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EtherFast

Series

10/100 LA N C a r d

Use this guide to install any
LNE100TX-based Linksys product

User Guide

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Summary of Contents for 10/100 LAN Card 10/100

Page 1: ...EtherFast Series 10 100 LAN Card Use this guide to install any LNE100TX based Linksys product User Guide...

Page 2: ...contents or use of this documentation and all accompanying software and specifically disclaims its quali ty performance merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Linksys reserves the righ...

Page 3: ...Setup 41 Troubleshooting 45 Appendix 50 Sharing Your Files and Printers 50 Installing the Driver in Windows 95 Version A 52 Novell NetWare 3 x Client Setup for Windows 98 or 95 53 Windows 98 or 95 Cl...

Page 4: ...gabits per second in full duplex mode 100Mbps in half duplex the EtherFast is ready to run with both 10BaseT and 100BaseTX networks right out of the box the card s 10 100 combo port automatically dete...

Page 5: ...Linksys EtherFast Series Package Contents for the EtherFast 10 100 LAN Card One EtherFast 10 100 LAN Card s One Wake On LAN wire per card One 3 5 Driver Disk One User Guide and Registration Card 2...

Page 6: ...e 100 LED will illuminate when the card is operating at 100Mbps If the 100 LED is not illuminated and the PC is powered on the card is operating at 10Mbps The RJ 45 Port The RJ 45 Port is where you wi...

Page 7: ...n cables See page 67 for wiring informa tion Installing the Network Card Cabling 1 Power off your PC and any peripheral equipment attached to it Unplug your PC s power cord 2 Remove your computer s ou...

Page 8: ...with a mounting screw 6 Replace your PC s cover 7 Connect one end of a twisted pair cable to your PC at the EtherFast 10 100 LAN Card s RJ 45 port 8 Plug the other end of the cable into one of your ne...

Page 9: ...e 24 For Windows NT configuration instructions turn to page 28 For Novell Client Server configuration instructions turn to page 38 If you are using an operating system other than Windows 98 Windows 95...

Page 10: ...of Windows 98 you are using and on your current system configuration If at any time during the installation you encounter problems consult the Troubleshooting section on page 45 Installing the Network...

Page 11: ...now ready to install the Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter driver seen on the next page Click Next 8 N No ot te e Windows 98 may ask you for a c co om mp pu ut te er r o or r w wo or rk kg gr ro...

Page 12: ...ws s 9 98 8 C CD D R RO OM M type d win98 in the Copy files from box where d is your CD ROM drive 3 If you don t have a W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 98 8 C CD D R RO OM M type c windows options cabs 4 Clic...

Page 13: ...rt then click Yes The Windows 98 driver installation is complete Please continue on to the next section which will provide instructions for configuring Windows 98 s network protocol Consult your netwo...

Page 14: ...elow will appear There may be other compo nents listed in addition to the ones shown below for example a Dial up Adapter which is normal If any of the components shown below are missing however you ll...

Page 15: ...e and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks should now appear in the list of installed components 7 After ensuring that all of the listed network components are installed on your system in the Primar...

Page 16: ...work 9 Type the name of your workgroup in the Workgroup box The Workgroup name should be the same Workgroup Name in use by all of the other PCs on the network Use the same Workgroup Name that is in us...

Page 17: ...u for your Windows 98 CD ROM or the location of the Windows 98 installation files If it does direct Windows to the appropriate location i e D win98 if you have the Windows 98 CD ROM or C windows optio...

Page 18: ...the Windows 98 net work configuration is complete Continue with Sharing Your Files and Printers on page 50 if you want your PC s data or printer to be available to others on the network You may stop...

Page 19: ...htly depending on which version of Windows 95 you are using To begin the driver installation and to determine which version of Windows 95 you are using 1 If you already haven t start up your PC 2 Wind...

Page 20: ...LAN Card Driver Disk into your floppy drive and click Next 2 Windows 95 will find the Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter LNE100TX v4 driver on the disk If Windows fails to find the driver see prob...

Page 21: ...95 5 C CD D R RO OM M type d win95 in the Copy files from box where d is your CD ROM drive 3 If you don t have a W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 95 5 C CD D R RO OM M type c windows options cabs 4 Click O OK...

Page 22: ...h is normal If any of the components shown below are miss ing however you ll need to manually install them If that s the case refer to Manually Installing the Network Components on page 60 now Client...

Page 23: ...inter with other users on the network select I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer 6 Click the OK button File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks should now appear in the lis...

Page 24: ...et work 9 Type the name of your workgroup in the Workgroup box The Workgroup name should be the same Workgroup Name in use by all of the other PCs on the network Use the same Workgroup Name that is in...

Page 25: ...Direct Windows to D win95 where D is your CD ROM Drive if you have your Windows CD ROM or to C windows options cabs if you don t 13 Once Windows has copied the necessary files the System Settings Cha...

Page 26: ...net work configuration is complete Continue with Sharing Your Files and Printers on page 50 if you want data from your PC to be avail able to others on the network You may stop here however if you wi...

Page 27: ...encounter problems consult the Troubleshooting section on page 45 Installing the Driver in Windows 2000 After physically installing the EtherFast Card in your computer follow these instructions to ins...

