Verifying Successful Installation 43Verifying Successful InstallationFollow the steps for your operating system.Windows 95 and Windows 98To verify successful NIC installation:1 Open the Windows Start menu, select Settings, andthen select Control Panel.2 Double-click the System icon, and then select theDevice Manager tab.3 Double-click Network adapters and make sure thatthe name of the 3Com EtherLink NIC appears.If a red X or a yellow exclamation point (!) appears nextto the name of the NIC, the installation was not successful.See “Troubleshooting the NIC Installation” in Chapter 6 fortroubleshooting help.Windows NT 4.0To verify successful NIC installation:1 Double-click the My Computer icon, then theControl Panel icon, and then the Network icon.2 Select the Adapters tab.3 Make sure that the name of the NIC appears in the listof network adapters.If the name of the NIC does not appear in the list ofnetwork adapters, the installation was not successful. See“Troubleshooting the NIC Installation” in Chapter 6 fortroubleshooting help.Windows NT 3.51To verify successful NIC installation:1 Double-click the File Manager icon.2 From the Disk menu, select Connect Network Drive.The presence of network server names confirmssuccessful installation.If you cannot connect a network drive, the installation wasnot successful. See “Troubleshooting the NIC Installation”in Chapter 6 for troubleshooting help.
