CardBus 10/100M Ethernet Card User Manual
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1. 100Mbps Ethernet Card Installation Program Ver1 00 INSTALL program can not find the Card amp Socket Service Drivers on your computer to request an available hardware resource The default configuration is shown below lt Enter gt to continue lt F3 gt to return to DOS 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 lt Enter gt CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Installation Program Ver1 00 Please select the network drivers that you want to install Use the arrow key to highlight the desired item When a value is highlighted press ENTER to select it If the network drivers that you want to install is not in the following list please press lt ES gt to continue Netware ODI Driver lt Enter gt to select lt ESC gt to continue lt F3 gt to return to DOS After selecting the network operating system the INSTALL pro gram will copy and modify files on your boot drive Your CONFIG SYS file will also be modified to include the Enabler 33 CardBus Ethernet card user manual 34 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 Custom2. 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 lt Enter gt Inter rupts available for your CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card include 9 10 11 12 and 15 Driver installation for DOS environments CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Installation Program Ver1 00 Please select the hardware interrupt that you would like your 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card to use Use the arrow key to highlight the desired value When a value is highlighted press ENTER to select it lt Enter gt to select lt F3 gt to return to DOS IO port select Move the cursor to the desired I O address and press lt Enter gt Available I O Ports are DOOOH D400H D800H E000H E400H and E800H CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Installation Program Ver1 00 Please select the I 0 port that you would like your 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card to use Use the arrow key to highlight the desired value When a value is highlighted press ENTER to select it DODOH lt Enter gt to select lt F3 gt to return to DOS 35 CardBus Ethernet card user manual Manual installation 36 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
3. LAN ManageT occonoccconncoonnnonnnononcnnnncnnnnnnnncnnnnccnnncnnnn cnn nrnnnccnnnnnnns 39 ii 2 Owf Preface Artisoft LANtastic version 6 0 ooooonnnnooocccnnncnoononnnnnnnccnnonnnonnnnncnnnnnnncnnnnnnos 40 CHAPTER 5 41 Installation for Linux 41 Before Installati ni A NE 41 Tasta DEN Er eis A IR aaa 42 APPENDIX A 45 Troubleshooting 45 Q amp A for Windows CNVITONMENES ccccccescecesseceseceseecesseeeseeesneeenaeees 45 Windows 95 98 nnan cava cata aus aga eta Mes cave a ed aera acaba ricas 45 Windows NPA Onc soe A ROR a A a Nee TREN SEEDEDE 46 Windows 2000 o dd a ud dette Ou O og 46 iii Chapter 1 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 even without the card and socket service drivers for the CardBus controller installed you will still be able to use the card by running the enabler program Features 5 0 mm Type II credit card size Complies to IEEE 802 3 10Base T and IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX Complies to PCMCIA 1995 PC Card Standard PC Card standard 68 pin 32 bit CardBus Interface 10 100Mbps auto sensing capability Full Half duplex auto negotiation supported for both 10Base T and 1
4. 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 The version of Windows 95 OSR2 is 4 00 950 B Make sure the version of your Windows 95 is correct System Properties 27 x i Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance System Microsoft Windows 95 A 4 00 950 B Registered to Irving 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 11 CardBus Ethernet card user manual System Properties 24 x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection Computer CDROM EJ Disk drives EJ Display adapters amp Floppy disk controllers Hard disk controllers ee Keyboard E Monitor Y Mouse H Network adapters amp PCMCIA socket amp Texas Instruments PCI 1130 CardBus Controller amp Texas Instruments PCI 1130 CardBus Controller 4 4 Ports COM amp LPT E GG laos Driver installation for Windows 95 Installation of the CardBus Ethernet card is just the same as for any normal Windows 95 Plug amp Pla
5. file must be the write mode gt vi config device en0100r_cb class network module cb_enabler en0100r cb card CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card mantfid 0x018a 0x0106 bind en0100r cb To configure the PCMCIA NIC interface gt vi network opts 6 To reboot the Linux gt shutdown r now 43 CardBus Ethernet card user manual NOTES 44 Appendix A Troubleshooting Q amp A for Windows environments 45 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 Solution To prevent this phenomenon from occurring stop the card by using the PC Card tool in the Control Panel or the PC Card icon on the taskbar before you remove the card Problem The card cannot be detected when reinserted Cause This is caused by certain unstable CardBus status lines when the card is removed and reinserted The Windows 95 98 drivers may read an incorrect status during this period of signal instability and fail to detect the correct status of the card Solution The card can be detected by clicking Refresh in De vice Manager 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 wan
