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  • Page 1 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual PCMCIA 10/100M Fast Ethernet Card User’s Manual Rev 2.0...

  • Page 3: Regulatory Compliance

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Regulatory compliance This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. This equipment also complies with CE EN55022 Class B and VCCI V3 Class B specifications.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Regulatory compliance...i About this manual ...i Table of contents ...ii CHAPTER 1 Introduction Features (for dongle-less PC Card) ... 1 Features (for dongle type PC Card)... 2 Technology overview... 2 CHAPTER 2 Hardware installation (for Dongle-less PC Card) What’s in the package ...
  • Page 5 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Driver installation program ...35 Quick installation...36 The Install program... 37 Using the Install program ...37 Auto configuration ...39 Custom configuration ...40 Manual installation ... 42 Enablers...43 Driver installation... 45 Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 ...45 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ...46 Netware 3.X/4.X client ...47 Microsoft LAN Manager ...47...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Thank you for purchasing the Ethernet card. This high-speed Eth- ernet card complies with the PCMCIA standard and uses a female RJ-45 connector to connect to the network. The Ethernet card is switchless and software configurable. Features (for dongle-less PC Card) Dongle-less design that integrates RJ-45 connector onto the PC card...

  • Page 8: Features (For Dongle Type Pc Card)

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Features (for dongle type PC Card) Type II credit-card size (5.0 mm) Complies with IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX and 802.3 10Base-T protocols. PCMCIA 2.1 and JEIDA 4.2 compliant and later PC Card standard 68-pin 16-bit PCMCIA interface Supports all popular operating systems Supports hot swap card insertion and removal 10/100Mbps auto-sensing...

  • Page 9: Fast Ethernet

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Fast Ethernet Also called 100BaseT, it is a high-speed version of Ethernet (IEEE 802.3u standard). 100BaseT transmits at 100 Mbps rather than 10 Mbps. Like regular Ethernet, Fast Ethernet is a shared media LAN. All nodes share the 100 Mbps bandwidth.

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation (For Dongle-Less Pc Card)

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual This section covers inserting your Ethernet card in the notebook’s PCMCIA slot, and connecting the card to a network. What’s in the package Please ensure that the following items are included in your package. If any items are missing, contact your dealer.

  • Page 11: Inserting The Ethernet Card

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Status LEDs Inserting the Ethernet card Note! These instructions apply to most notebook computers. For detailed information on inserting PC cards into your notebook, consult the notebook user’s manual. Follow the procedure below to install the Ethernet card. 1.

  • Page 12: Connecting To A Lan

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Connecting to a LAN To use the Ethernet card’s Ethernet capability, you can connect to a port on a hub or to an RJ-45 phone jack with another male-to-male RJ-45 line or connector. Connecting to an RJ-45 phone jack Status LEDs The following illustration shows the Ethernet card LEDs: LINK/ACT LED...

  • Page 13: Ejecting The Ethernet Card

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual The following table describes the meaning of the LEDs: Indicates the connection speed. When off, the connec- 10/100M tion speed is 10 Mbps. When on, the connection speed is 100 Mbps. Indicates link status and transmit/receive activity. It is LINK/ACT normally off.

  • Page 14: Hardware Installation (For Dongle Type Pc Card)

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual This section covers inserting your Ethernet Card in the notebook’s PCMCIA port, and connecting the card to a network. What’s in the package Please ensure that the following items are included in your package. If any items are missing, contact your dealer.

  • Page 15: Inserting The Ethernet Card

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Inserting the Ethernet Card These instructions apply to most notebook computers. For detailed information on inserting PC cards into your notebook, consult the notebook user’s manual. Follow the procedure below to install the Ethernet Card. 1.
  • Page 16 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual You can connect the Ethernet adapter cable to a port on a hub or to a RJ-45 phone jack with another male-to-male RJ- 45 line or connector. Connecting to a RJ-45 phone jack After you have inserted the Ethernet Card, you must install the drivers.

  • Page 17: Media Coupler Leds

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Media Coupler LEDs The following illustration shows the Media Coupler LEDs: Fast Ethernet The following table describes the meaning of the LEDs: Indicates transmit or receive activity. It is normally off. When there is packet transmit or receive activity, this LED is on.
  • Page 18 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 10/100Mbps Ethernet Do not pull on the RJ-45 cable to disconnect the RJ-45 con- Warning! nector from the card. You may damage the RJ-45 connector pins as well as the Ethernet Card. After you have disconnected the RJ-45 cable, you can eject the Eth- ernet Card from the notebook’s PC Card slot.
  • Page 19 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual This concludes Chapter 2. The next chapter covers driver installa- tion for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME operating systems.
  • Page 20 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual...

  • Page 21: Driver Installation For Win 95/98/Me/2000/Nt

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual The following sections cover Ethernet card driver installation in the Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME operating systems. Driver installation for Windows 95 Before Installation There are two popular versions of Windows 95, one is for retail version (ver 4.00.950), and the other is OEM Service Release 2 (ver 4.00.950B).
  • Page 22 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual From the General tab, the system information shows you the ver- sion number of your windows. Next, check whether your notebook PCMCIA controller supports CardBus. You can check it from Device Manager. If the PCMCIA socket is shown to be PCIC or TCIC compatible Controller, then the notebook cannot support CardBus.

