 To exit PROSet and finish installing the driver, click OK in the PROSet main menu. 9 Select the protocol(s) required (TCP/IP and NWLINK are the default) by selecting the Protocol Tab. 10 Select the network services required (by default, all are selected) by selecting the Service tab. 11 Click Close to continue. Other Configuration screens may appear. configure as desired. 12 When prompted, restart NT. 13 Repeat the General Instruction process for installing additional adapters. PROSet Utility -------------- There are two ways to run PROSet, which allows changing the adapter settings. A. From the Control Panel double-click on the Intel PROSet icon. B. From the Control Panel, double-click on the Network icon, select the adapters section, and double-click on the "Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+ ISA adapter". From the main Intel PROSet menu click the Change button to get to the Adapter Settings screen. The defaults work correctly for most configurations. Advanced Adapter Settings ------------------------- Click the Advanced button in the Adapter Settings screen to change the Advanced setting. The defaults work correctly for most configurations. Please use caution when changing these parameters. Use the on-line help for additional information. Plug and Play: An option that configures the adapter automatically when you turn on your computer. The adapter default is ON. Plug and Play (PnP) is a system architecture for ISA bus computers. A fully compliant PnP computer has a PnP BIOS that does the actual configuring when you restart the computer. If you have a PnP computer and want to configure the adapter yourself, disable Plug and Play. For example, if you want to assign a permanent Interrupt and I/O address to the adapter, you need to disable Plug and Play. Since NT 4.0 is not a Plug and Play operating system, it doesn't automatically recognize any change that the BIOS may perform. If another PnP device is added to the machine, the PRO/10+ ISA adapter could be moved to different resources and NT wouldn't be able to find the adapter. Either run PROSet (this action will update the NT registry so it can find the adapter at the new settings) or disable PnP and set permanent resources for the adapter. Duplex Mode: A performance option that lets you choose how the adapter sends and receives packets over the network when connected to the TPE port. The default is half duplex. A regular adapter can perform only one operation at a time (half- duplexing). The PRO/10+ ISA adapter has the ability to send and receive packets at the same time (full-duplexing). In order to reap the benefits of full duplexing, you MUST have a full duplex switch. Auto-negotiate: the adapter negotiates with the hub how to send/receive packets, either full or half duplex. Set duplex mode to auto-negotiate only if your hub is capable of auto-negotiation. Full duplex: The adapter sends and receives packets at the same time. This improves the performance of your adapter. Set duplex mode to full duplex only if you have a full duplex switch that doesn't do auto-negotiation. Half duplex: The adapter performs one operation at a time. It either sends or receives. Concurrent Processing: A performance option that increases the speed at which you computer receives information for the network. The default is ON. Concurrent processing transmits the first part of an information packet to the computer's processor while the adapter is still receiving the last part of the packet. If you see video or data corruption when running an application that requires a significant portion of the computer's processing power, it may be that the processor can't keep up with the information the adapter transmits. To fix this problem, disable concurrent processing. * Third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.