6. it has not been in stalled refer to the Windows NT 4 0 installation guide for instructions on installing the component Follow the steps below to install the driver 1 Insert the CardBus Ethernet card into an available CardBus slot on your notebook 2 Log in to NT 4 0 as Administrator 3 Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel and select the Adapters tab as shown in the following screen kantinan Sevices Fate Aden andros Netrod Meda mar MES A ES Win 95 98 2000 ME NT 4 Click Add to add a new adapter The following screen ap pears Select Network Adapter 2 xi Click the Network Adapter that matches your hardware and then click OK If you have an installation disk for this component click Have Disk Network Adapter 54 16 bit Ethernet Adapter EF 3Com Etherlink II Adapter also 11 16 and 11416 TP ER 3Com Etherlink 111 ISA PCMCIA Adapter H 3Com EtherLink 111 PCI Bus Master Adapter 30590 ER 3Com Etherlink16 EtherLink16 TP Adapter Y FAM OC ara Cant Chacel inl DCL AN MONDACE T Adanta OTEDEI Have Disk 5 Click Have Disk The following screen appears Insert Disk Insert disk with software provided by the software or g hardware manufacturer If the files can be found at a different location for example on another drive type a new path to the files below Cancel AAWINNT40 6 Type A WinNT40 vhere A Insert the driver disk and click OK After f
7. on available system resources and insertion or removal of the card will automatically be detected 2 Run the INSTALL EXE program found on your driver disk The install program guides you through the installation process and will install the network drivers needed to run the card on your network operating system If you successfully completed the installation go to step 5 If installation was unsuccessful then go to the next step 3 If you are using Card and Socket Services select auto configuration The install program will prompt Card and Socket Services to assign an available hardware resource configuration 4 If you do not have Card and Socket Services or if your card does not work with your version of Card and Socket Services 29 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 Insert the CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card into the CardBus socket Then attach the network cable to the card 6 Restart your computer and connect to your network If you can not connect to the network refer to Appendix A The Install program 30 Before you can use your CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card you need to install and modify some files in your computer system You can make these changes manually or y
8. work with an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device o CardBus 10 100_Ethernet_Card A device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for your new device To locate driver files and complete the installation click Next What do you want the wizard to do Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driver lt Back Cancel 4 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device rec ommended and click Next The following screen appears Found New Hardware Wizard Locate Driver Files Where do you want Windows to search for driver files Search for driver files for the following hardware device oy CardBus 10 100_Ethernet_Crd The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its driver database on your computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Next If you are searching on a floppy disk or CD ROM drive insert the floppy disk or CD before clicking Next Optional search locations I Floppy disk drives F CD ROM dri T Microsoft Windows Update lt Back Cancel 5 Ensure that the Specify a location box is checked and click Next The following screen appears 18 Win 95 98 2000 ME NT Found New Hardware Wizard xj Insert the manufacturer s installation disk into the drive DK amp s
9. 00Base TX 15 pin flat connector to media coupler Switchless configuration setting Diagnostics LED indicators LNK 100M Act Hot Swap card insertion and removal 3 3V low power consumption Hardware installation Chapter 2 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 Quick installation guide Driver and this user s manual Hardware description The CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card is encased in a stainless compact frame that is easily transportable It has a 68 pin connector and a 15 pin flat connector for attach ing to the Notebook and Ethernet adapter cable respectively Please take note that the hardkey of a CardBus card is different from that of the tradi tional 16 bit PCMCIA card This mechanism can protect the 3 3V CardBus card from mis insertion to 5V 16 bit PCMCIA slot 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 1 With the card s 68 pin connector facing the noteb
