Xircom® Drivers

The Xircom drivers are located on the Xircom Driver CD that comes with the Xircom card. However, drivers are updated from time to time to resolve issues and to provide enhancements. We recommend that you download the latest driver set from our Web site and use that to install your Xircom card.

The instructions in this document request that you point to the Xircom CD for the Xircom drivers. In order to use the downloaded driver files, point to the extracted Xircom files instead of the Xircom CD.

1. Click Start
2. Select Settings
3. Click Control Panel
4. Double click the System icon in Control Panel
5. In System Properties, select the Device Manager tab
6. Click the plus sign (+) next to Network Adapter
   
   Remove any Xircom devices listed here
   
7. Also in Device Manager, click the plus sign (+) next to Other Devices
8. Locate PCI Ethernet Controller and/or PCI Card
9. If listed, highlight each device and then click Remove
10. Close the System Properties box

• Double click the Modems icon
• Remove all references to the CEM56-100/REM56G-100 card by selecting each entry and clicking Remove

• Double click the Network icon
• Remove all references to the CEM56-100/REM56G-100 card by selecting each entry and clicking Remove
• When finished click OK
• Choose No when prompted to restart the computer

1. Right clicking My Computer selecting Explore
2. In Windows Explorer, highlight C:WINDOWS
3. Right click the folder and select Find
4. The Find: All Files box appears
5. Type in the file names below in the Named box
6. Click Find Now
7. In the C:\WINDOWS\INF folder, search for and delete the following files:
   1. DRVDATA.BIN
   2. DRVIDX.BIN
   3. MFCEM56.INF
   4. NETCEM56.INF
   5. SXIR*.INF
   6. OEM*.INF (only files pertaining to Xircom)
8. In the C:\WINDOWS\INF\OTHER folder, delete any *.INF files, but only the files pertaining to Xircom
9. In the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder, delete the CEM56*.SYS files

1. Open Windows* Explorer
2. Select View from the Toolbar
3. Choose Folder Options from the menu
4. Select the View tab
5. Click Show all files
6. Click Apply
7. Click OK to return to Explorer

1. Click Start
2. Select Run
3. Type REGEDIT
4. Click OK
5. Click the Windows Start button
6. Click Run
7. Type REGEDIT in the Open box
8. Click OK
9. The Registry Editor opens
10. Click the plus sign (+) next to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key (folder) to expand it
11. Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key, expand the Enum key
12. Expand the PCMCIA key
13. Inside the PCMCIA key, delete any keys that refer the Xircom adapter
14. DO NOT delete the PC Card key
15. On the Registry menu click Exit

• If the PCMCIA wizard appears, follow the prompts to install PCMCIA support for your computer
• Accept the default values on each screen
• Restart the computer
• If the PC Card Properties appears and indicates Empty - Socket 1 and Empty - Socket 2, then PCMCIA support has already been installed
• Continue to CEM56-100/REM56G-100 Card Installation

1. Place the Xircom CD into the CD-ROM drive or be sure that you know the full path to the directory where the CEM56-100/REM56G-100 card driver files are located on the hard drive
2. Insert the CEM56-100/REM56G-100 card into the computers PC Card slot. Windows 98 will automatically detect the presence of the card and indicate that it has found new hardware by displaying a dialog box entitled Update Device Driver Wizard. Prior to displaying the dialog box, Windows 98 may indicate that it is building a driver information database. If this process occurs, allow it to complete.
   
   The text in the dialog box should read "This wizard searches for new drivers for: PCI Ethernet Controller"
3. Accept the default selection Search for best driver for your device
4. Click Next
5. On the next window, the default search location is Floppy disk drive
6. Check the box for CD-ROM drive or specify a location (Type in the path or browse the drivers)
7. Click Next
   
   Windows 98 will search the CD or the location specified for the card's driver. If Windows still recognizes the card as a PCI Ethernet Controller, make sure you are typing in the correct path to the driver files
8. Click Next to accept this
   
   Windows 98 should read the driver files to complete the installation of the CEM56-100/REM56G-100 card
   
   During this process Windows 98 may indicate that it is building a driver information database
9. When Windows states it has finished installing the software for the new hardware, click Finish
   
   At any point during the process, Windows 98 may request additional files. If this occurs enter the path to the Windows 98 source files. All files required for this installation reside in either the C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS directory, the Windows 98 CD, or on the Xircom CEM56-100/REM56G-100 card CD
10. You may or may not be prompted to restart the computer. Do so if prompted
11. When the installation process has completed, go to the Windows 98 Device Manager to verify the installation. This can be reached by doing the following:
    
    1. Click Start
    2. Select Settings
    3. Click Control Panel
    4. Double click the System icon in Control Panel
    5. In System Properties, select the Device Manager tab
       
12. Execute SETUP.EXE on the Xircom CD to install the Xircom Utilities
13. At the completion of the adapter installation, open the Control Panel
14. Double click the Network icon
    
    Review the clients and protocols displayed in the Network Properties box for applicability to your network.
    
    Add and configure network clients and protocols as required.CEM56-100/REM56G-100, its associated files and subsequent registry entries caused by the installation.
    
    

This applies to:

XircomŪ CreditCard Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 GlobalACCESS Adapter (CEM56-100) XircomŪ RealPort™ Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 GlobalACCESS Adapter (REM56G-100)