Before Installing Hardware; Check Package Contents; Verify Other Required Equipment - IBM 10/100 EtherJet CardBus Adapter with 56K Modem Installation And User Manual

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Before Installing Hardware

Check Package Contents

• IBM 10/100 EtherJet CardBus Adapter with 56K Modem
• EtherJet adapter cable with a 16-pin PC Card connector at
one end and a female RJ-45 connector at the other
• Modem cable with a 26-pin PC Card connector at one end
and a female RJ-11 modular telephone connector at the other
• RJ-11 modular telephone cable
• Software and online documentation on 3.5-inch diskettes
• EtherJet CardBus Adapter with 56K Modem User's Guide
• CAUTION: Safety information - Read This First booklet .
If any item is missing or damaged, contact your place of pur-
chase.

Verify Other Required Equipment

To install the 10/100 EtherJet CardBus Adapter with 56K Modem,
you need the following:
1. A portable PC with a CardBus PC Card slot.
2. A local area network supporting 10 or 100 Mbps EtherJet, as
required, and a network operating system supported by the
EtherJet CardBus Adapter with 56K Modem.
Note: Since the EtherJet CardBus Adapter with 56K Modem
automatically detects the speed of the network to
which it is connected, it may be safely connected to
either a 100Base-TX or 10Base-T network, as speci-
fied in items 3 and 4 below.
3. For connection to a 100Base-TX 100 Mbps EtherJet network,
a Category 5 (data grade) unshielded twisted pair (UTP) net-
work cable terminating in a male RJ-45 connector and con-
nected to a 100 Mbps hub or switch.
4. For connection to a 10Base-T twisted pair EtherJet network,
a network cable terminating in a male RJ-45 connector and
connected to a 10 Mbps hub or switch.
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