10. CardBus 10 100M Ethernet card User Manual Version 1 2 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 These limits are designed to provide reasonable protec tion against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interfer ence in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the parties respon sible for compliance could void the userjis atthonty to operae the equipment About this manual This userjis nanud decribes how to install and operate your CardBus Ethernet card Please read this manual before you install the product This manual includes the following topics Product description features and specifications Hardware installation procedure Software installation procedure Trouble shooting procedures CardBus Ethernet card user manual Table of contents Regulatory compliance oooonocccnnnncccnnnonnnnnnanononnnnn coronan
11. N Manager Type Imsetup in the LAN Manager Directory Press lt Enter gt Select Network Drivers in Configuration Press lt Enter gt 2 3 4 Select Add New Configs and then press lt Enter gt 5 Select Other Driver and press lt Enter gt 6 Insert the driver disk into the floppy drive and click OK 39 CardBus Ethernet card user manual 10 Select the Network Adapter Driver CardBus 10 100Mbps Eth ernet Card then click OK Press lt Spacebar gt to select the desired protocol Click OK The message Configuration Complete appears Click Save then press lt F3 gt to exit Artisoft LANtastic version 6 0 Follow these instructions to install the Artisoft LANtastic Version 6 0 client for your Ethernet Card 1 Ze Run the INSTALL program and choose LANtastic Select Artisoft LANtastic and specify CALANTASTI as the destination directory When the Select network adapter screen appears choose NDIS Support for Network Adapters When the install program prompts you for the manufacturer s driver disk in the Enter NDIS driver directory screen insert the driver disk Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation then reboot the computer to start LANtastic 40 Installation for LINUX Chapter 5 Installation for LINUX 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 Redha
12. 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 1 Run INSTALL EXE and choose Windows for Workgroups Run Windows by typing WIN at the DOS prompt Click the Network icon in the Main Program Group Click the Network Setup icon from the Network window Select the Drivers item from the Network Setup dialog box Select the Add Adapters item in the Option dialog box Slo BON a Ve O Select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter when the Install driver field appears 8 Type the path A WFW311 where A is your floppy drive and press lt Enter gt 9 When the CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card dialog box ap pears select the options step by step 10 Follow the instructions on the screen Driver installation for DOS environments 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 Reboot the computer 4 When the computer reboots log on to the network Microsoft LAN Manager Follow these instructions to install the Microsoft LAN Manager cli ent for your Ethernet Card 1 Run the INSTALL program and choose LA
13. apter 4 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 Notebook equipped with Type II PC Card slot quirements and CardBus controller PCMCIA 1995 PC Card Standard or higher Software The Card amp Socket service drivers should Requirements comply with PCMCIA 1995 PC Card Standard or higher 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 Driver installation program INSTALL is the CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card driver instal lation program The INSTALL program automatically selects the 28 Driver installation for DOS environments 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 Card and Socket Services software should be bundled with your computer if it is not contact your dealer It is recommended that you use this software when installing your CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card A system with Card and Socket Services installed allows the CardBus card to automatically configure itself While the system is
14. ctive or not When lit indicates that the link is active When off indicates that the link is inactive Disconnecting the Ethernet Card The Ethernet Card RJ 45 connector is designed to lock in place when connected to the Ethernet Card The following illustration shows the location of the clips Figure 2 7 Disconnecting the RJ 45 cable Hardware installation WARNING Do not pull on the RJ 45 cable to disconnect the RJ 45 con 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 NOTE n Win 95 98 2000 operating systems you do not have to power down the notebook to remove the card The card is hot swappable amp mdash you can remove the card when the notebook is powered on However Microsoft recommends that you stop the card Refer to your Win 95 98 2000 online help for information on stopping the Ethernet Card Most notebooks have an eject lever or button for ejecting PC cards from the PC ports Consult your notebook s user s manual for details NOTE Do not eject the Ethernet Card when a data transmission is taking place Exit your communications program normally stop the card if necessary and then remove the card CardBus Ethernet card user manual NOTES 10 Chapter 3 Driver installation for Win 95 98 2000 ME NT The following sections cover CardBus Ethernet
