KTI Networks 221TX/3 Network Card User Manual
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1. System motherboard Figure 3 3 Installing WOL Cable 3 3 Connecting to the Network The rear bracket of the Fast Ethernet adapter contains one RJ 45 connector The connector is used for either 100Mbps 100BASE TX connection or 10Mbps 10BASE T connection The adapter can sense the connection speed and switch to appropriate operation automatically oe d RJ 45 Network connector Figure 3 4 Network Connector RJ 45 Pin Assignment Signal Name 1 Transmit 2 Transmit 3 Receive 6 Receive 4 5 7 8 NC no connection Cabling Requirements 10Mbps 10BASE T Ethernet Category 3 4 or 5 UTP Cable The maximum distance is 100 meters 100 Mbps 100BASE TX Ethernet Category 5 UTP Cable The maximum distance is 100 meters 10 Mbps Connection For 1OBASE T Ethernet networks the Fast Ethernet adapter uses Category 3 4 or 5 UTP cable To establish a valid 10 Mbps connec tion the cable must be connected to a 1 OBASE T hub Connect the network cable as follows 1 Make sure that the plug on the cable is wired appropriately for a standard 1OBASE T adapter 2 Align the RJ 45 plug on the end of the UTP cable with the notch on the adapter s connector and insert it into the adapter connector as shown in Figure 3 4 10BASE T Hub RJ 45 Plug TEPE lt Cat 3 4 or 5 UTP Cable Figure 3 5 Connecting 10BASE T Ca2. 5 1 Interpretations vcciecicctcescvecsvsorscrceccesccesceantnecstceucvetenteorset 16 Appendix A T Specifications isi n ci n su oot ae 17 A 2 Auto negotiation Function eee eee eee eee eeeees 18 A 3 Installing Remote Boot ROM ceseceesesesseeeeeeeneeneeees 19 Figures Figure 1 1 Components on the Adapter s es Figure 1 2 Network Connector and LEDs Figure 3 1 Inserting the Adapter into the PCI Slot 7 Figure 3 2 PME Jumper JP1 Setting oseere 8 Figure 3 3 Installing WOL Cable 0 0 ee eeeeeeeseeneeeeeeeeeeeneenees 8 Figure 3 4 Network Connector ccceceeeeceeseeeeeereeeeeeeneeaees 9 Figure 3 5 Connecting 10BASE T Cable 10 Figure 3 6 Connecting 100BASE TX Cable 11 Figure 4 1 Device Manager ssessecsnreee 14 Figure 4 2 Ping Command cecceceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeaeereatees 15 1 Introduction The 10 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter is a 32 bit LAN adapter for use in personal computers with PCI computer bus slots This adapter is a dual speed adapter and features one RJ 45 connec tor for either a 10 Mbps IEEE 802 3 or a 100 Mbps IEEE 802 3u Ethernet network connection over unshielded twisted pair UTP cable The adapter automatically senses the connection speed switches to either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps and indicates the link status on the LEDs The adapter also features Wake on LAN function for ACPI compli ant system 1 1 Adapter Features The featur
3. This device complies with EMC directive of the European Community and meets or exceeds the following technical standard EN 55022 Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics of Information Technology Equipment This device complies with CISPR Class B CE NOTICE Marking by the symbol CE indicates compliance of this equipment to the EMC direc tive of the European Community Such marking is indicative that this equipment meets or exceeds the following technical standards EN 55022 Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference characteristics of Information Technology Equipment EN 50082 1 Generic Immunity Standard Part 1 Domestic Commercial and Light Industry EN 60555 2 Disturbances in supply systems caused by household appliances and similar electrical equipment Part 2 Harmonics Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1 Adapter Features scsscsscsscssesstscssessessecssoeessesesetoees 1 2 Connectors and LEDs 2 Wake on LAN Technology Riienscahd salsa E A ies 4 3 Installing the Adapter 3 1 Installing the Adapter eee eee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 6 3 2 Installing Wake on LAN Cable sssr 7 3 3 Connecting to the Network cceeeceeseeseeeseeeereeeeeeneeees 9 4 Network Driver Installation 4 1 Driver Information oo eee eee eeee see tee eeeeeeeeeeeee 12 4 2 BIOS Setup BEEE 13 4 3 Installation for Windows 98 System ceeeeeeeeeeeees 14 5 LED Indicators
