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PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user’s manual

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Memory space select

Move the cursor to the desired memory space address and press
<Enter>.  Available memory space addresses are D000H, D400H,
D800H, and DC00H.

Manual installation

In most cases, the INSTALL program can make all system changes
necessary for using your  Ethernet Card.  However, in some cases,
you may wish to make changes manually.  This section explains

Summary of Contents for EE101-AEX

Page 1: ...PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user s manual PCMCIA 10 100M Fast Ethernet Card User s Manual Rev 2 0 ...

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Page 3: ...with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interferen ce 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 user s authority to operate the e...

Page 4: ...e installation for Dongle Type PC Card 8 What s in the package 8 Hardware description 8 Inserting the Ethernet card 9 Media Coupler LEDs 11 Disconnecting the Ethernet Card 11 CHAPTER 3 15 Driver installation for Win 95 98 ME 2000 NT 15 Driver installation for Windows 95 15 Before Installation 15 Driver Installation for Windows 95 OSR2 16 Driver Installation on the Windows 95 Retail Version 20 Driv...

Page 5: ...river installation 45 Microsoft Windows NT 3 51 45 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 11 46 Netware 3 X 4 X client 47 Microsoft LAN Manager 47 Artisoft LANtastic version 6 0 48 CHAPTER 5 49 Installation for Linux 49 System Requirements 49 Installing the driver for Linux 50 APPENDIX A 53 Troubleshooting 53 Q A for Windows environments 53 Windows 95 98 53 Windows 2000 54 APPENDIX B 55 Enabler progra...

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Page 7: ...ngle less PC Card Dongle less design that integrates RJ 45 connector onto the PC card No moving parts to break and no media coupler to lose Complies with IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX and IEEE 802 3 10Base T PCMCIA 2 1 and JEIDA 4 2 compliant and later PC Card standard 68 pin 16 bit PCMCIA interface Support all popular Network Operating Systems Supports hot swap card insertion and removal 10 100Mbps auto...

Page 8: ... T and 100Base TX Switchless configuration setting Technology overview LAN LAN Local Area Network is a communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area It is made up of servers workstations a network operating system and a communi cations link Ethernet Ethernet is the most widely used LAN access method which is de fined by the IEEE 802 3 standard Ethernet is normally a ...

Page 9: ... All nodes share the 100 Mbps bandwidth 100BaseT uses the same CSMA CD access method as regular Ethernet with some modifica tion Three cabling variations are provided 100BaseTX uses two pairs of Category 5 UTP 100BaseT4 uses four pairs of Category 3 and 100BaseFX uses multi mode optical fibers and is primarily in tended for backbone use This concludes the first chapter The next chapter deals with ...

Page 10: ...t the following items are included in your package If any items are missing contact your dealer PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet card CD ROM includes device drivers and this user s manual Quick Installation Guide Hard Case Hardware description The Ethernet card is encased in a stainless compact frame and has a 68 pin connector for attaching to the notebook s PCMCIA slot and an RJ 45 connector for use wi...

Page 11: ...on inserting PC cards into your notebook consult the notebook user s manual Follow the procedure below to install the Ethernet card 1 With the card s 68 pin connector facing the notebook s PCMCIA slots slide the card all the way into an empty slot Do not force the connection 2 Connect to a network See Connecting to a LAN that fol low RJ 45 Status LEDs ...

Page 12: ...d 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 Connecting to an RJ 45 phone jack Connecting to a hub Status LEDs The following illustration shows the Ethernet card LEDs RJ 45 LINK ACT LED 10 100M LED ...

Page 13: ...nectors you can eject the Ethernet card from the notebook s PC Card slot Note In Win 95 98 ME 2000 operating systems you do not have to power down the notebook to remove the card The card is hot swappable you can remove the card when the notebook is powered on However Microsoft recom mends that you stop the card Refer to your Windows 95 98 ME 2000 online help for information on stopping the Ethern...

