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LevelOne 10/100M 32bit Fast Ethernet PC card User Manual

LevelOne 10/100M 32bit Fast Ethernet PC card User Manual

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  • Page 1 LevelOne 10/100M 32bit Fast Ethernet PC card user’s manual Version 1.2...

  • Page 3: Regulatory Compliance

    About this manual This user’s manual describes how to install and operate your LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card. Please read this manual before you install the product.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Hardware description ...5 Inserting the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card...6 Connecting to a LAN...7 Status LEDs...7 Ejecting the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card ...9 CHAPTER 3 Driver installation for Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT Driver installation for Windows 95...12 Driver installation for Windows 98...14...
  • Page 5 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11...38 Netware 3.X/4.X client...39 Microsoft LAN Manager ...39 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 Preface...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Thank you for purchasing the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card. This high-speed LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card complies with the CardBus standard and uses a female RJ-45 adapter to connect to the network. The LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card is switchless and software configurable.

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    Quick Installation Guide Hardware description The LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card is encased in a stainless compact frame and has a 68-pin connector for attaching to the notebook’s CardBus slot, and an RJ-45 connector for use with 10BaseT Ethernet or 100BaseTx Fast Ethernet networks.

  • Page 8: Inserting The Levelone 10/100Mbps 32Bit Fast Ethernet Pc Card

    LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual Please take note that the hardkey of a CardBus card is different from that of the traditional 16-bit PCMCIA card. This mechanism can protect the 3.3V CardBus card from mis-insertion to 5V 16-bit PCMCIA slot.

  • Page 9: Hardware Installation

    Connecting to a LAN To use the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC 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.

  • Page 10: Status Leds

    LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual Status LEDs The following illustration shows the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card LEDs: LINK/ACT LED 10/100M LED The following table describes the meaning of the LEDs: 10/100M Indicates the connection speed. When off, the connection speed is 10 Mbps.

  • Page 11: Ejecting The Levelone 10/100Mbps 32Bit Fast Ethernet Pc Card

    Ejecting the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card After you have disconnected the RJ-45 connectors, you can eject the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card from the notebook’s PC Card slot. Note! In Win 95/98/2000/ME operating systems, you do not have to power down the notebook to remove the card.
  • Page 12 LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual...

  • Page 13: Before Installation

    Chapter 3 Driver installation for Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT The following sections cover LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet Card driver installation 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

    Controller, then the notebook cannot support CardBus. Driver installation for Windows 95 Installation of the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC 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.
  • Page 15 3. Insert the driver disk and click Next to continue the installation. 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

    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 LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card drivers for Windows 98. 6. Insert the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card into an available CardBus slot on your notebook (refer to page 6 “Inserting the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast...
  • Page 17 9. Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended) and click Next. The following screen appears: 10. Ensure that the CD-ROM drive box is checked. Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT...
  • Page 18 LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 11. Insert the driver disk into your floppy drive and click Next. The following screen appears: 12. Click Next. Windows 98 copies files to your hard disk drive, and you see the following screen:...

  • 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 LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card drivers for Windows 2000. 1. Insert the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card into an available CardBus slot on your notebook (refer to page 6 “Inserting the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast...
  • Page 20 LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 3. Click Next to continue the installation. A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method: 4. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (re commended) and click Next. The following screen...
  • Page 21 5. Ensure that the Specify a location box is checked and click Next. The following screen appears: 6. Type “E:\Win2000” where “E” is your floppy drive letter. Insert the driver disk, and click OK. The following screen appears: Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT...
  • Page 22 LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 7. Click Next to continue. The following screen appears: 8. Click Yes to continue the installation. 9. Windows copies files and the following screen appears:...