15. dows 98 1 Insert the CardBus Ethernet card into an available CardBus slot on your notebook 2 After Windows 98 detects the CardBus Ethernet card the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears Add New Hardware Wizard This wizard searches for new drivers for CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card A device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work 3 Click Next to continue the installation A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method 14 Win 95 98 2000 ME NT Add New Hardware Wizard What do you want Windows to do Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location so you can select the driver you want pao 4 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recom X 6 mended and click Next The following screen appears Add New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for new drivers in its driver database on your hard drive and in any of the following selected locations Click Next to start the search T CD ROM drive Pe eosi windows Update IT Specify a location E 4 z Browse E Ensure that the floppy disk drive box is checked Insert the driver disk into your floppy drive and click Next The following screen appears 15 CardBus Ethernet card user manual Add New Hardware Wizard Windows driver file search for the device CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Windows is now ready to ins
16. elected and then click OK ok Cancel Copy manufacturer s files from AWIN2000 y Browse 6 Type A Win2000 vhere A Insert the driver disk and click OK The following screen appears Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results The wizard has finished searching for driver files for your hardware device The wizard found a driver for the following device a CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Windows found a driver for this device To install the driver Windows found click Next AWIN200MEN0100R INF The wizard also found other drivers that are suitable for this device To view a list of these drivers or install one of these drivers select the following check box and then click Next TT Install one of the other drivers Cancel 7 Click Next to continue The following screen appears 19 CardBus Ethernet card user manual Digital Signature Not Found ee xj The Microsoft digital signature guarantees that a software product has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested by Microsoft Microsoft has not digitally signed the software you want to install CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Do you want to continue the installation No More Info 8 Click Yes to continue the installation 9 Windows copies files and the following screen appears Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hard
17. inding the installation file the Select OEM Option window is displayed 25 CardBus Ethernet card user manual Select OEM Option Choose a software supported by this hardware manufacturer s disk CardBus 10 1 00Mbps Ethernet Card cues ve 7 Click OK A screens appears prompting you to input the IRQ VO port address and connection type CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Setup Interrupt 11 v 1 0 Port wmo Memory Address oxo8000 0 El Connection Type 1 AUTO 8 Select the desired resources and connection type You must select resources that are not being used by another device other wise you will have a system conflict error In case of a system conflict er ror try another setting and continue 9 Click OK to continue Windows will configure the Card Bus Ethernet card You are returned to the Network window 26 Win 95 98 2000 ME NT Network Ea Identification Services Protocols Adapters Bindings Network Adapters EFJ 1 CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Add Remove Properties Update Item Notes CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card 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 Click Yes to finish the installation 27 Ch