Page 14: ...age If any items are missing contact your dealer PCMCIA 10 100 Mbps Ethernet Card Ethernet media coupler with 15 pin flat connector at one end and female RJ 45 connector at the other end CD ROM includes device drivers and this user s manual Quick installation guide Hard case Hardware description The Ethernet Card is encased in a stainless compact frame and has a 68 pin connector for attaching to t...

Page 15: ...ur notebook consult the notebook user s manual Follow the procedure below to install the Ethernet Card 1 With the card s 68 pin connector facing the notebook s PCMCIA slots slide the card all the way into an empty slot Do not force the connection 2 Plug the RJ 45 adapter into the Ethernet Card s 15 pin con nector 10 100Mbps Ethernet 3 Connect the RJ 45 adapter to the network ...

Page 16: ...ting to a RJ 45 phone jack Fas t E t h e r net AC T 10 0M L N X 100BASE T Ports Connecting to a hub After you have inserted the Ethernet Card you must install the drivers If your operating system is Windows 98 Window 95 or Windows NT refer to Chapter 3 If your operating system is Win dows NT 3 51 or another DOS environment network operating system refer to Chapter 4 If your operating system is Lin...

Page 17: ...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 LNK Indicates whether the link is active or not When lit indi cates 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 pl...

Page 18: ...ve to power down the notebook to remove the card The card is hot swappable you can remove the card when the notebook is powered on However Microsoft recom mends that you stop the card Refer to your Win 95 98 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 de tail...

Page 19: ...PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user s manual 13 This concludes Chapter 2 The next chapter covers driver installa tion for Windows 95 98 NT 2000 ME operating systems ...

Page 20: ...PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user s manual 14 N NO OT TE ES S ...

Page 21: ... the Windows 95 98 NT 2000 ME operating systems Driver installation for Windows 95 Before Installation There are two popular versions of Windows 95 one is for retail version ver 4 00 950 and the other is OEM Service Release 2 ver 4 00 950B To know which version you are using click to run the System icon in Control Panel You will see the following win dow pops up ...

Page 22: ... information shows you the ver sion number of your windows 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 ...

Page 23: ...nsert the Ethernet card into an available PCMCIA slot in your notebook 2 After Windows 95 detects the card the Update Device Driver Wizard window appears 3 Insert the driver disc and click Next to continue the installa tion Windows searches for the driver and the following screen appears ...

Page 24: ...MCIA Fast Ethernet card user s manual 18 4 Click Other Locations to continue the following screen appears 5 Type E Driver W95 where E is your CD ROM drive letter Then click OK The following screen appears ...

Page 25: ...PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user s manual 19 6 Click Finish to continue Windows may prompt you the following window to ask you insert the disc 7 Click OK to continue ...

Page 26: ...K After copying the driver files Windows 95 prompts you to restart the system Click Yes to continue the installation Note If you did not install the Windows 95 OSR2 from your hard drive Windows will prompt you to input the path to the Windows 95 CD ROM Follow the instructions on your screen then click OK to continue ...

Page 27: ...fter Windows 95 detects the card the Update Device Driver Wizard window appears 3 Click OK The Windows prompt you to give the path of driver files 4 Type E Driver W95 where E is your CD ROM drive letter Insert driver disc into CD ROM drive Then click OK 5 The windows will start copying files from disc and install the drivers After the step the installation is complete ...

Page 28: ...l the Ethernet card drivers for Win dows 98 1 Insert the Ethernet card into an available PCMCIA slot on your notebook 2 After Windows 98 detects the Ethernet card the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears 3 Click Next to continue the installation A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method ...

Page 29: ...Select Search for the best driver for your device Recom mended and click Next The following screen appears 5 Ensure that the CD ROM drive box is checked 6 Insert the driver CD ROM into your CD ROM drive and click Next The following screen appears ...

Page 30: ...PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user s manual 24 7 Click Next Windows 98 copies files to your hard disk drive and you see the following screen 8 Click Finish ...

Page 31: ...nual 25 Note Windows 98 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 You should reboot your system to finish the installation ...

Page 32: ...CMCIA slot on your notebook 2 After Windows ME detects the Ethernet card the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears 3 Select Automatic search for a better driver Recommended and insert the driver disc into CD ROM drive Click Next to continue 4 The system will find the setup files and follow the instruc tion of the setup file to copy drivers After the drivers were copied the following screen appear...

