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.
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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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