NIC driver (Network Interface card)

 

Location of the NIC driver installer:

 

 -  x:\Drivers\NIC_driver     (The letter ‘x’ means the drive letter of the CD-rom).

 

Installation

 

Follow instructions below.

 

1.      Start SmartPad PC and login to the Windows®

2.      Close SmartNav program if it runs

3.      Place SmartNav installation CD to the CD-rom drive (if SmartNav installation window opens then click exit)

4.      Open Windows® explorer and browse to the x:\Drivers\NIC_driver folder

5.      Double click Setup.exe icon to start NIC installer

6.      Wait until installer shows complete message and click then “FINISH” button

7.      Re-start SmartPad PC

 

 

Un-installation

 

Follow instructions below.

 

1.      Start SmartPad PC and login to the Windows®

2.      Close SmartNav program if it runs

3.      Select “START => CONTROL PANEL => PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE => SYSTEM”.

4.      Then select “HARDWARE tab and click “DEVICE MANAGER” button from the device manager.

5.      Browse “Network Adabters” and expand it by selecting a “+” symbol on the left hand side of it

6.      Right click “Realtek RTL8169/8110…” and select “Un-install”

7.      Click “OK”

8.      Re-start SmartPad PC

 

 

Reinstallation

 

Updating the NIC driver requires the un-installation of exist driver first and then new installation is allowed. Follow the Un-installation and Installation sections above to do that.