GIGABYTE 2000-N User's Manual
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1. GE 2000 N User Manual 64 bit Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter Copyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole stored transcribed in an information retrieval system translated into any language or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical magnetic electronic optical photocopying manual or otherwise without the prior written permission Trademarks All products company brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies They are used for identification purpose only Specifications are subject to be changed without prior notice Copyright 2004 GigaFast Inc All Right Reserved FCC Interference Statement 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 These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment This equipment can generate use and radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference CE Declaration of Conformity This equipment complies with the requiremen2. Network Identification Hardware User Profiles Advanced Hardware Wizard The Hardware wizard helps you install uninstall repair s unplug eject and configure your hardware Hardware Wizard Device Manager UM The Device Manager lists all the hardware devices installed on your computer Use the Device Manager to change the properties of any device Dive Serna Hardware Profiles c7 Hardware profiles provide a way for you to set up and store different hardware configurations Hardware Profiles Step 2 On the Device Manager you can see the device name appears on the list Device Manager 4 101 ni Action e amela Keyboards TA Mice and other pointing devices 2 Modems Monitors E Network adapters E Intel 8255x based PCI Ethernet 10 100 E Intel 8255x based P ap 10 100 Network Load Balancing Filter Device c BIB National Semiconductor Corp DPB3820 Gigabit Network Controller gt PCMCIA adapter Ports js amp LPT 15 Installation on Netware 5 NETWARE Driver Installation Follow this sequence for installation under NETWARE Install the NIC into a PCI slot of a NetWare server and note the slot number for driver configuration later slots are generally numbered top front to bottom back of the machine It is recommended that NetWare 5 1
3. Q The card was installed successfully and during boot up the computer prompted an error message and won t go into Windows A Please remove the driver disk from the drive that you have previously inserted during installation If that still does not help try removing the card from the PCI slot and start again IF this error continues to occur please call our technical support for further assistance Q After have installed the card successfully the light in the back of the network card does not light up A Check your CAT5 RJ45 Ethernet cable and make sure its working The light will only lit when the cable is plugged into the card The ACT stands for Activity and the Link is for it to determine if there is a hard connection going through the card Q What is an IRQ conflict A An IRQ error occurs when one device is sharing the same source with another device on the motherboard To prevent this put the network card into another PCI slot and see if that resolves the problem Note Most of the motherboards have a built in integrated NIC Sometimes it might have conflicts with a third party network card If that is the case please disable the on board NIC under BIOS Basic Input Output System To find out how to get into the BIOS please refer to your motherboard s user manual How do change the TX rate on my GE 2000 N A Go to Device Manager double right click on the dialog Click on the advanced tab and from there yo
4. into the PCI slot Starting the computer with the card inserted backwards may damage the card and or the PC 6 When you are certain the card is oriented correctly press firmly on the card to ensure that it is completely seated in the PCI slot Secure the GE 2000 N card using the screw from step 3 7 Close the computer and reconnect the power cord Connecting the Network The third stage in the installation sequence is connecting the GigMAC demo card to the network In this stage you will need only the twisted pair Category 5 network cable After you have inserted the card and closed the PC connect one end of the twisted pair cable to the RJ 45 connector on the GigMAC demo card and the other end to another PC or a network hub or switch When connecting the card to another PC the cable will need to be crossover meaning that pins 1 and 2 must be swapped with pins 3 and 6 respectively between the two ends of the cable A crossover cable should not be used when connecting the GE 2000 N card to a network hub or switch The difference between a crossover and non crossover straight cable is shown The next time you turn on the PC one of the two green link lights on the GE 2000 N card should become illuminated almost immediately This signifies that the card has established link with the device at the other end of the cable and is ready to send and receive data Install on Microsoft Win 95 98 ME 1 Ask you to select w
