HP Pro100B User Manual
Intel Ether Express Pro100B
Adapter
Installation Guide
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Contents
Read This First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Before installing the network adapter: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
How to Forcibly Modify Resources Allocated to the Intel EtherExpress Pro100B PC
adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Connecting to a Novell NetWare 5.0 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Microsoft Windows 95 SR2.5
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Known Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connecting to a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Microsoft Windows 95 SR2.5
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Known Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting to a Novell NetWare 4.11 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Microsoft Windows 95 SR2.5
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Known Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting to a Novell NetWare 5.0 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting to a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting to a Novell NetWare 4.11 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Connecting to a Novell NetWare 5.0 Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Microsoft Windows 98 2nd edition
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting to a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Microsoft Windows 98 2nd edition
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to a Novell NetWare 4.11 Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Microsoft Windows 98 2nd edition
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting to a Windows NT 4.0 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups v3.11
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting to a Novell NetWare 4.11 Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups v3.11
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Read This First
1 Read This First
Before installing the network adapter:
• If your OS is Windows 95 SR2.5, go into the BIOS setup and set PnP OS
field to YES.
• If your OS is Windows NT 4.0, go into the BIOS setup and set PnP OS field
to NO.
• If your OS is Windows 98 2nd edition, go into the BIOS setup and set PnP
OS field to YES.
• If your OS is Windows for Workgroup 3.11, go into the BIOS setup and set
PnP OS field to NO.
How to Forcibly Modify Resources Allocated to the Intel EtherExpress Pro100B PCI adapter:
Do this only if needed and only if you are an advanced user.
• For advanced users only: In case of resource conflict, you can try to
change the resources for the network adapter. To do this, turn the Vectra
system power off, remove the network adapter and install it into a different PCI slot.
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Connecting to a Novell NetWare 5.0 Server
Microsoft Windows 95 SR2.5
2 Connecting to a Novell NetWare 5.0 Server
Microsoft Windows 95
SR2.5
Requirements
Operating System
Driver Version
Driver File
Server OS
Client OS
Windows 95 SR2.5
3.36.10
E100bnt.sys
Novell NetWare 5.0 Server
Client v3.1 for Windows 95/98
Procedure
With the HP Vectra turned off, install the network adapter into a PCI slot.
1
Connect the network cable to the newly installed network adapter.
2
Power on the machine and boot to Windows 95.
3
Windows 95 will detect the network adapter as “PCI Ethernet Controller”.
4
Insert the driver disk and click on “Next” to continue the installation.
5
When Windows 95 detects the updated driver, “Intel PRO/100B Adapter
6
(10/100)”, click on “Finish”.
Click on “OK” when Windows prompts for the driver disk.
7
Remove the driver disk and click on “Yes” to restart the system.
8
After restarting the system, additional changes in the network properties,
9
such as: workgroup name, computer name, etc. may be necessary. Ask
your Network Administrator for more information. Restart the system if
changes are made.
From the location of the “Novell Client v3.1 for Windows 95/98”
10
installation files, execute “Setup.exe”.
Click on “Yes” to accept the “Novell Terms and Conditions”.
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Connecting to a Novell NetWare 5.0 Server
Microsoft Windows 95 SR2.5
12 Select either “Typical” or “Custom” and click on “Install”. Typical
Installation is normally chosen. Select Custom Installation only if you are
an administrator or an advanced user. When prompted for options during
installation, ask your Network Administrator for more information.
13 Click on “Reboot” once the Novell client installation is complete.
Known Problems
Problem 1
Windows 95 will automatically select the driver (E100BNT5.SYS-NDIS 5
driver) for the “Intel PRO/100B PCI adapter”, from the Intel driver diskette
during installation. This driver will not successfully install in Microsoft
Windows 95 SR2.5. A yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager will
appear next to the NIC device. To fix this problem the E100BNT.SYS-NDIS 4
driver must replace the NDIS 5 driver
To fix this problem:
1 Double-click on the NIC device in device manager.
2 Double-click on “Intel PRO/100B PCI adapter (TX)”.
3 Select the “Driver” tab and click on “Update Driver…”
4 Select “No, select driver from list”.
5 Insert the driver disk and click on “Have Disk…”
6 Type in the location of the driver disk and click on “OK”.
7 Select “Show all devices”.
8 Select “8255x-based PCI Ethernet adapter (10/100)” from the list and
click “OK”.
9 Type in the location of the driver disk and click on “OK”.
10 Click on “Yes” when prompted to keep an existing file.
11 Click on “Yes” to restart the system.
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Connecting to a Novell NetWare 5.0 Server
Microsoft Windows 95 SR2.5
Problem 2
Windows 95 will lose all network connections when the system comes out of
suspend mode. This APM problem is known and acknowledged by Microsoft
under ref ID: Q238871 (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/
Q238/8/71.asp)
To prevent this problem:
1 From the “Control Panel”, double-click on the “Power” icon.
2 On the “Power” tab, disable “Allow Windows to manage power use on this
computer” and click on “OK”.
3 Click on “Yes” to confirm the change.
4 Click on “Yes” to restart the system.
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Connecting to a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft Windows 95 SR2.5
3 Connecting to a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft Windows 95
SR2.5
Requirements
Operating System
Driver Version
Driver File
Server OS
Client OS
Windows 95 SR2.5
3.36.10
E100bnt.sys
Windows NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft
Procedure
With the HP Vectra turned off, install the network adapter into a PCI slot.
1
Connect the network cable to the newly installed network adapter.
2
Power on the machine and boot to Windows 95.
3
Windows 95 will detect the network adapter as “PCI Ethernet Controller”.
4
Insert the driver disk and click on “Next” to continue the installation.
5
When Windows 95 detects the updated driver, “Intel PRO/100B Adapter
6
(10/100)”, click on “Finish”.
Click on “OK” when Windows prompts for the driver disk.
7
Remove the driver disk and click on “Yes” to restart the system.
8
After restarting the system, additional changes in the network properties,
9
such as: workgroup name, computer name, etc. may be necessary. Ask
your Network Administrator for more information. Restart the system if
changes are made.
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