4. Installation Guide 10 100 Fast Ethernet Adapters KF 221TX 3 Mri NETWORKS DOC 991105 KF221TX 3 K P N 750 0132 001 1999 KTI Networks Inc All rights reserved No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any directive work such as translation or transforma tion without permission from KTI Networks Inc KTI Networks Inc reserves the right to revise this documentation and to make changes in content from time to time without obligation on the part of KTI Networks Inc to provide notification of such revision or change For more information contact United States KTI Networks Inc P O BOX 631008 Houston Texas 77263 1008 Phone 713 2663891 Fax 713 2663893 E mail kti ktinet com Web http www ktinet com International Fax 886 2 26983873 E mail kti ktinet com tw Web http www ktinet com tw TRADEMARKS Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corp NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Intel Microsoft Toshiba are trademarks of their respective holders Fe 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 Operation is subject to the fol lowing two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CISPR 22 COMPLIANCE
5. ble 10 100 Mbps Connection For 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet networks the adapter supports Category 5 UTP cabling To establish a valid 100 Mbps connection the cable must be connected to a 1OOBASE TX hub 1 Make sure that the plug on the cable is wired appropriately for a standard 100OBASE TX adapter 2 Align the RJ 45 plug on the end of the UTP cable with the notch on the adapter s connector and insert it into the adapter connector as shown in Figure 3 5 100BASE TX Hub RJ 45 Plug 1 D es Cat 5 UTP Cable Figure 3 6 Connecting 100BASE TX Cable Note The UTP wire pairs and configuration for 1OOBASE TX cable are identical to those for 1OBASE T cable when used with Category 5 UTP cable The straight through connection should be made from the adapter through the cable and connectors to the hub Refer to Appendix A 2 for RJ 45 connector pin assignments 11 4 Network Driver Installation After making the connection to the network you must install the adapter network driver in order to connect the Fast Ethernet adapter to your network operating system 4 1 Driver Information The adapter driver media contains the latest versions of the network drivers available when the adapter is shipped from the factory A file README DOC located in the media s product directory con tains a list of the supported driver software and the directory str
6. e 3 pin WOL connector JP2 provides an interface to the sys tem motherboard for auxiliary power and Power Management En able signal through the WOL cable The PME setting jumper JP1 specifies the active level of the PME signal coming from the system motherboard To install the cable refer to section 2 2 for the details To support remote wake up the system motherboard must be fea tured with RWU or WOL support in hardware and BIOS One 3 pin WOL connector must be provided on the motherboard Refer to your system motherboard manual to determine if it is remote wake up capable In addition to the RWU capable motherboard an ACPI supported operating system such as Windows 95 98 Windows NT 4 0 5 is also required to achieve RWU functionality 3 Installing the Adapter This chapter describes how to install the Fast Ethernet PCI adapter in a PCI computer and how to connect the adapter to the network Before installing the adapter you need the following e A computer system that is compliant with the PCI specifica tions version 2 0 or later e An available PCI bus master slot in the computer A Wake on LAN cable e The adapter driver media e UTP cables use a UTP Category 5 cable with an RJ 45 plug to operate at 100 Mbps use a UTP Category 3 4 or 5 cable with an RJ 45 plug to operate at 10 Mbps 3 1 Installing the Adapter To install the adapter in your computer follow these steps 1 Turn off the power to the c