  • Page 23: Driver Installation For Windows Me

    You should reboot the computer to insure a successful installation. Driver installation for Windows ME Follow the steps below to install the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card drivers for Windows ME. 1. Insert the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card into an available CardBus slot on your notebook (refer to page 6 “Inserting the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast...
  • Page 24 LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 3. Select Specify the location of the driver (Advanced) and click Next. The following screen appears: 4. Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended) and choose Specify a location. Type...
  • Page 25 Insert the driver disk, and click Next. The following screen appears: 5. Click Next. Windows ME copies files to your hard disk drive, and you see the following screen: 6. Click Finish. Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT...
  • Page 26 LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual Note! Windows ME may need to copy required 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 27: Driver Installation For Windows Nt 4.0

    Follow the steps below to install the driver. 1. Insert the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card into an available CardBus slot on your notebook (refer to page 6 “Inserting the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card”).
  • Page 28 LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 4. Click Add to add a new adapter. The following screen appears: 5. Click Have Disk. The following screen appears:...
  • Page 29 6. Type “E:\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. 7. Click OK. A screens appears prompting you to input the IRQ, I/O port address, and connection type: Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT...
  • Page 30 8. Select the desired resources and connection type. Note! 9. Click OK to continue. Windows will configure the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card. You are returned to the Network window. You must select resources that are not being used by another device;...
  • Page 31 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 32: Driver Installation For Dos Environments

    Driver installation for DOS environments This section covers CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card driver installation for DOS environment operating systems. System Requirements Hardware Requirements 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 33: Quick Installation

    the most suitable option settings, or you can perform a custom configuration 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 34: The Install Program

    PC system may have device conflicts. 5. Insert the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card into the CardBus socket. Then attach the network cable to the card.
  • Page 35 Driver installation for DOS environments Press [Enter] to continue the installation. The program prompts you for the directory where you want to install the driver files. You can choose the default directory name or enter a new name. Then, press <Enter> to continue with the installation.

  • Page 36: Auto Configuration

    Custom Configuration. Auto configuration If you selected Auto Configuration, the program auto detects which IRQ and I/O Port the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card can use. After successfully auto-detecting the configuration, the program shows the following screen:...
  • Page 37 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 system from the list by moving the cursor to your selection and pressing <Enter>. After selecting the network operating system, the INSTALL program will copy and modify files on your boot drive.

  • Page 38: Custom Configuration

    The first submenu is the Interrupt submenu. Move the cursor to the interrupt of your choice and select it by pressing <Enter>. Interrupts available for your LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card include 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15.
  • Page 39 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 40: Manual Installation

    Manual installation In most cases, the INSTALL program can make all system changes necessary for using your LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card. However, in some cases, you may wish to make changes manually. This section explains how to manually make driver and file modifications to enable your card.
  • Page 41 Socket and Card Services to your notebook before executing the driver. If you do not have the Socket and Card Services program, please contact 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...

  • Page 42: Driver Installation

    LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s 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.

  • Page 43: Netware 3.X/4.X Client

    9. When the CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card dialog box appears, select the options step by step. 10. Follow the instructions on the screen. 11. Reboot your computer. Netware 3.X/4.X client Follow these instructions to install the Netware 3.X/4.X client for your Fast Ethernet PC Card: 1.

  • Page 44: Artisoft Lantastic Version 6.0

    LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 4. Select Add New Configs and then press <Enter>. 5. Select Other Driver and press <Enter>. 6. Insert the driver disk into the floppy drive and click OK. 7. Select the Network Adapter Driver, CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card, then click OK.

  • Page 45: 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 46: Install Driver

    LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual have 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.
  • Page 47 4. To install the driver > make install 5. To configure the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card > cd /etc/pcmcia To add the following text into the "config" file (The mode of the "config" file must be the "write" mode.) >...
  • Page 48 LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual...

  • Page 49: Appendix A

    Q&A for Windows environments These guidelines give you tips to deal with some problems you may encounter while using the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC 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 50: Windows Nt 4.0

    Question: What is the Microsoft digital signature? Answer: Drivers that pass Microsoft Windows 2000 certification receive a digital signature file from Microsoft. The LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card does not have such a digital signature, however it is fully compatible with Windows...

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