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FPC-0103TX 

Fast Ethernet PC Card

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for FPC-0103T

Page 1: ...FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card ...

Page 2: ...ALLATION 9 Windows 95 Installation 10 Windows NT 4 0 Installation 15 Windows NT 3 5x Installation 16 DOS Mode Installation 17 Novell Netware 17 MS LAN Manager 20 Packet Driver 22 Windows for Workgroups 3 11 23 Artisoft Lantastic 6 0 Installation 23 QUESTIONS ANSWERS 25 SPECIFICATIONS 27 ...

Page 3: ...hernet PC Card provides wide range of drivers software to meet your need You can pick up the section within Chapter 3 to install and configure the network driver The Questions and Answers listed in the Chapter 4 give you some solutions when you encouter problem during installation the network drivrers Finally you can find the detail specification of this innovative product in the Appendix A System...

Page 4: ... Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Microsoft Windows 3 1 Lantastic 6 0 Contents in the Package FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card Media coupler with single RJ 45 connector for 10BASE T and 100BASE TX network 3 5 driver diskette User s Manual Plastic protection case for base PC Card ...

Page 5: ...ire ment to use the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card to make sure about this point please follow the guideline listed below Cardbus is designed to support both 16 bit and Cardbus Card But the legacy 16 bit PC Card slot couldn t accept the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card In oder to prevent the wrong operation CardBus is devoloped with particular machanical consideration to prevent ...

Page 6: ...notebook computers some models implement a setting in the Computer s BIOS to switch between Cardbus and 16 bit PC Card modes You could consult the User s Guide of your notebook and properly set on the CardBus or Auto_Detect mode ...

Page 7: ...atic sensing and operating on either speed without manual recofiguration After finishing the installation of PC Card into your Notebook please refer to Chapter 3 Software Installation on how to install network drivers using menu driven installation utility Inserting the CardBus Dual Speed PC Card 1 Hold the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card with wide connector toward the slot and the brand ...

Page 8: ...PC Card Grasp the PC Card 15 pins connector at the end of the media coupler with the pointing triangle facing upward Gently insert it into the mating connector on the PC Card until it clicks in place at both sides Attention should be paid when removing the 15 pins connector Please press the both sides of the connectors before dragging it out of the PC Card Connecting to the Network Connect unshiel...

Page 9: ...d pair UTP cable should be used to connect between media coupler and 100Mbps hub or switch l For operation in the 10Mbps 10Base T Ethernet network Category 3 4 or 5 unshielded twisted pair UTP cable could be used to connect between the media coupler and a 10Mbps hub or switch LED Indicators ...

Page 10: ...and PC Card Socket Services haven t been well implemented to support new CardBus technology at the present time Our unique drivers and utility enable the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card to run almost all the major environments This Chapter consists four main parts Windows 95 Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT 3 5x and various configuration in DOS mode The user could refer to specific section for i...

Page 11: ...Card could operates in either Native or OSR2 version Windows 95 environments However the installation procedures are different The section will presents you how to identify your version of Windows 95 first Then you could decide which kind of installation process should be followed Determining the Version of Windows 95 1 After successfully booting and login the Windows 95 Click on the Start Button ...

Page 12: ...with OEM Service Release 2 which support both PC Card and CardBus PC Card Refer to OSR2 Windows 95 or Later section for installation Native Windows 95 Though Non OSR2 Windows 95 doesn t support CardBus PC Card you could use our driver to run the the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card 1 Insert the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card into the socket 2 Click on the Start button ...

Page 13: ... And Select Network Components Type Menu shows 7 Double click the Adapter The Select Network Adapters Menu opens 8 Click the Have Disk button The Install From Disk Menu shows 9 Insert the Drive Disk 10 Give A in the input box Click OK Or type the path name whereever you place the driver programs 11 Select the CardBus Fast Ethernet 10 100 Adapter manual load ...

Page 14: ...ndows 95 system will prompt you the warning message Your Network Adapter CardBus Fast Ethernet 10 100 Adapter manual load 0001 is not working properly You may need to set it up again For more information see the network troubleshutter in the windows Help If you don t need to use theCardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card at this time you can just ignore the message Otherwise you need to insert th...

Page 15: ...ched into the CardBus Socket 2 Click Next on Update Device Drivers Winzard 3 Click The Others Locations button 4 Insert driver diskette into the floopy disk 5 Type A The driver will be installed and you may be asked for the original Windows 95 CD disks 6 For the first time installation please click Network icon in Control Panel to add Protocols Client and Service if you needed 7 Reboot the machine...

Page 16: ... Double click the Network icon 6 Select Adapters tab 7 Press Add to add network adapter 8 Press Have Disk button 9 Insert the driver disk into floppy drive 10 Specify the path to A and press OK Or type the path name whereever you place the driver programs 11 A dialog box will appear to adjust the driver s settings The resources assignment to the adapter must be unique in the system 12 Press OK whe...

