Due to its Plug-and-Play capability, Windows 2000 should detect your network card and
install the proper drivers (which worked fine on my system with my Realteak card, but first I had to learn
that Intel does not anymore support the “EtherExpress 16 ISA” and therefore also Windows2000 does NOT
support the “INTEL EtherExpress 16” ISA network card), then you should just verify the proper
installation of the network.
But some older non-Plug&Play ISA network adapter will not get detected by Windows2000
automatically, you will need to install the network driver manually:
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While under Windows NT4 and Windows95/98, it is possible to add a network adapter from within
the Network configuration, Windows2000 allows (like Windows ME ) to add any new hardware
component only via the “Control Panel” using “Add / Remove Hardware” , which will start up
the “Add/Remove Hardware Wizard” ::
 | You will need to use the Wizard (sorry, no shortcuts), continue with “Next” |
 | On the screen “Choose a Hardware Task“: Select to : “Add/Troubleshoot a device“ |
 | On the screen “New Hardware Detection“: Windows2000 will search for new “Plug and Play” components, but will not find a NON- Play&Play card. Just wait for this to finish. |
 | On the screen: “Choose a Hardware Device“: we like to add a new network card driver, select “Add a new device“ |
 | On the screen : “Find New Hardware“: you can try to let Windows2000 search for the new hardware, which can take several minutes. It did not work for me, it did NOT find my old NON Plug & Play ISA card, so I had to select, that “No, I want to select the hardware from a list“ |
 | On the screen : “Hardware Type“: Select the type of hardware:  Network adapter |
 | On the screen: “Select Network Adapter“: Select first the “Manufacturer”, then the model of the “Network Adapter” (I am using here a 3COM 3C509 ISA in NON-Plug&Play mode, which is refered to as “Legacy mode” |
 | On the screen : “Start Hardware Installation“: Windows2000 was not able to detect the settings of the network card (I/O-address and INT/IRQ) |
 | You will need to provide the settings, by either looking at the jumpers on the network card or by using the software setup floppy disk of the network card and use “Change Setting” to enter the “Input/Output Range” ad the “Interrupt Request“:  |
 | Still on the screen “Start Hardware Installation“: “Windows will use default settings to install the software for this hardware device. To install the software for your new hardware, click Next” Continue with “Next” |
 | Screen “Completing the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard“ You are done. If you did not yet defined the Settings, you can do it now (or just verify them) by selecting “Resources“, otherwise select “Finished”. |
 | screen “System Settings Change: The installation of a new network card driver is one of the new items, which requires a reboot |
After the restart, you have a new connection defined in the “Network and Dial-up Connections”:
You can rename the connection, but you should check the “Properties” = Network setup, as
you should do also in case of using a PCI-network card, which Windows2000 would have
detected automatically. In most the cases, you will use the TCP/IP protocol and you should verify
the TCP/IP configuration.
Then you are ready to look at the equivalent of the Win95/98/NT4 Network-Neighborhood,
now called “My Network Places” / “Computers Near Me”.