5. assigned to the network card Hit the Enter key on your keyboard If you get replies when pinging most likely card is working properly Q What should do when the computer does not detect the network interface card A Try the following steps 1 Check to see if the card is installed properly on the motherboard make sure the PCI connecter is all the way into the PCI slot 2 Turn on the computer and Windows should detect the card 3 If not go to system properties than to device manager 4 Check under device manager check to see if the NIC was installed properly with no symbols next to it 5 f you see the network card there just simply go into the property and reinstall or install the driver for the network adapter 6 If you did not see anything under device manager turn the computer off and try to place the network card into a different slot Repeat steps 2 4 Q During installation there is a prompt for Windows Operating System CD and you don t have the Windows CD what is the solution to that A You can manually put in these paths below Often some system files are stored under these folders c windows options install c windows options cabs c windows system 20 Q have specified the location and Windows still can t find the driver under those folders what now A If the location was specified and still can t find the driver please go to our website and download the latest driver www gigafast com
6. with Support Pack 1 or later be installed To install the driver copy the dp83820 lan amp dp83820 ldi files onto a floppy disk Load NWConfig nlm and follow the Driver Options Configure Network drivers gt Select a driver options on the UI Follow on screen directions to point to the drivers installed on floppy A Put the slot number and the number of Tx and Rx Descriptors as required Alternately driver can be loaded from the command line e g load a dp83820 lan amp passing the required parameters This will display the available slot options for the NIC The DP83820 LAN may also be configured at OS install time and can be used in conjunction with the auto detect feature on NetWare Install The different options for speed and duplex mode can be configured using NWConfig at install time or Inetcfg later HOT PLUG Use NcmCon nlm from Novell amp refer to the System vendor s documentation for the systems which support hot plug functionality Installation on Linux LINUX Driver Installation Follow this sequence for installation under LINUX 1 To freshly make the driver go to the nsc directory and execute make 2 To remove the binaries execute make clean 3 If the machine on which the testing is done is an SMP machine please include the flag D SMP in the 16 CFLAGS of the Makefile 4 After the dpm o The driver module is made to load the driver execute the command insmod dpm We can uload the d
7. Copy manufacturer s files from m d I Look in C WIN2K 1 eg amp mectE History 2 Desktop a My Documents My Computer gt My Network P File name NET83820 INF z Files of type Setup Information inf Cancel Install From Disk E X Insert the manufacturer s installation disk into the drive OK cy selected and then click OK Cancel Copy manufacturer s files from E SWIN2K 13 Step 7 The correct device name appears on the list Add Remove Hardware Wizard Select Network Adapter i Which network adapter do you want to install e Click the Network Adapter that matches your hardware then click OK If vou have an installation disk for this component click Have Disk Network Adapter National Semiconductor Corp DP83820 Gigabit Network Controller Click Next Add Remove Hardware Wizard Start Hardware Installation ee Windows is ready to install drivers for your new hardware ey Ba National Semiconductor Corp DP83820 Gigabit Network Controller Windows will use default settings to install the software for this hardware device To install the software for your new hardware click Next Click Next to finish driver installation 14 Verifying your Windows 2000 XP driver installation Step 1 Go to Control Panel System On the System Properties sheet click the Hardware tab and access the Device Manager General
