FAQ for EU-4201

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How to get the latest driver for Edimax's network products?
Where and how to find this FAQ installation instruction in the driver disk?

EU-4201

How to install Windows 2000 driver for EU-4201 LAN adapter?
How to install Windows 98 driver for EU-4201 LAN adapter?
How to verify the driver is properly installed or not?
If the driver is not properly installed or has problem, how to reinstall the driver?

Q. How to get the latest driver for Edimax's network products?

Answer: You can connect to Edimax's WEB site

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Q: Where and how to find this FAQ installation instruction in the driver diskeet?

Answer:  Open the Win2000.txt file for the Windows 2000 instruction.
              Open the Win98.txt file for the Windows 98 instruction.

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Q. How to install Windows 2000 driver for EU-4201 LAN adapter?

   Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows2000 :
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      Before you start with the installation process, make sure that your
      USB 10/100M Fast Ethernet Adapter should be properly installed in
      your USB port. Executing Windows2000, it will auto-detect your
      system configuration and find the adapter hardware.

  • Install Hardware Device Driver Wizard will ask you how to install, please select "Search for a suitable driver for my device".
  • Locate Driver Files Wizard will ask you where is the driver location, please select "Floppy disk driver".
  • When Digital Signature not found windows appear, please press "Yes" button to continue installation.
  • If Windows2000 appear a message that it can not found AN986N.INF/ AN986N.SYS, please specify the driver path name A:\
  • Windows2000 will appear some messages to insert Windows2000 system disk to complete setup step.
  • Windows2000 will finish the other installation procedure automatically, then ask you restart the system.

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Q. How to install Windows 98 driver for EU-4201 LAN adapter?

Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Win98/Win98 SE:
Before you start with the installation process, make sure that your USB 10/100M Fast Ethernet Adapter should be properly installed in your USB port. Executing Win98/Win98 SE, it will auto-detect your system configuration and find the adapter hardware.

  • Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer".
  • Insert the USB 10/100M Fast Ethernet disk into drive A and specify the setup file pathname A:\
  • If Windows2000 appear a message that it can not found AN986N.INF/ AN986N.SYS, please specify the driver path name A:\
  • Win98/Win98 SE will appear some messages to insert Win98/Win98 SE system disk to complete setup step.
  • Win98/Win98 SE will finish the other installation procedure automatically, then you restart the system.

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Q:  How to verify if the driver is properly installed or not?

Answer:  Check the Device Manager in System of Control Panel.  Click the + sign of Network Adapter to see the USB Fast Ethernet adapter driver.  Make sure there is no exclamation mark on the Ethernet driver.  Double click or go to the property of the Ethernet driver.  If the Device Status shows "the device is working properly", the driver has been installed properly.

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Q:  If the driver is not properly installed or has problem, how to reinstall the driver?

Answer:  If the Device Status does not show "the device is working properly" message, the driver is not properly installed.  You can try click the "update drivers" button to reload the driver from A:\ directory.

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