Page 33: ... did not install the Windows ME from your hard drive Windows will prompt you to input the path to the Windows ME CD ROM Follow the instructions on your screen then click OK to continue 5 Click Finish You should reboot your system to finish the installation ...

Page 34: ...the Ethernet card drivers for Win dows 2000 1 Insert the Ethernet card into an available PCMCIA slot on your notebook 2 After Windows 2000 detects the Ethernet card the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears 3 Click Next to continue the installation A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method ...

Page 35: ... manual 29 4 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device rec ommended and click Next The following screen appears 5 Ensure that the CD ROM drives box is checked and insert the driver disc into CD ROM drive Click Next to continue ...

Page 36: ...l 30 After the system search the best driver the following search results window appears 6 Click Next to continue The following screen appears 7 Click Yes to continue the installation 8 Windows copies files and the following screen appears ...

Page 37: ...PCMCIA Fast Ethernet card user s manual 31 9 Click Finish to complete the installation You should reboot the computer to insure a successful installation ...

Page 38: ...double click the Network icon in the Control Panel If it has not been in stalled refer to the Windows NT 4 0 installation guide for instructions on installing the component Follow the steps below to install the driver 1 Insert the Ethernet card into an available PCMCIA 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 Adap...

Page 39: ...a new adapter The following screen ap pears 5 Click Have Disk The following screen appears 6 Type E Driver 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 ...

Page 40: ... Select the desired resources and connection type Note 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 Ethernet card You are returned to the Network window ...

Page 41: ...work 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 ...

Page 42: ...oftware Requirements The Card Socket service drivers should comply with PCMCIA Release 2 1 or higher Driver installation You must install the 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 Ethernet Card driver installation program The INSTALL program automatically ...

Page 43: ...tall 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 as...

Page 44: ...twork 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 PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Installation Program DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED Welcome to the PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Installation Program INSTALL wi...

Page 45: ...Auto Configuration or a Custom Configuration PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Installation Program SELECTING AUTO OR CUSTOM CONFIGURATION To configure your PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card you can select either Auto Configuration or Custom Configuration Using the Auto Configuration option the INSTALL program will automatically configure your PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Select Custom Configuratio...

Page 46: ...rnet Card can use After successfully auto detecting the configuration the program shows the following screen PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Installation Program Enter to continue F3 to return to DOS CONFIGURING THE PCMCIA 10 100M ETHERNET CARD bps PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card IRQ 5 MEMBASE 0xD400 After the configuration process you are prompted to select the type of network that you are instal...

Page 47: ...opy and modify files on your boot drive Your CONFIG SYS file will also be modified to include the Enabler Driver You should see the following message if the installation has been successful PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Installation Program INSTALLATION SUCCESSFUL INSTALL has created modified your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS file to enable the PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card The original files h...

Page 48: ... your Ethernet card include 3 4 5 9 10 and 11 PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card Installation Program Enter to continue F3 to return to DOS SELECTING INTERRUPTS Please select the hardware interrupt that you would like your PCMCIA 10 100Mbps Ethernet Card to use Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the desired value When the desired value is highlighted press Enter to select it 3 4 5 9 10 11 5 ...

Page 49: ...ry space address and press Enter Available memory space addresses are D000H D400H D800H and DC00H Manual installation In most cases the INSTALL program can make all system changes necessary for using your Ethernet Card However in some cases you may wish to make changes manually This section explains ...

Page 50: ... driver If you do not have the Socket and Card Services program please contact your notebook vendor The Install program will automatically add a line to your CONFIG SYS file using the following syntax and format DEVICE path_name CARDGO EXE IRQ xx IO xxx MEM xxxx where IRQ xx Specifies the hardware interrupt of your card Default value is 5 Valid IRQs are 3 4 5 9 10 and 11 IO xxx Specifies the I O a...