8. Go to Device Manager 3 Go to Network Adapters 4 Go to Proprieties device status should display This device is working properly To check and see if there is a WAN Wide Area Network connection going through the network connect your network card to your Network Modem Router Switch For Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows ME Start gt Run Type in winipcfg Scroll down the list of network adapters and high light the Gigabit Network card If an IP address is listed besides 169 xx xx xx then it should be getting a connection through your ISP Internet Service Provider 5 If the IP doesn t seem to appear or wrong then click on Release and then Renew after A new IP should be listed after the process is finished ROD For Windows 2000 and up 1 Start gt Run 2 Type in cmd or command 3 A Dos Prompt Window should pop up 4 Type in ipconfig all That should give you a status of your IP s If no IP s were provided or listed try to release and renew your network adapter To do so At the Dos Prompt 1 Type ipconfig release this should take a few moments and it releases your IP 2 Type ipconfig renew this should take a few moments and it refreshes your IP 3 To use the ping command in MS DOS Prompt Click on Start gt Run type in Command and hit enter 19 You should be in MS DOS prompt enter the word ping and a space and then the IP address that you
9. e device and installs the correct driver Do you want Windows to search for your new hardware Yes search for new hardware C No want to select the hardware from a list Click Next Step 5 Your system is now detecting for the presence of new hardware emove Hardware Wizard 7 New Hardware Detection Pa Windows is searching for hardware that is not Plug and Play compatible S This detection process may take several minutes Searching for Sound video and game controllers Total detection progress 12 Step 6 Select Have Disk and access the Windows 2000 driver on the diskette A Win2k_XP net83820 inf Add Remove Hardware Wizard Select Network Adapter CN Which network adapter do you want to install MS Click the Network Adapter that matches your hardware then click OK If vou have an installation disk for this component click Have Disk Manufacturers Network Adapter 3Com EtherLink Ill Bus Master EISA Ethernet Adapter 3Com EtherLink III EISA 30579 3Com EtherLink III EISA 3C579 TP 3Com EtherLink 111 ISA 3509 3C509b in Legacy mode 3Com EtherLink III ISA 3C509b in EISA mode of Accton Acer Addtron Advanced Micro Devices AME q Pen Jl eb a ie FICA oe de Install From Disk xj Insert the manufacturer s installation disk into the drive ES selected and then click OK Cancel
10. he back of the unit 3 Command Prompt ipconfig all National Semiconductor Corp DP83820 Gigabit ork General Advanced Driver Resources The following properties are available for this network adapter Click the property you want to change on the left and then select its value on the right Property Value IEEE Compliant Link D04F4A00055F Media Type Offload Checksum Not Present Packet Size maximum Pause Control Receive Buffers P E RAC TEE CREE Unknown touting Enabled s No Proxy Enabled No pter Local firea Connection 3 wwPEection specific DNS Suffix gigafast no ip com DescPintlum am National Semiconductor Corp 0283820 Gigabit Network Controller 2 SS B8 4F 40 00 05 6F Dhen Enabl8to 8D fuc fiutoconfiguration Enabled CT S ET er ea ME EE TET E 168 1 144 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 1 1 DHCP Server 192 168 1 1 DNS Servers o s a s ua n 64 81 45 2 216 231 41 2 Lease Obtained Monday September 16 2002 10 41 26 PEE Monday October 28 2002 2 41 26 AM C DOCUME 1 JIM gt start S 2 D Network Connections National Semiconduct GI C WINDOWS System32 10 43 am 23 Appendix B Cabling and Pin Assignment RJ 45 There are different grades or categories of twisted pair cabling Categor
11. hich driver you want to install select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Insert the GE 2000 N driver disk into drive A and specify the setup file pathname A WIN98 for Windows 98 SE or A WINME for Windows ME or A WIN95 for Windows 95 osr2 3 Win98 SE Win ME Win95 osr2 will appear some messages to insert Win98 SE Win ME Win95 osr2 system disk to complete setup step 4 Win98 SE Win ME Win95 osr2 will finish the other installation procedure automatically then you restart the system Install on Microsoft Win NT 4 0 8 9 In the Main group of NT select the Control Panel icon In the Control Panel window choose the Network icon In the Network Settings dialog box choose the Add Adapter button The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears In the list of network cards select lt other gt Requires disk from manufacturer and then press Enter button Insert the Realtek driver disk in drive A enter drive and pathname A Winnt for NT 4 0 which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP INF is located and then choose the OK button 10 Restarting your system you will acquire network service 10 Install on Microsoft Win 2000 XP Step 1 After booting the Windows 2000 go to Control Panel and access Add Remove Hardware Add Remove Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Add Remove Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you add remove unplug and troub
