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Checking your networking software – Apple PowerBook Duo Dock (including Duo Dock II) User Manual

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Checking your networking software

If you have the EtherT

alk and networking sof

tware already

installed on your P

owerBook Duo

, you can select a network

connection and begin using the network. If you don

’t have

EtherT

alk or networking sof

tware installed on your P

owerBook,

you can install it using the Installer program on the system

sof

tware disks that came with your P

owerBook Duo (or with a

system sof

tware upgrade kit that you purchased).

To

check for networking sof

tware:

1.

Insert the P

owerBook Duo into the dock and tur

n on

the P

owerBook.

2.

Choose Control P

anels from the Apple (

K

) menu.

3.

Double-click the Network icon to open the Network

control panel.

(Depending on your system version, your Network control

panel may look slightly different from the one pictured here.)

v

If you can

’t find the Network control panel:

If no Network

control panel appears in the Control Panels folder

, go to

“Installing Networking System Sof

tware” in the next section

and install the networking sof

tware.

v

If the name “EtherT

alk” is displayed in the Network control

panel, then the Ether

net sof

tware is installed. F

ollow step 4

and then go to “Selecting a Network Connection” later in this

guide.

If “EtherT

alk” does not appear

, the EtherT

alk sof

tware is not

installed. F

ollow step 4 and then go to “Installing Networking

System Sof

tware” in the next section.

4.

Click the close box to close the Network control panel.

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