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  • Page 1 CardBus 10/100M Ethernet card User Manual Version 1.2...

  • Page 3: Regulatory Compliance

    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

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual Regulatory compliance ...i About this manual ...i Table of contents...ii CHAPTER 1 Introduction Features ... 4 CHAPTER 2 Hardware installation What¡¦s i n t he packag ... 5 Hardware description... 5 Inserting the CardBus Ethernet card... 6 Ethernet Card RJ-45 connector LEDs...
  • Page 5 Artisoft LANtastic version 6.0 ... 40 CHAPTER 5 Installation for Linux Before Installation ... 41 Install Driver ... 42 APPENDIX A Troubleshooting Q&A for Windows environments... 45 Windows 95/98 ... 45 Windows NT 4.0 ... 46 Windows 2000 ... 46 ¿...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Thank you for purchasing the CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card. This high-speed Ethernet network adapter card complies with the PCMCIA Type II standard and uses a female RJ-45 adapter to connect to the network. The Ethernet Card is switchless and software configurable. An enabler pro- gram is used to set up the card for your operating system;...

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    This chapter covers inserting your Ethernet Card in the notebook's CardBus 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. CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card Ethernet media coupler with 15-pin flat connector at one end and female RJ-45 connector at the other end.

  • Page 8: Inserting The Cardbus Ethernet Card

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual Figure 2-1: Hardkey of 5/3.3V Traditional PCMCIA Card (left) and 3.3V CardBus Card (right) Inserting the CardBus Ethernet Card Follow the procedure below to install the Ethernet Card. With the card's 68-pin connector facing the notebook's CardBus slots, slide the card all the way into an empty slot.

  • Page 9: Ethernet Card Rj-45 Connector Leds

    Connect the RJ-45 adapter to the network. 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. If your oper- ating system is Windows 98, Window 95, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000 refer to Chapter 3.

  • Page 10: Disconnecting The Ethernet Card

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual Figure 2-6: RJ-45 connector LEDs 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. 100M Indicates the connection speed.
  • Page 11 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 Ethernet Card from the notebook's PC Card slot.
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  • Page 13: Driver Installation For Win 95/98/2000/Me/Nt

    Chapter 3 Driver installation for Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT The following sections cover CardBus Ethernet card driver installa- tion in the Windows 2000/98/95/NT/ME operating systems. Before Installation To identify the version of Windows 95, you can check the General system properties. To get the general system properties, double- click the System icon from the Control Panel.

  • Page 14: Driver Installation For Windows 95

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual Driver installation for Windows 95 Installation of the CardBus Ethernet card is just the same as for any normal Windows 95 Plug & Play device. Follow the steps below to install the driver in Windows 95. 1.
  • Page 15 3. Insert the driver disk and click Next to continue the installa- tion. Windows searches for the driver and the following screen appears: 4. Click Finish to continue, Windows 95 copies driver files to the hard disk. Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT...

  • Page 16: Driver Installation For Windows 98

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual 5. Windows 95 prompts you to restart the system. Click Yes to complete the installation. Driver installation for Windows 98 Follow the steps below to install the CardBus Ethernet card drivers for Windows 98. 1. Insert the CardBus Ethernet card into an available CardBus slot on your notebook 2.
  • Page 17 4. Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Recom- mended) and click Next. The following screen appears: 5. Ensure that the floppy disk drive box is checked. 6. Insert the driver disk into your floppy drive and click Next. The following screen appears: Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT...
  • Page 18 CardBus Ethernet card user manual 7. Click Next. Windows 98 copies files to your hard disk drive, and you see the following screen: 8. Click Finish. Note! Windows 98 may need to copy re- quired system files and will prompt you...

  • Page 19: Driver Installation For Windows 2000

    You should reboot your system to finish the installation. Driver installation for Windows 2000 Follow the steps below to install the CardBus Ethernet card drivers for Windows 2000. 1. Insert the CardBus Ethernet card into an available CardBus slot on your notebook 2.
  • Page 20 CardBus Ethernet card user manual 4. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (rec- ommended) and click Next. The following screen appears: 5. Ensure that the Specify a location box is checked and click Next. The following screen appears:...
  • Page 21 6. Type ¡A:\Win2000¡¨ w here A Insert the driver disk, and click OK. The following screen appears: 7. Click Next to continue. The following screen appears: Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT...
  • Page 22 CardBus Ethernet card user manual 8. Click Yes to continue the installation. 9. Windows copies files and the following screen appears: 10. Click Finish to complete the installation. You should reboot the computer to insure a successful installation.

  • Page 23: Driver Installation For Windows Me

    Driver installation for Windows ME Follow the steps below to install the CardBus Ethernet card drivers for Windows ME. 1. Insert the CardBus Ethernet card into an available CardBus slot on your notebook 2. After Windows ME detects the CardBus Ethernet card, the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears: 3.
  • Page 24 CardBus Ethernet card user manual 4. Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Recom- mended) and choose Specify a location. Type "A:\WinME" where "A" is your floppy driver letter. In- sert the driver disk, and click Next. The following screen appears:...
  • Page 25 5. Click Next. Windows ME copies files to your hard disk drive, and you see the following screen: 6. Click Finish. Note! You should reboot your system to finish the installation. Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT Windows ME may need to copy re- quired system files and will prompt you to input the path to the files.