  • Page 23: Driver Installation For Windows 95 Osr2

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Driver installation for Windows 95 OSR2 1. Insert the Ethernet card into an available PCMCIA slot in your notebook. 2. After Windows 95 detects the card, the Update Device Driver Wizard window appears: 3. Insert the driver disc and click Next to continue the installa- tion.
  • Page 24 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 4. Click Other Locations to continue, the following screen appears: 5. Type “E:\Driver\W95” where “E” is your CD-ROM drive letter. Then click OK. The following screen appears:...
  • Page 25 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 6. Click Finish to continue. Windows may prompt you the following window to ask you insert the disc. 7. Click OK to continue.
  • Page 26 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 8. Again type “E:\Driver\W95” where “E” is your CD-ROM drive letter and click OK. After copying the driver files. Windows 95 prompts you to restart the system. Click Yes to continue the installation. Note! If you did not install the Windows 95 OSR2 from your hard drive, Windows will prompt you to input the path to the...
  • Page 27 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Install Drivers on the Windows 95 Retail version 1. Insert the Ethernet card into an available PMCIA slot in your notebook. 2. After Windows 95 detects the card, the Update Device Driver Wizard window appears: 3.

  • Page 28: Driver Installation For Windows 98

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Driver installation for Windows 98 Follow the steps below to install the Ethernet card drivers for Win- dows 98. 1. Insert the Ethernet card into an available PCMCIA slot on your notebook. 2. After Windows 98 detects the Ethernet card, the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears: 3.
  • Page 29 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 4. Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Recom- mended) and click Next. The following screen appears: 5. Ensure that the CD-ROM drive box is checked. 6. Insert the driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and click Next.
  • Page 30 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 7. Click Next. Windows 98 copies files to your hard disk drive, and you see the following screen: 8. Click Finish.
  • Page 31 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Note! Windows 98 may need to copy re- quired system files and will prompt you to input the path to the files. Follow the instructions on your screen, then click OK to continue. You should reboot your system to finish the installation.

  • Page 32: Driver Installation For Windows Me

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Driver installation for Windows ME Follow the steps below to install the Ethernet card drivers for Win- dows ME. 1. Insert the Ethernet card into an available PCMCIA slot on your notebook. 2. After Windows ME detects the Ethernet card, the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears: 3.
  • Page 33 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Note! If you did not install the Windows ME from your hard drive, Windows will prompt you to input the path to the Windows ME CD-ROM. Follow the instructions on your screen, then click OK to continue.

  • Page 34: Driver Installation For Windows 2000

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Driver installation for Windows 2000 Follow the steps below to install the Ethernet card drivers for Win- dows 2000. 1. Insert the Ethernet card into an available PCMCIA slot on your notebook. 2. After Windows 2000 detects the Ethernet card, the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears: 3.
  • Page 35 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 4. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (rec- ommended) and click Next. The following screen appears: 5. Ensure that the CD-ROM drives box is checked and insert the driver disc into CD-ROM drive. Click Next to continue.
  • Page 36 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual After the system search the best driver, the following search results window appears: 6. Click Next to continue. The following screen appears: 7. Click Yes to continue the installation. 8. Windows copies files and the following screen appears:...
  • Page 37 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 9. Click Finish to complete the installation. You should reboot the computer to insure a successful installation.

  • Page 38: Driver Installation For Windows Nt 4.0

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Driver installation for Windows NT 4.0 This installation procedure assumes that you have installed the net- work component on your computer. To check whether the network component has been installed, double click the Network icon in the Control Panel. If it has not been in- stalled, refer to the Windows NT 4.0 installation guide for instructions on installing the component.
  • Page 39 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 4. Click Add to add a new adapter. The following screen ap- pears: 5. Click Have Disk. The following screen appears: 6. Type “E:\Driver\WinNT40” where “E” is your CD-ROM drive letter. Insert the driver disk, and click OK. After finding the installation file, the Select OEM Option window is displayed.
  • Page 40 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 7. Click OK. A screens appears prompting you to input the IRQ, I/O port address, and connection type: 8. Select the desired resources and connection type. Note! 9. Click OK to continue. Windows will configure the Ethernet card.
  • Page 41 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 10. Click Close to exit the Network window. Windows NT 4.0 will bind the adapter with the network component and you will be prompted to restart the system. When Windows NT is finished binding the adapter to the network component, you are prompted to restart the system.

  • Page 42: Driver Installation For Dos Environments

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Driver installation for DOS environments This section covers Ethernet Card driver installation for DOS envi- ronment operating systems. System Requirements Hardware Require- ments Software Requirements Driver installation You must install the Ethernet Card drivers before your computer system can recognize your Ethernet Card.

  • Page 43: Quick Installation

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Quick installation This section gives a brief overview of the installation process. 1. Card and Socket Services software should be bundled with your computer; if it is not, contact your dealer. It is re- commended that you use this software when installing your Ethernet Card.