7. es of the 10 100 Fast Ethernet PCI adapter are e Automatically senses 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connection Supports auto negotiation for the connection speed and duplex mode e PCI revision 2 0 or later compliance 32 bit PCI half card e Wake on LAN support e Three status LEDs e Optional RPL Boot ROM for network operating systems Supports 1OOBASE TX connection with UTP Category 5 cabling e Supports 1OBASE T connection with UTP Category 3 4 or 5 cabling 1 2 Connectors and LEDs Figure 1 1 shows the important components on the adapter No Components 1 2 3 4 5 Intel 21143 JP2 JP1 U5 Bracket Description LAN controller 3 Pin Wake on LAN WOL connector PME setting jumper Remote boot ROM socket PCI adapter bracket lt i e a L L I Figure 1 1 Components on the Adapter Figure 1 2 shows the connector and LEDs on the bracket No Components Description 1 10 100 Mbps This RJ 45 connector requires UTP network connector cable for 10Mbps or 100 Mbps connection 2 100Mb Link LED This LED lights when 100 Mbps connection is selected and active 3 10MbLink LED This LED lights when 10 Mbps connection is selected and active 4 Activity status LED This LED indicates a receive or a transmission is in process 340 o 2 1 Figure 1 2 Network Connector and LEDs 2 Wake on LAN Technology The adapter is an ACPI compl
8. function in BIOS if it is available On a PCI plug and play system the BIOS automatically configures the adapter so there is no user action needed 13 4 3 Installation for Windows 98 System After the driver installation for Windows 98 there are some simple methods to check the installation is proper or not as follows 1 Check Device Manager in System Properties window Spiers Priqeritiers Figure 4 1 Device Manager 14 The adapter name shown in Device Manager should be KF221TX Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter The installation is proper if there is no 2 or mark ahead of the adapter line 2 If you are using TCP IP protocol you can use Ping command under DOS mode to check the adapter itself The command is gt ping 127 0 0 1 Figure 4 2 Ping Command 15 5 LED Indicators Each Fast Ethernet adapter has three LEDs as shown in Figure 1 2 5 1 Interpretations The interpretations of the LEDs are 100Mb LED indicates an active 100Mbps connection is established On Good connection between adapter and 100BASE TX device Off No active connection Blink Not applicable 10Mb LED indicates an active 10 Mbps connection is established On Good connection between adapter and 10BASE T device Off No active connection Blink Not applicable Activity LED indicates packets are being received or transmitted Blink Network traffic is present On Notapplicable Off No traffic for either speed If you expe
9. iant network adapter that supports the following features Power management interface Remote wake up RWU ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface ACPI is a key element in Operating System Directed Power Man agement It is a specification developed by Intel Microsoft and Toshiba Corp which allows more advanced power management fea tures through the operating system to the hardware interfaces Remote Wake up RWU The Remote Wake up feature is provided by Wake on LAN WOL technology that resides in a network adapter and on the system motherboard in a LAN environment When a system is in a standby or suspend state the network adapter continuously monitors the network and watches for a wake up packet When it receives that packets it alerts the system which then comes to a full power state and stands ready for maintenance or other tasks Wake up Packets The adapter supports the following wake up packet types e Magic packet wake up e Microsoft wake up frame The wake up packet is a valid Ethernet packet that contains a syn chronize data stream and the destination MAC address It is not protocol specific and can be routed in order to wake up a remote PC WOL Installation The adapter features 1 One LAN controller which can support PCI power manage ment interface and function 2 One 3 Pin Wake on LAN WOL connector JP2 3 One PME setting jumper JP1 4 One Wake on LAN WOL cable Th
10. omputer and disconnect all cables connected to the computer 2 Remove the computer s cover 3 Unscrew and remove the slot cover from the PCI bus master slot that you plan to use 4 Install optional Boot ROM if you want to use the remote boot ROM function Refer to Appendix 5 for more information 5 Insert the adapter into the slot and secure the screw see Figure 3 1 6 Install the WOL cable if necessary Refer to 3 2 for the details 7 Replace the computer cover and reconnect all previously connected cables ns Q Figure 3 1 Inserting the Adapter into the PCI Slot 3 2 Installing Wake on LAN Cable Follow the steps to install the Wake on LAN cable 1 Make sure your system motherboard is RWU capable 2 Make sure WOL function is enabled in the system BIOS 3 Refer to your system manual for the active level of your system PME signal Set the adapter s PME jumper JP1 to match the system PME signal level as follows JP1 PME signal active level LOW JP1 Pin 2 3 HIGH JP1 Pin 1 2 wW N o Gag Ga o Figure 3 2 PME Jumper JP1 Setting 4 Locate the 3 Pin WOL connector on the system motherboard 5 Plug one end of the WOL cable to the 3 Pin WOL connector of the adapter 6 Plug the other end of the WOL cable to the 3 Pin WOL connector on the system motherboard 3 Pin WOL Connector 3 Pin WOL Connector WOL Cable