Page 17: ...dd Adapter button The Add Network Adapter dialog box will appear 3 Choose Other requires disk from manufacturer from the network adapter card list and press Continue 4 When Windows NT prompts for manufacturer disk insert driver diskette and press OK until the Network Setting Change dialog box appears 5 Restart now to have the card take effect ...

Page 18: ...lude the Direct Enabler in them to fulfill the essential of DOS mode Card Service and Socket Service program Besides We provide a menu driven installation utility to help you install the various driver in the DOS mode Just plug the driver diskette into the floppy drive and set the current drive to the floppy drive Then run INSTALL to install the real mode drivers such as ODI or NDIS 2 x or Packet ...

Page 19: ...under user s agreement 6 Now the installation is completed Please reboot the computer to make your Netware connection If you wanted to install the ODI driver by manual you may follow the instructions list below 1 Copy the files CB100 COM and NET CFG from the path NETWARE in the driver diskette into the Netware client directory containing Novell s LSL COM IPXODI COM and NETx COM files 2 Using a tex...

Page 20: ... 4 Client disks from the network administrator or Run the NWCLIENT INSTALL EXE in a previous Installation 2 A message appears on the screen asking you whether or not you want the program to perform modifications on your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 3 Answer Yes The program then modifies your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files accordingly and creates backup copies 4 The following message appear...

Page 21: ...llation procedure to completion Upon completion a new NET CFG file will be created in your DOS directory Typically this file contains the following lines Link Driver CB100 FRAME Ethernet_802 3 FRAME Ethernet_802 2 16 An STARTNET BAT for the ODI workstation performs as the following SET NWLANGUAGE ENGLISH Set NetWare 4 X to English language LSL Link Support Layer Module provided by Novell CB100 Har...

Page 22: ...cceptable selectStart Installation and go to step 6 Otherwise select Modify Parameters to make setting changed 5 Move cursor to each field you want to make a change and press Enter to select a preferable path name When the configuration are set completely press Enter on the OKfield to exit the screen and go back to step 4 6 Installation program starts to copy related files from driver diskette to ...

Page 23: ...E 0 CB100_NIF protocol ini session for LAN driver DRIVERNAME CB100 Packet Driver 1 Run INSTALL EXE from root directory of driver diskette 2 Select Packet Driver item on the menu screen 3 Installation program starts to copy related files from diskette to the destination directory and modifies AUTOEXEC BAT under user s agreement ...

Page 24: ... Click Drivers button to select network driver 5 In Network Drivers dialog box pressAdd Adapter button to enter Add Network Adapter dialog box Select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter and press OK 6 Windows will prompt a Install Driver dialog box In this time put the driver diskette into floppy drive and press OK 7 Select the CardBus Fast Ethernet 10 100 PC Cardstring and press OK 8 Follow Windo...

Page 25: ...e a change and press Enter to select a fit value When the configuration is set completely press Enter on the OK field to exit the screen and go back the step 4 6 Installation program starts to copy the related files from diskette to the destination directory and modifies CONFIG SYS PROTOCOL INI and STARTNET BAT under user s agreement 7 Please reboot the computer to have the driver take effect ...

Page 26: ...de Card Socket Service from AMI Award Phoenix or SystemSoft etc please disable them by comment out these drivers in the CONFIG SYS file 2 If memory management software e g EMM386 has been installed you have to reserve some area in upper memory C000 0 EFFF F for attribute memory of PCMCIA card during enabling the card Example Device C DOS EMM386 EXE RAM X D000 D3FF Reserve D000 D3FF for attribute m...

Page 27: ...still have problem with it please contact us to further support Q The ODI driver is run successfully but fail to login to the Netware server C Frame type imcompatiable with server or Interrupt miss match A The default frame type for Netware 3 11 and before is 802 3 but it is changed to 802 2 in Netware 4 x and 3 12 You may check the content of NET CFG to see if the frame type is acceptable by the ...

Page 28: ...ps full duplex support uAutonegotiation between all four operation modes Host Interface and Physical Specifications Operating Environments Novell Netware 3 x 4 x Microsoft LAN Manager Packet Driver Applications Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Windows 3 1 Microsoft Windows NT 3 5x NT 4 0 Windows 95 98 Lantastic 6 0 uCardbus PC Card Standard compliant uType II PC Card form factor u3 37 x 2 128...

Page 29: ...peration 3 3V DC 380mA max uSleep Mode 3 3V DC 80mA max LEDs Link Activity 10 100Mbps Enviroments Ranges Operating 32 F to 140 F 0 C to 60 C Storage 4 F to 158 F 0 C to 70 C Humidity 10 90 noncondensing Certifications FCC Part 15 Class B CE Mark EN55022 ClassB EN50082 1 ...

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Page 31: ... reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful...

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