  • Page 44: The Install Program

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 5. Insert the Ethernet Card into the PCMCIA socket. Then attach the network cable to the card. 6. Restart your computer and connect to your network. The Install program Before you can use your Ethernet Card, you need to install and modify some files in your computer system.

  • Page 45: Custom Configuration

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual The program prompts you for the directory where you want to in- stall the driver files. You can choose the default directory name or enter a new name. Then, press <Enter> to continue with the in- stallation.

  • Page 46: Auto Configuration

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Auto configuration To use auto configuration, you must have Card and Socket service drivers installed. Refer to your computer user’s manual for infor- mation. If you selected Auto Configuration, the program auto detects which IRQ, I/O Port, and memory space (MEMBASE) the Ethernet Card can use.

  • Page 47: Custom Configuration

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Select the network drivers that you want to install. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the desired item. When a item is highlighted press <Enter> to select it. If the network driver that you want to install is not in the following list, press <Esc>...
  • Page 48 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual After selecting the Custom Installation Menu, you see a series of submenus prompting you to select an IRQ and I/O address. Interrupt select The first submenu is the Interrupt submenu. Move the cursor to the interrupt of your choice and select it by pressing <Enter>.

  • Page 49: Manual Installation

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Memory space select Move the cursor to the desired memory space address and press <Enter>. Available memory space addresses are D000H, D400H, D800H, and DC00H. Manual installation In most cases, the INSTALL program can make all system changes necessary for using your Ethernet Card.

  • Page 50: Enablers

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual how to manually make driver and file modifications to enable your card. Enablers You can use CARDGO.EXE to enable the Ethernet Card. The CARDGO program The program CARDGO.EXE communicates with the PC Card controller of your computer. This program is needed only for DOS environment network operating systems.
  • Page 51 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual You can also run CARDGO.EXE by typing “CARDGO” at the D O S p r o m p t o r b y i n c l u d i n g i t a s a l i n e i n y o u r AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

  • Page 52: Driver Installation

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Driver installation The following sections cover installation of the client driver for Windows NT 3.51, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Netware 3X/4X, Microsoft LAN Manager, and Artisoft LANtastic Version 6.0. Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Follow these instructions to install the Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 client for your Ethernet Card: 1.

  • Page 53: Microsoft Windows For Workgroups 3.11

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Follow these instructions to install the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 client for your Ethernet Card: 1. Run INSTALL.EXE, and choose Windows for Workgroups. 2. Run Windows by typing “WIN” at the DOS prompt. 3.

  • Page 54: Netware 3.X/4.X Client

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Netware 3.X/4.X client Follow these instructions to install the Netware 3.X/4.X client for your Ethernet Card: 1. Run the INSTALL program, and select the Netware ODI Driver. 2. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the instal- lation.

  • Page 55: Artisoft Lantastic Version 6.0

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual 10. Click Save, then press <F3> to exit. Artisoft LANtastic version 6.0 Follow these instructions to install the Artisoft LANtastic Version 6.0 client for your Ethernet Card: 1. Run the INSTALL program, and choose LANtastic. 2.

  • Page 56: Installation For Linux

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual This section covers the Ethernet Card driver installation for the Li- nux environment operating system. Before you install the PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet card Linux driver, you must first configure the PCMCIA interface in your Linux working environment. System Requirements Linux kernel version 2.0.x or later PCMCIA interface 3.0.x or later...

  • Page 57: Installing The Driver For Linux

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Installing the driver for Linux Follow these instructions to install the driver for the Linux operat- ing system: 1. Log on as “root”. 2. Copy the driver code from the Installation disc using the following syntax: mount -rt iso9660 /dev/hdc /cdrom cp /cdrom/driver/Linux/in0100-af-v1.51.tgz /tmp...
  • Page 58 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual card “ 10/100 Ethernet Card” version “ PCMCIA” , “ 10/100 Ethernet Card” bind “ pcnet_cs” card “ PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet Card” manfid bind “ pcnet_cs” 6. Configure the PCMCIA NIC interface using the following syntax: vi /etc/pcmcia/network.opts 7.
  • Page 59 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual...

  • Page 60: Appendix A

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Q&A for Windows environments These guidelines give you tips to deal with some problems you may encounter while using the Ethernet card. If the problems remain unsolved, contact your dealer for assistance. Windows 95/98 Problem: Ejecting the card from the PCMCIA socket hangs or reboots the computer.

  • Page 61: Windows 2000

    Windows 2000 Question: What is the Microsoft digital signature? Answer: Drivers that pass Microsoft Windows 2000 certifi- cation receive a digital signature file from Microsoft. The Ethernet card does not have such a digital signature, however it is fully compatible with Windows 2000.

  • Page 62: Appendix B

    PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual Enabler program error messages CARDGO.EXE Here is the list of error messages the CARDGO.EXE may display. Error “ The PCMCIA controller is [Error 1] not present or recognized” “ There is no card in the [Error 2] PCMCIA slot.
  • Page 63 Error Message “ The memory address [Error 7] specified is invalid. Change to another one” “ Enabler has been regis- [Error 8] tered” [Error 9] “ Enabler can’ t be registered as a client” “ Can’ t map memory” “ Configuration can’ t be requested”...

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