18. manually This section explains how to manually make driver and file modifi cations to enable your card Enablers You can use RTPCLEXE to enable the CardBus 10 100Mbps Eth ernet Card The RTPCI program The program RTPCLEXE communicates with the PC Card control ler of your computer This program is needed only for DOS environment network operating systems You may install the Socket and Card Services to your notebook before executing the driver If Driver installation for DOS environments 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 11 r lt d gt s lt d gt li lt dd gt p lt xxxx gt m lt xxxx gt where 1 h N Ir Display this message Display this message List PCI config space IRQ routing 1 PCI 2 ISA Socket number dec 0 1 IRQ line number dec 00 15 l o base address hex 1000 FF80 Mem base address hex C000 FFC0 After you executed RTPCI EXE you will see a display similar to the following indicating that the installation was successful l o hole 1000 Mem hole CC00 IRQ 1 1 0 100h MEM CCOOh SOCKET A bus 002 dev 00 fun 0 irq 11 37 CardBus Ethernet card user manual After you executed RTPCI EXE you must run the RTBIOS COM to enhance the PCI BIOS Driver installation 38 The following sections cover installation of the client driver for
19. n a specific location so you can select the driver you want lt Back Next gt Cancel 4 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recom mended and choose Specify a location Type ANXWinME where A is your floppy driver letter In sert the driver disk and click Next The following screen appears Add New Hardware Wizard Windows driver file search for the device CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Windows is now ready to install the best driver for this device Click Back to select a different driver or click Next to continue Location of driver fa ANWINMESENOTOOR INF 22 Win 95 98 2000 ME NT 5 Click Next Windows ME copies files to your hard disk drive and you see the following screen Add New Hardware Wizard pgg as 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Windows has finished installing the new hardware device 6 Click Finish Windows ME 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 Note You should reboot your system to finish the installation 23 CardBus Ethernet card user manual Driver installation for Windows NT 4 0 24 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
20. nn r naar nr rra nacen i ADOUttNIS MANUAL A d i Tableof CONLENES LAA fase ead site cad E aNd A il CHAPTER 1 4 Introduction 4 FRA CUTS pill E dab A E EA aG 4 CHAPTER 2 Hardware installation Whats Ot he pakat ean erir rrr rE Err aera ae REE SEEE E TEE NEE EE i Hardware description Inserting the CardBus Ethernet card eee eee eee Ethernet Card RJ 45 connector LEDs Disconnecting the Ethernet Cald oooonnnccninnacionononnconnncnonononn nono nononcnnnncnnn caninos CHAPTER 3 Driver installation for Win 95 98 2000 ME NT 11 Driver installation for Windows 95 12 Driver installation for Windows W oonncccnnnccnnncinnnnnnnnannnnnnonnnnonancoos 14 Driver installation for Windows 2000 ooooccincccnooncnnonononnnconanonannonanncos 17 Driver installation for Windows ME 21 Driver installation for Windows NT 4 O noonnncccinucinnnncnonnnnnnancnnnninnnncos 24 CHAPTER 4 28 Driver installation for DOS environments 28 NATI 28 Driver installation Driver installation proOgraM ooconocccnnnocccnononcncnnnccnonannnononnnncnnnnnccnnnnnoconnnnnos Quick installation vs Li rdr RENS LE iiaiai ee be buh taria The Install Program 28 4 strid rele dae eei Using the Install program Auto configuration Custom configuration Manual installation ata Enable viii td Driver itistallaion ospet iei ie ydre re ser eE Microsoft Windows for Workgroups B 11 oooooonnconinncnnononooncnonnconanonancnananonno 38 Netware 3 X 4 X client Microsoft
21. ook s CardBus slots slide the card all the way into an empty slot Do not force the connection Figure 2 3 Inserting the Ethernet Card 2 Plug the RJ 45 adapter into the Ethernet Card s 15 pin connector Hardware installation ln Figure 2 4 Connecting the RJ 45 adapter 3 Connect the RJ 45 adapter to the network 4 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 i phone jack Connecting to a hub Figure 2 5 Connecting to the network 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 If your operating system is DOS environment network operating sys tem refer to Chapter 4 If your operating system is Linux refer to Chapter 5 Ethernet Card RJ 45 connector LEDs The following illustration shows the Ethernet Card RJ 45 connector LEDs CardBus Ethernet card user manual A f ACT 100M LNK Figure 2 6 RJ 45 connector LEDs The following table describes the meaning of the LEDs LED MEANING ACT 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 When off the connection speed is 10 Mbps When on the connection speed is 100 Mbps Indicates whether the link is a
22. ou can let the INSTALL EXE program make them for you This section explains how you can use the INSTALL EXE program to install the enablers and the files needed by the network operating system Using the Install program To run the INSTALL EXE program follow these instructions At the DOS prompt type INSTALL and press Enter You see an opening screen which welcomes you to the program and asks if you wish to continue Driver installation for DOS environments DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED 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 lt Enter gt to continue with the instal lation ENTER PATH TO INSTALL C CARDBUS 31 CardBus Ethernet card user manual 32 The next screen asks if you want to do an Auto Configuration or a Custom Configuration futo 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 Auto configuration If you selected Auto Configuration the program auto detects which IRQ and I O Port the CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card can use After successfully auto detecting the configuration the program shows the following screen Driver installation for DOS environments CardBus 10
