To setup Pathway 2.0 on Windows 95, with or without Novell installed, do the following:

1. In the Windows 95 Control Panel, double-click Network.
2. Add your network card if it is not already in place. It does not matter if you select the real-mode NDIS driver or the enhanced mode 32-bit NDIS driver, unless you add Novell IPX/ODI support. Then you must use the 16-bit real mode driver.
3. Client for Microsoft Networks and NetBEUI will automatically be added. Click OK and reboot the PC when asked.
4. During reboot hit the F8 function key. Choose Command prompt from the boot menu.
5. Install Pathway from the diskettes. Choose Ethernet|NDIS as the install type.
6. The directory containing the protocol.ini file is C:\Windows.
7. Choose the section of the protocol.ini that references your card driver name; for example, ms2000$.
   (Note: In one case the protocol.ini called for an ms2000$, but the driver that Windows 95 installed was ne2000.dos. To solve this problem, copy the ne2000.dos file to ms2000.dos.)
8. Let Pathway alter the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, but not the CONFIG.SYS.
9. Make the following changes to AUTOEXEC.BAT:
   1. Windows 95 adds the line NET START to the beginning of the file. Type “REM ” before it to comment out this line.
   2. After the line pwconfig -n:x add C:\Windows\net init.
   3. The next line reads ndis -i:x -d:x. After this line add C:\Windows\net start netbind.
   4. The next line should read pwtcp.
10. Reboot the computer and hit the F8 function key during boot-up. Choose Line by line confirmation from the boot menu. Load each line and make sure there are no errors during the Pathway load sequence. If you get an error in C:\Windows\net start netbind, change it to C:\Pathway\netbind.
11. Answer No to the Load Windows? prompt.
12. Ping in DOS to verify the install. If this works, enter Windows and use the winping.exe utility in the Pathway directory to test the stack in Windows.

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