Network Interface Card (NIC) Installation

If you have a small home or business network, it may be desirable to have both the DirecPC Satellite Receiver Adapter and a Network Interface Card (NIC) installed at the same time.  One such example is using Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to share DirecPC's connection to the Internet.  To cooperatively use both your DirecPC Satellite Receiver Adapter and a Network Interface Card, your computer's TCP/IP routing table must be configured correctly.  If you are using Windows 95 or Windows 98, the DirecPC Auto Setup utility provides a Setup Wizard which will automatically configure the TCP/IP routing table based on your input.  If you are using Windows NT 4.0., you will need to manually update the TCP/IP routing table.  Please select your operating system below to learn more about configuring the DirecPC Satellite Receiver Adapter to work cooperatively with a Network Interface Card.

If your operating system is Windows 95 or Windows 98, the easiest method for changing the TCP/IP routing tables is to run the DirecPC Auto Setup utility.  If you have already run Auto Setup to commission your adapter, you can run the Auto Setup utility again and you will not be prompted to enter your user information (e.g. name, address, credit card number, ...); the Auto Setup utility will connect to the registration server and retrieve your existing user information.  The following instructions assume that you have installed your Network Interface Card (NIC) and have bound the TCP/IP protocol to the network adapter.  

1. Start the DirecPC Auto Setup utility.  A shortcut to the Auto Setup utility is located in the DirecPC programs folder.
2. Follow the Auto Setup instructions for connecting to the registration server.  Your computer will connect to the registration server and retrieve your existing user information.
3. During the Auto Setup process a Network Interface Card Configuration screen will appear.  This screen will indicate that one or more Network Interface Card(s) bound to TCP/IP were detected in your system.  You will be presented with two options: Yes, I want to use both the Satellite Receiver Adapter and the Network Interface cards(s) and No, I will only use the Satellite Receiver Adapter.  Choose the first option to use both the Satellite Receiver Adapter and the Network Interface Card and press Next.
4. The next Auto Setup screen will indicate that the Satellite Receiver Adapter can only coexist with a single Network Interface Card.   You will be prompted with a list of detected Network Interface Card(s).  Select the Network Interface Card you would like to use with DirecPC Satellite Receiver Adapter and press Next.
5. The next Auto Setup screen will ask you to decide how to use the Network Interface Card with the Satellite Receiver Adapter.   You will be presented with two options: I want to use the Network Interface Card to access the (LAN) only.  The Satellite Receiver Adapter will be used to access the Internet. and I want to use the Network Interface Card to access the (LAN) and Internet.  The Satellite Receiver Adapter will only be used for Package Delivery and Multicast Applications.
   
   If you are going to use DirecPC Turbo Internet to access the Internet, then choose the first option.  When this option is chosen, your Network Interface Card is only used to access your home network (LAN); the DirecPC Satellite Adapter will be used to access the Internet.  When this option is selected, you will see a Subnet Addition section at the bottom of the screen.   If you are not using DirecPC Turbo Internet to access the Internet, then choose the second option.   This mode of operation is typically used by business customers only.  If you chose the second option, press the Next button to continue as the network configuration process is over.  If you chose the first option, proceed to the next step to configure you TCP/IP subnets.
6. If you chose the first option in the previous step, you will be presented with a Subnet Addition section that allows you to configure which network address to use with the Network Interface card.  If you are unfamiliar with the TCP/IP protocol you may wish the contact the Customer Care Center for further assistance when configuring this screen.  An example situation will be given below to help you understand how to configure your subnet.
   
   In this example two computers are on a home network (LAN).  Computer A has a Network Interface Card with a TCP/IP address of 192.168.4.1.  Computer A also has a DirecPC Satellite Receiver Adapter installed and the TCP/IP information for the Satellite Receiver Adapter will be automatically configured by the DirecPC Auto Setup utility.  Computer B has a Network Interface Card with a TCP/IP address of 192.168.4.2.  Computer A would like to communicate with Computer B using the Network Interface Card but Computer A would like to access the Internet using the DirecPC Satellite Receiver Adapter.  Computers A & B are on the 192.168.4.x subnet.  So to configure the Network Interface Card in Computer A to communicate on this subnet, enter the following information in the Subnet Addition section of the Auto Setup screen.
   
   

   Address	192.168.4.0
   Mask	255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway	192.168.4.1

   
   After entering the configuration information, press the Add button to add this configuration.  You can add multiple subnets if needed.  Once you have added all your subnets, press the Next button to continue.  At this point the network configuration process is over.

Windows NT 4.0