Page 51: ...a s a l i n e i n y o u r AUTOEXEC BAT file After you executed CARDGO EXE you will see a display similar to the following indicating that the installation was successful Socket 0 IRQ Number 05 I O PORT Base 300H MEM Base D000H The list of error messages the client driver may display and the cor rection methods suggested are given in Appendix B ...

Page 52: ...oft Windows NT 3 51 client for your Ethernet Card 1 Insert the Ethernet Card into an available PCMCIA slot 2 Boot the computer 3 Click Control Panel in the main window and click the Net work icon 4 Click Add Adapter Pull down the adapter s list and select other Requires disk from manufacturer then click Continue 5 Type E DRIVER WINNT351 where E is your CD ROM drive and click OK 6 Set the proper IR...

Page 53: ...on in the Main Program Group 4 Click the Network Setup icon from the Network window 5 Select the Drivers item from the Network Setup dialog box 6 Select the Add Adapters item in the Option dialog box 7 Select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter when the Install driver field appears 8 Type the path E DRIVER WFW311 where E is your CD ROM drive and press Enter 9 When the Ethernet Card dialog box appe...

Page 54: ...Manager Follow these instructions to install the Microsoft LAN Manager cli ent for your Ethernet Card 1 Run the INSTALL program and choose LAN Manager 2 Type lmsetup in the LAN Manager Directory Press Enter 3 Select Network Drivers in Configuration Press Enter 4 Select Add New Configs and then press Enter 5 Select Other Driver and press Enter 6 Insert the driver disc into the CD ROM drive and clic...

Page 55: ...d choose LANtastic 2 Select Artisoft LANtastic and specify C LANTASTI as the destination directory 3 When the Select network adapter screen appears choose NDIS Support for Network Adapters 4 When the install program prompts you for the manufac turer s driver disk in the Enter NDIS driver directory screen insert the driver disc 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the instal lation t...

Page 56: ... driver you must first configure the PCMCIA interface in your Linux working environment System Requirements Linux kernel version 2 0 x or later PCMCIA interface 3 0 x or later You can get the latest version of the PCMCIA interface package from the one of the following URLs ftp ftp tux org util pcmcia ftp sourceforge org pcmcia After downloading the PCMCIA interface package refer to the PCMCIA HOWT...

Page 57: ...tar xvf 3 Generate the driver using the following syntax cd in0100 af v1 51 make all If the path of your PCMCIA source is not usr src pcmcia you need to modify the PCMCIASRC variable of the Makefile file Consult your Linux documentation for details If the kernel version is not 2 2 6 you need to modify the KERN_VER variable in makefile 4 Install the driver using the following syntax make install 5 ...

Page 58: ...version PCMCIA 10 100 Ethernet Card bind pcnet_cs or card PCMCIA 10 100 Ethernet Card manfid 0x0274 0x1103 bind pcnet_cs 6 Configure the PCMCIA NIC interface using the following syntax vi etc pcmcia network opts 7 Reboot Linux using the following syntax sync sync reboot ...

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Page 60: ... 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 re move the card Problem The card cannot be detected when reinserted Cause This is caused by certain unstable PCMCIA status lines when the card is removed and reinserted The Win dows 95 98 drivers may read an incorrect status during...

Page 61: ...rosoft digital signature Answer Drivers that pass Microsoft Windows 2000 certifi cation receive a digital signature file from Microsoft The Ethernet card does not have such a digital signature however it is fully compatible with Windows 2000 ...

Page 62: ...ure that the PC card is correctly inserted into the PCMCIA slot Error 3 The card in PCMCIA slot is not 10 100 Ethernet Card Insert it Ensure that the PC Card in the notebook s PCMCIA slot is the Ethernet Card and that it is correctly in serted Error 4 The I O ports do not re spond Change to another one Change to another I O port using IO xxx Refer to Manual Installation in Chapter 4 Error 5 The I ...

Page 63: ...tered The client driver has al ready been registered You don t need to install the client driver again Error 9 Enabler can t be registered as a client Can t map memory Configuration can t be requested These three errors are con cerned with Socket and Card services of the PCMCIA controller Try using another third party Socket and Card service that supports this PCMCIA controller ...

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