D-Link DFE-550TX FAST Ethernet 10/100 Adapter Installation for Windows 2000 Getting Started --------------- The Windows 2000 installation CD is needed to complete this installation. Windows 2000 Installation Procedure ----------------------------------- Windows 2000 had supported this adapter, and the driver version is v1.0.5. To use the bundled driver ... 1. Make sure your computer is power-off. 2. Plug the adapter into one PCI slot of your computer. 3. Turn on the power. Windows 2000 will find and install the driver automatically. Update driver from diskette --------------------------- The following steps can help you update the bundled driver to the one in the Adapter Drivers Diskette/CD-ROM. 1. Open Control Panel, double click "System" icon to open System Properties. 2. In the "Hardware" sheet, you can see the "Device Manager" bottum. Click to open Device Manager. 3. Use the tool bar to make sure you "View" "Devices by type". Than you will able to find D-Link DFE-550TX 10/100 Adapter in "Network Adapters" group. Double click it to open its property. 4. In the "Driver" sheet of the adapter's properties, there is a button named "Update Driver". Click it, the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard will show up to help updating the driver. The following steps will lead you through the wizard ... 1. The first page is the welcome messages, click "Next" to continue. 2. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommanded)", and click "Next". 3. Check "Floppy disk drivers" and/or "CD-ROM drivers". It depends on where you driver files are. Click "Next" to continue. 4. The wizard will still found the bundled driver now, check "Install one of the other drivers" 5. The wizard will list all the driver it found, and there should be a D-Link DFE-550TX FAST Ethernet 10/100 Adapter located in you diskette or CD-ROM drive. Highlight it and click "Next" to continue. 6. The wizard will copy and load the driver, than you will see "Finish" bottum. Click it and it's done. PS: * Right after you finish updating driver, you must close and re-open and adapter's propertis to validate the properties. * If you had updated the driver once before, the wizard will not find the driver in your diskette/CD-ROM drive. Instead of it, there should be one located in c:\winnt\inf\oem0.inf (or oem1, oem2...) It is the same one as the diskette/CD-ROM, choose it and continue the rest of the steps. Driver keywords --------------- - Open 'Device Manager' in "My Computer" -> "Control Pannel" -> "System". Double click "D-Link DFE-550TX ...", Select "Advanced" item. Connection Type Specify the connection type for the adapter. Default: AutoSense Network Address You can set the Ethernet address for your adapter. It is not recommended to use this keyword. As you know two or more adapter in the same network with same Ethernet address will cause a little problem. When using this keyword you need to input exactly 6 bytes of Ethernet address using one of the following format: xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx OR xxxxxxxxxxxx Default: read address from adapter ROM. 802.1Q/1P VLAN You can enable it for VLAN group. tagging Default: disable VLAN ID This value will active after 802.1Q/1P VLAN tagging enable. GVRP Support GVRP and will active after 802.1Q/1P VLAN tagging enable. Default: disable