23. t 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 The CardBus Ethernet card does not have such a digital signa ture however it is fully compatible with Windows 2000 46 47
24. t 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 PCMCIA module version 3 0 9 or later are quaranteed to work well with this driver Latest version of PCMCIA module is available at ftp sourceforge com Also if you have 41 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 Install Driver 1 To login as the root 2 To copy the driver code from the floppy diskette simply do gt mcopy a Linux en0100r v1 0 tgz gt gzip cd en0100r v1 0 tgz tar xvf gt cd en0100r v1 0 3 To generate the driver Modify the PCMCIASRC variable in your makefile to the location of your PCMCIA source Modify the KERN_VER variable in your makefile After you finish the modification of variables in your makefile you can rebuild the driver by doing gt make 4 To install the driver 42 Installation for LINUX gt make install 5 To configure the CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card gt cd etc pcemcia To add the following text into the config file The mode of the config
25. tall the best driver for this device Click Back to select a different driver or click Next to continue Location of driver 172 AAENOTOOR INF 7 Click Next Windows 98 copies files to your hard disk drive and you see the following screen Add New Hardware Wizard xy CardBus 101 00Mbps Ethernet Card Windows has finished installing the software that pour new hardware device requires 8 Click Finish Note Windows 98 may need to copy re quired system files and will prompt you 16 Win 95 98 2000 ME NT 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 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 After Windows 2000 detects the CardBus Ethernet card the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard The md helps you etal s devine dive lor a hedees dera To continue cick New LES Cancel 3 Click Next to continue the installation A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method 17 CardBus Ethernet card user manual Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers A device driver is a software program that enables a hardware device to
26. ware Wizard sy CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish 10 Click Finish to complete the installation You should reboot the computer to insure a successful installation 20 Win 95 98 2000 ME NT 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 Add New Hardware Wizard Windows has found the following new hardware PCI Ethemet Controller Windows can automatically search for and install software that supports your hardware If your hardware came with installation media insert it now and click Next What would you like to do C Automatic search for a better driver Recommended ER 3 Select Specify the location of the driver Advanced and click Next The following screen appears 21 CardBus Ethernet card user manual Add New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for new drivers in its driver database on your hard drive and in any of the following selected Search for the best driver for your device Recommended TT Removable Media Floppy CD ROM IV Specify a location aswinMe y Display a list of all the drivers i
27. y device Follow the steps below to install the driver in Windows 95 1 Insert the CardBus Ethernet card into an available CardBus slot in your notebook 2 After Windows 95 detects the card the Update Device Driver Wizard window appears 12 Win 95 98 2000 ME NT Update Device Driver Wizard This wizard will complete the installation of CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card by searching your local drives network and Internet locations for the most current driver If you have a disk or CD ROM that came with this device insert it now It is recommended that you let Windows search for an updated driver To do this click Next to continue 3 Insert the driver disk and click Next to continue the installa tion Windows searches for the driver and the following screen appears Update Device Driver Wizard Windows found the following updated driver for this device CardBus 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card If you want to use this driver click Finish If this is not the correct driver and you want to search for a different driver manually click Other Locations Location of Driver 4 Click Finish to continue Windows 95 copies driver files to the hard disk 13 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 Win
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