11. rience any problems first make sure that the appropri ate driver is loaded the proper cable is connected to the connector and the connected device complies with the adapter specifications 10 Mbps 10BASE T or 100 Mbps 100BASE TX Then recheck the LED 16 Appendix A1 Specifications Network std Speed Duplex Bus Interface Network Cable Wake on LAN Boot ROM Dimensions Environmental Power 10 MbpsIEEE 802 3 1OBASE T Ethernet 100 Mbps IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet Auto sense auto negotiation 10Mbps 100Mbps Auto negotiation Half duplex and full duplex PCI 2 0 or later 10Mbps Category 3 4 or 5 UTP 100 meters 100Mbps Category 5 UTP 100 meters 3 Pin Wake on LAN connector One Wake on LAN cable 128KB boot ROM socket 59mmx 130mm 2 32 x5 12 Operating temperature 0 to 40 C Humidity 10 to 90 non condensing 5V 1A 17 A 2 Auto negotiation Function The adapter is equipped with an auto negotiation function Auto negotiation is a negotiation procedure between two connected de vices Both devices must be auto negotiation capable The proce dure decides the best operation modes that can be used for the data transfer operation between two connected devices The operation modes includes connection speeds and duplex modes as follows Connection speed 10Mbps or 100Mbps Duplex mode half duplex or full duplex Operating at full duplex can increase the network bandwid
12. th to up to 200 Mbps depending on the connection speed 100 Mbps The following table describes how the adapter decides the operation modes when it connects to An auto negotiation device Speed via auto negotiation Duplex via auto negotiation A non auto negotiation device such as a hub Speed auto sense the connection speed Duplex half duplex as default The default could be overwritten by configuration setting or keyword setting of each individual network driver when the driver is loaded 18 A 3 Installing Remote Boot ROM Before you can use the remote boot function you have to setup the remote boot service on the file server and install the remote boot ROM onto the adapter To install the boot ROM make sure the notch of the boot ROM is in the same direction as the notch of the socket on the adapter The remote boot ROM socket is labeled U5 on the adapter Refer to the BOOTROM subdirectory in the driver media for more detailed instructions on how to setup the remote boot service on a file server 19
13. uc tures for the supported operating environments Please refer to this file first before installing any network driver for the adapter In the media there are additional INSTALL DOC files within the directory structures for each supported operating environment These files contain information that pertains to the specified driver or operating environment that corresponds to the sub directory where they are found The basic drivers supplied in the adapter driver media are e NetWare DOS and OS 2 ODI driver NetWare server driver for NetWare 3 1x 4 x 5 and Client32 e DOS NDIS2 driver e OS 2 NDIS2 driver e NDIS3 driver for Windows NT e NDIS3 driver for Windows 95 e NDIS3 driver for Windows 98 Linux 12 In addition to the basic drivers more updated information and driv ers may be included in the driver media after this guide is published Please refer to the README DOC file first for the latest informa tion before you install any drivers 4 2 BIOS Setup Before installing the driver it is recommended to run the system BIOS setup utility to check each PCI slot that contains a Fast Ethernet PCI adapter for the following PCI settings 1 Enable disable the PCI slot make sure the PCI slot is enabled for the adapter 2 Assign an IRQ number make sure the IRQ number does not conflict with other add in adapters 3 Enable bus mastering the PCI slot must be enabled for bus mastering 4 Enable the RWU or WOL
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