12. ire 1 becomes 3 and 2 becomes 6 The crossover cable is used in connecting hubs directly Table 0 3 Wire Becomes 1 gt 3 2 gt 6 3 gt 1 6 gt 2 25 Standards Connector Cable Connection Transfer Rate LED Indicators Bus Interface PCI Operating Temperature Humidity Certifications Driver Support Warranty Appendix C Technical Information Compliant with IEEE802 3 10 Base T IEEE802 3u 100 Base TX IEEE 802 3 ab 1000 Base T Single Shielded RJ 45 connector 10Base T UTP CAT 3 4 5 100Base TX UTP CAT 5 1000Base T UTP CAT 5 Full Half duplex 10 100 Mbps Full duplex only 1000 Mbps LNK ACT FUDUP Link Activity Full Duplex 64 Bit 0 50 C 10 90 FCC Class CE Mark Windows 95 98 ME NT4 0 2000 XP Netware 5 X Novell Netware Server 5 Linux 2 2 X and 2 4 X One Year amp Free Technical Support US Only 26
13. lank formatted floppy disk Installing the card consists of one optional and three required stages Copying the Driver to a Floppy Disk optional Inserting the Card Connecting the Network and Installing the Driver If the PC into which you are installing the GE 2000 N card is equipped with a CD ROM you may skip the first stage and begin with stage Il Inserting the Card The second stage in the installation sequence is inserting the card into the PC For this stage you will need the GE 2000 N card and the screwdrivers Unplug the PC before opening it to avoid electrocution Be sure to ground yourself before handling the GigMAC card to avoid ElectroStatic Discharge ESD damage to the card 1 Shutdown the PC and disconnect the power cord 2 Open the chassis of the PC 3 Choose an unused PCI slot and remove its metal bracket by loosening the screw on the inside You will no longer need this metal bracket as the GE 2000 N card has its own You will need the screw however 4 Remove the GE 2000 N card from the ESD safe packaging Warning Static charge from your body can permanently damage the GE 2000 N card Do not handle the card without first electrically grounding yourself via wrist strap or by touching a large piece of metal 5 Insert the GE 2000 N card into the empty PCI slot in the PC Orient the card so that the RJ 45 connector points out of the computer Warning The card may fit backwards with the RJ 45 pointing in
14. leshoot your hardware To continue click Next Back Cancel Click Next Step 2 Select Add Troubleshoot a device Add Remove Hardware Wizard Choose a Hardware Task Which hardware task do you want to perform ey Select the hardware task you want to perform and then click Next f Add Troubleshoot a device Choose this option if you are adding a new device to your computer or are having problems getting a device working Uninstall Unplug a device Choose iis option to uninstall a device or to prepare the computer to unplug a lt Back Cancel Click Next Step 3 Select Add a new device 11 Add Remove Hardware Wizard Choose a Hardware Device Which hardware device do you want to troubleshoot The following hardware is already installed on your computer If you are having problems with one of these devices select the device and then click Next If you are attempting to add a device and it is not shown below select Add a new device and then click Next LJ Microsoft AC Adapter ALi Fast Infrared Controller ACPI Fixed Feature Button E Programmable interrupt controller 88 System timer Click Next Step 4 Select Yes search for new hardware Add Remove Hardware Wizard 4 Find New Hardware rae Windows can also detect hardware that is not Plug and Play compatible ey When Windows detects new hardware it checks the current settings for th