  • Page 26: Driver Installation For Windows Nt 4.0

    CardBus Ethernet card user 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 27 4. Click Add to add a new adapter. The following screen ap- pears: 5. Click Have Disk. The following screen appears: 6. Type ¡A:\WinNT40¡¨ w here A Insert the driver disk, and click OK. After finding the installation file, the Select OEM Option window is displayed.
  • Page 28 CardBus Ethernet card user 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 Card- Bus Ethernet card.
  • Page 29 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. 11.

  • Page 30: Driver Installation For Dos Environments

    Driver installation for DOS environments This section covers CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card driver in- stallation for DOS environment operating systems. System Requirements Hardware Re- quirements Software Requirements Driver installation You must install the CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card drivers before your computer system can recognize your Ethernet Card. The following sections cover client driver installation.

  • Page 31: Quick Installation

    most suitable option settings, or you can perform a custom configu- ration where you individually select each setting. Quick installation This section gives a brief overview of the installation process. For a more detailed description, refer to The Install Program? 1.

  • Page 32: The Install Program

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual the enabler program can communicate directly with the CardBus controller on your system. However, you must select hardware resource settings that are not being used by other devices; oth- erwise, your PC system may have device conflicts. 5.
  • Page 33 Driver installation for DOS environments Press [Enter] to continue the installation. 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 instal- lation.

  • Page 34: Auto Configuration

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual The next screen asks if you want to do an Auto Configuration or a Custom Configuration. Select Auto Configuration if you want to do a quick installation and use the default configuration settings. If you wish to individually set any of the settings, then select Custom Configuration.
  • Page 35 Driver installation for DOS environments After the configuration process, you are prompted to select the type of network that you are installing. Select a network operating sys- tem from the list by moving the cursor to your selection and pressing <Enter>. After selecting the network operating system, the INSTALL pro- gram will copy and modify files on your boot drive.

  • Page 36: Custom Configuration

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual Driver. You should see the following message if the installation has been successful: Custom configuration To perform a custom installation, you need to select the Custom Configuration Menu after you begin the INSTALL program. After selecting the Custom Installation Menu, you see a series of submenus prompting you to select an IRQ and I/O address.
  • Page 37 Driver installation for DOS environments IO port select Move the cursor to the desired I/O address and press <Enter>. Available I/O Ports are D000H, D400H, D800H, E000H, E400H and E800H.

  • Page 38: Manual Installation

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual Manual installation In most cases, the INSTALL program can make all system changes necessary for using your CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card. However, in some cases, you may wish to make changes manually. This section explains how to manually make driver and file modifi- cations to enable your card.
  • Page 39 you do not have the Socket and Card Services program, please con- tact your notebook vendor. The Install program can use the following syntax and format: RTPCI /?[h] /l /r<d> /s<d> /i<dd> /p<xxxx> /m<xxxx> where Display this message Display this message List PCI config space IRQ routing [1=PCI, 2=ISA] Socket number (dec) [0-1]...

  • Page 40: Driver Installation

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual After you executed RTPCI.EXE, you must run the RTBIOS.COM to enhance the PCI BIOS. Driver installation The following sections cover installation of the client driver for Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Netware 3X/4X, Microsoft LAN Manager, and Artisoft LANtastic Version 6.0. Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Follow these instructions to install the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 client for your Ethernet Card:...

  • Page 41: Netware 3.X/4.X Client

    11. Reboot your computer. 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 installation. 3.

  • Page 42: Artisoft Lantastic Version 6.0

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual 7. Select the Network Adapter Driver, CardBus 10/100Mbps Eth- ernet Card, then click OK. 8. Press <Spacebar> to select the desired protocol. 9. Click OK. The message Configuration Complete appears. 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:...

  • Page 43: Installation For Linux

    Chapter 5 This device driver has been fully tested on the following platforms: Slackware 3.6 Slackware 4.0 Slackware 7.0 Slackware 7.1 Redhat 5.2 Redhat 6.0 Redhat 6.2 The complete file list is as follows: README makefile rtl8139.c en0100r.o Before Installation Before you start rebuilding the driver, you must have PCMCIA binaries and source installed in your system.

  • Page 44: Install Driver

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual just rebuilt your kernel, you must first rebuild PCMCIA then the device driver to avoid any inconsistency. When you are rebuilding PCMCIA modules, be sure you select the following item: (1) Read from the currently running kernel. Otherwise, you might encounter some problems with when module ver- sion is set.
  • Page 45 > make install 5. To configure the CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card > cd /etc/pcmcia To add the following text into the "config" file (The mode of the "config" file must be the "write" mode.) > vi config device "en0100r_cb class "network" module "cb_enabler", en0100r_cb" card "CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card "...
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  • Page 47: Appendix A

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

  • Page 48: Windows Nt 4.0

    CardBus Ethernet card user manual Windows NT 4.0 Question: Does the driver support "hot-swap" on NT 4.0? Answer: Windows NT 4.0 don't support hot swapping. If you want to remove the card, shut down the computer and remove it. 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.

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