Installing Microsoft Network Client 3.0

Installation, Part Two

After selecting "Network configuration is correct" to continue, we will be taken back to the confirmation screen. Press enter to install files, and insert the appropriate disks when prompted. When Setup is finished, it will prompt you to remove any floppy from the drive and then restart. Restart your computer, and hit ESC when you see the Windows 9X splash screen (not if you used a DOS boot disk, however) so you can see if your NIC driver installed correctly. You will know it loaded correctly if you see a message saying "Initializing TCP/IP via DHCP..."

At this point, you will most likely encounter "Error 8: There is not enough memory available." Well, if you remember from your old DOS days, DOS programs only have 640k of memory to work with. Thus, we must free up some memory. Insert your boot disk into the floppy drive, and copy the following files to the root of the hard drive:

• HIMEM.SYS
• EMM386.EXE
• SMARTDRV.EXE
• EDIT.COM

Then, type edit config.sys at the C:\ prompt, and press enter. Here, we will make some modifications. Change the contents of this file to look like the following:

• FILES=40
• BUFFERS=25
• DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS
• DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS
• DEVICEHIGH=C:\NET\IFSHLP.SYS

Save the file (Alt-F-S) and then open (Alt-F-O) AUTOEXEC.BAT. Modify this file to look like the following:

• SET PATH=C:\NET;C:\
• LH C:\NET\NET INITIALIZE
• LH C:\NET\NWLINK
• LH C:\NET\NETBIND.COM
• LH C:\NET\UMB.COM
• LH C:\NET\TCPTSR.EXE
• LH C:\NET\TINYRFC.EXE
• LH C:\NET\NMTSR.EXE
• LH C:\NET\EMSBFR.EXE
• LH C:\NET\NET START

Save the file, then quit (Alt-F-X) the edit program. Remove your boot floppy and restart your computer.

Once your computer restarts this time, you should not receive an error 8, but rather a username prompt. Press enter to input your default username, then type in your password. Choose Y to create a password-list file and confirm with your password. You should now receive a "command completed successfully" message. Now, we have come to the moment of truth. Type NET VIEW and wait to see if the names of the computers on your network appear. If they do, congratulations, you are done! If not, then you may have to re-configure the driver or the protocol for your NIC. Also, make sure that you have a DHCP server on your network. I will address driver and DHCP issues in the next section. To connect to a share, type NET to bring up the Network Client popup application, and type in the UNC name, then type Alt-C to connect. You have now mapped a drive to your distribution share, and can start Windows 2000 installation or access your files over the network.