15. onfig utility as follows 17 ifconfig lt interface name gt mtu lt mtu size gt eg ifconfig ethO mtu 3000 The BUF SIZE MAX value in nsm h Tunable parameter should be changed to 4096 mtu size can be increased upto 4000 bytes for sane operation Aftermath Once you have successfully installed the GE 2000 N NIC you can now try to browse the internet by having an Ethernet cable connected to the NIC computer to your internet service provider modem Some people might have trouble connecting to the internet right after the installation of the card That is because the computer requires a reboot or the user might need to disconnect the power off the modem for few minutes so the ISP can do a refresh on the user s account Again the FAQ guide explains some of the most commonly asked questions Please take advantage of our guide and if you need further assistance please contact our tech support line or write us an e mail regard the problem Technical Support E Mail techsupp gigafast com Technical Support Number 1 888 443 6788 Thank you for choosing GigaFast 18 Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions FAQ Q How do check to see if the network card was installed properly A If the card was installed properly it should be listed under device manager as DP83820 Gigabit Network Controller To getto device manager For most Microsoft Windows Operating Systems 1 Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt System 2
16. ratulations on the purchase of this 64 bit PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter High speed broadband internet is commonly used these days It s almost a must have product in homes and offices No matter if you have a high speed broadband internet connection or a simple peer to peer connectivity this product will help you through these simple tasks Installation only takes few minutes GE 2000 N is also compatible with most of the popular operating systems Read on this manual for further information on this 64 bit Gigabit PCI Ethernet adapter Features Complies with IEEE 802 3 10BASE T standard Complies with IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX standard Complies with IEEE 802 3ab 1000BASE T standard Complies with PCI specifications Supports 64bit bus master for high throughput and low CPU utilization Supports both half and full duplex operation Supports 10 100 1000Mbps auto sensing capability Rich diagnostic LED mounted on bracket for easily viewing and troubleshooting Plug and Play Installation Network drivers on the diskette for Windows 95 98 NT4 0 2000 XP ME Netware 5 and Linux Kernel 2 2x 2 4xdriver e FCC CE class B certification Package Content 1 One Gigabit PCI Ethernet Adapter 1 Driver Floppy OR Driver Compact Disc With User manual included Requirements A running operating system A motherboard that has an open 64bit PCI slot available A Pentium 1 equivalent or higher processor IBM compatible personal computers A working Ethe
17. river by doing rmmod dpm 5 After loading the driver get the interface name eg ethO ethi etc for the device The last line in the messages listed will indicate the name of the interface for the driver If the message is not coming on the console we can see the messages in the kernel buffer by executing dmesg on the command line The last line in that will indicate the interface name 6 To configure IP for the interface ifconfig lt interface name gt lt ip addr gt eg ifconfig ethO 10 10 10 1 To shutdown the interface ifconfig lt interface name gt down eg ifconfig ethO down Please note that it may appear to hang on doing an ifconfig but it is just momentary and it will soon come out of that The link becomes active only after about 20 seconds since the ifconfig 7 Now we are all set to go with the driver 8 To make the driver load when the system boots up the following lines needs to be put in any of the startup scripts like etc rc d rc local or etc rc d init d network sbin insmod working oct1 dpm o sbin ifconfig lt interface name gt lt ip addr gt 9 The tunable parameters of the driver like the Receive and Transmit buffers are put in the file nsm h under the heading Tunable parameters Right now the value of RX QUEUE SZ is 100 on a high end system putting a value of 200 for RX QUEUE SZ can give better performance 10 To try jumbo frames the mtu size can be increased using the ifc
