Practical Industrial Data Networks:Design, Installation and ...

Appendix C – Practicals 361Note that as soon as the NIC is inserted into the host computer, the operating systemprompts the user to provide the necessary device drivers and the operating systemCDROM in order to install and configure the device. Thus the client, adapter and protocolnetwork components are automatically installed. For the purposes of this practical, weshall install protocol that requires minimal configuration, NetBEUI being a goodexample. This can be installed by clicking on the Add button in the network window.Select protocol as the network component type to install and click on the Add button, asshown.Select Microsoft as the network protocol manufacturer on the left-hand side and scrolldown to NetBEUI and select it on the right-hand side, and click on the OK button toinstall.