18. rnet cable Wire Diagram This is a sample of how the card should be placed on your PC case The Ethernet cable goes into the port shown in the picture after the hardware is placed into the PCI slot on your motherboard OO00 GE 2000N Wiring Diagram Modem Straight through RJ45 Ethernet cable EE a GE 2000N Desktop PC Peer 2 Peer mm Eg Desktop PC GE 2000N Ethernet Adapter to Network Cross Over RJ45 cable dma O GE 2000N Desktop PC The Ethernet Adapter to Network simply shows how a user can use the GE 2000 N to connect to his her modem router switch One Ethernet cable goes from the computer connected with the GE 2000 N and out to your modem router switch Ethernet Adapter to another Ethernet Adapter Peer 2 Peer The bottom one shows how the connection works when a user wishes to do a peer to peer connection in the network Simply have both sides connected with an CAT5 crossover cable and setup both computers with IP addresses in your TCP IP properties For more information on how to setup a Peer to Peer connection please read our FAQ guide Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This section describes the installation of the GE 2000 N card into a personal computer PC To install the card you need the GE 2000 N card a PC with an available PCI slot screwdrivers to open the PC and secure the GE 2000 N card a Category 5 twisted pair RJ 45 cable a Wrist strap a b
19. ts relating to electromagnetic compatibility EN 55022 A1 Class B and EN 50082 1 This meets the essential protection requirements of the European Council Directive 89 336 EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relation to electromagnetic compatibility Table of Content Chapter T sac dac abc ecole 5 Introduction hk ele ead ae eth alate t 5 Bese the erin cad Anse ae htc ne Betta s eer Dice edat 5 Package Content ee opere bres ehe t tere epa Gada aes 6 Feguiremenis dici tuas qure E LN 6 IE RIED rli a Tre eee cnn TY ogi earn eer een er 7 Chapter 2 t A ttt Be ote edu dae edebat fece le de ets eps 8 Hardware Installation 5 enar tree d i a boe av i d e eda dn 8 Install on Microsoft Win 95 98 ME eeR ener nnne 9 Install on Microsoft Win NT 4 0 sss ene 10 Install on Microsoft Win 2000 11 Installation on Netware 5 sees 16 Installation on nennen rt trt rtr r aras 16 Aftermath gt 18 Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions 19 Appendix B Cabling and Pin 24 Appendix Technical 26 Chapter 1 Introduction Cong
20. u should be able to change the TX rate of the network card Remember to click Apply after to save the changes 21 Can directly connect my GE 2000 N to another network adapter on a different computer to do a pier to pier connection A To accomplish this you have to set up a static IP address on each computer A CAT5 RJ45 crossover cable should be connected in between of the computers To set up a static IP address 1 Goto TCP IP protocols under Local Area Connections and click on properties 2 Obtain an IP address automatically should be bubbled in by default Bubble Specify an IP address and put in 192 168 0 1 for the first computer and 192 168 0 2 for the second vise versa 3 Mask addresses should be 255 255 255 0 on all systems within the network 4 After the changes have made make sure you do a ping test to see if the computers are communicating with each other Q Is there a way to boost the speed of my Ethernet card so my internet connection can download upload faster A Itis not the network card that determines how much bandwidth you receive or send Whether it is the ISP s decision that is within your area 22 Q If there is a problem where your MAC Address is all 0 s For NT system Win NT Win 2k and Win XP 1 Install Gigabit NIC first 2 Device Manage gt Gigabit NIC Properties Network Address gt Manually key in Mac Address The Mac Address is located on the sticker on t
21. y 5 is the most reliable and is highly recommended Category 3 is a good second choice Straight through cables are used for connecting computers NIC cards to a hub Crossover cables are used for connecting a hub to another hub The router provides a built in uplink normal switch Uplink mode is crossed internally which allows you to link or connect hubs together with a straight through cable instead A 1 1 RJ 45 pin assignment There are 8 thin color coded wires inside run from one end of the cable to the other All 8 wires are used Table 0 1 RJ 45 Color Chart Wie ite with an Orange stripe Wire 3 White with a Green Stripe Blue Blue Note To determine which wire is wire number 1 hold the cable so that the end of the plastic RJ 45 tip the part that goes into a wall jack first is facing away from you Face the clip down so that the copper side faces up the springy clip will now be facing the floor when looking down on the copper side wire 1 is on the far left 24 Connection between NIC card and Hub In a straight through cable wire 1 2 3 and 6 at one end of the cable are the same as wires 1 2 3 and 6 at the other end The straight through cable is used to connect the NIC card and the hub Table 0 2 Straight Through Cabling Wire Becomes 1 gt 1 2 L 2 3 gt 3 6 L 6 Connection between Hub and Hub In a crossover cable the orders of the wires change from one end to the other W
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