Page 28: ...ware Device Drivers dialog box will appear When Ethernet Controller is displayed select Search for a suitable driver for your device Recommended Click Next 4 The Locate Driver Files dialog box will ap...

Page 29: ...New Hardware Wizard box appears insert the Linksys EtherFast 10 100 Driver Disk into your floppy drive In the Copy manu facturer s files from field type A Win2000 Click OK 6 The Driver File Search Res...

Page 30: ...adapter name will be shown Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter LNE100TX v4 Click Finish 8 Remove the driver disk from the floppy drive The Windows 2000 driver installation is complete If you want...

Page 31: ...administrator 2 Click on Start Settings Control Panel and then double click on the Network icon 3 If you have not previously installed Windows NT networking on your computer a message will appear that...

Page 32: ...elect a network adapter 4 Click on the Have Disk button Insert the EtherFast 10 100 LAN Card Driver Disk into drive A Type a into the box on your screen and hit OK 5 Highlight the Linksys LNE100TX Fas...

Page 33: ...talk to your network administrator for more informa tion about network protocols When you re finished click Next N No ot te e If you install the T TC CP P I IP P p pr ro ot to oc co ol l refer to you...

Page 34: ...iginal Windows NT CD ROM or setup disks If so place your Windows NT CD ROM in your CD drive If the CD ROM loads a pop up window close it Type D i386 or the appropriate CD ROM drive letter in the box a...

Page 35: ...s if needed and click Next Click Next again 12 Choose either Workgroup or Domain depending on the type of network you re setting up Your Microsoft documentation explains the difference between Workgro...

Page 36: ...ose service packs now If you need to install the TCP IP protocol refer to your system adminis trator or your Windows NT documentation Linksys does not provide technical support for the configuration o...

Page 37: ...nicate with the card Remember that you must be logged on as a network administrator to continue 1 Click on Start Settings Control Panel then double click on the Network icon 2 When the networking wind...

Page 38: ...ble network adapters appears click the Have Disk button 4 Put the EtherFast Card disk into drive A Type a into the box on your screen and click OK 5 Highlight the Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapte...

Page 39: ...you require by clicking the Add button Refer to your Microsoft documentation if you have any ques tions on adding protocols 9 After your bindings settings and services are set click the Close button 3...

Page 40: ...ise you may receive Not Enough Service Storage Space errors in the Event Viewer If you need to install the TCP IP protocol refer to your system adminis trator or your Windows NT documentation Linksys...

Page 41: ...to have Novell Client configured to the EtherFast Card 1 If Novell s Client32 drivers are already installed on your PC complete the following to remove any network adapter settings that may conflict...

Page 42: ...ssage don t worry just click the Ignore button Some versions of the Client32 Novell software have a bug Ignore it and proceed 3 Windows 95 will begin copying files to your PC Supply any setup disks or...

Page 43: ...nt32 drivers have been installed You should now be able to access your Novell NetWare network through the Network Neighborhood icon If you would also like to enable Windows 95 or 98 built in networkin...

Page 44: ...ile server s new LNE100 directory a netware server nw31x NBI31X NLM a netware server nw31x MSM31X NLM a netware server nw31x ETHERTSM NLM a netware server nw31x LNE100TX LAN 3 Following the Load LAN D...

Page 45: ...name run the INSTALL NLM program by typing load install 2 Select Maintenance Selective Install and press Enter 3 Select LAN Driver Options and press Enter 4 Press the Insert or Ins key on your keyboar...

Page 46: ...s Press Enter 5 Highlight Configure network drivers Press Enter 6 Highlight Select a driver Press Enter 7 Press INS to Install an unlisted driver 8 Press F3 to Specify a different path 9 In the Specif...

Page 47: ...u may be prompted several times for a network on which to bind IPX to LNE100TX_1 Accept the default numbers if you are not sure which values to assign 17 When asked Do you want to select an additional...

Page 48: ...locate the driver for the EtherFast Card device You may have inserted the wrong diskette into your PC s drive The diskette may be defective or files may be missing Make sure the disk has a few files...

Page 49: ...computers can see each other and not your computer You may have not have enabled File and Printer Sharing To do so go to page 20 step number 3 or page 11 step number 3 The network card might not be s...

Page 50: ...this protocol Bring up the properties of the IPX SPX compatible protocol by clicking on Start Settings Control Panel then double click the Network icon Choose the Configuration tab and highlight IPX S...

Page 51: ...Windows will ask you to restart the PC if it doesn t ask you then reboot the PC manually After the computer boots up Windows will try to re detect the PCI Steering Continue rebooting the PC until Win...

Page 52: ...er on the keyboard 2 Insert the Linksys Fast Ethernet 10 100 Network Card Driver Disk into drive A Enter the appropriate commands after the following prompts When C appears type a then press Enter Whe...

Page 53: ...sk drives will appear 2 Using your right mouse button click once on the drive or folder that you want to make available to other users 3 Click on Sharing followed by the Sharing tab Click on Share As...

Page 54: ...ng your right mouse button click once on the printer that you want to share with other users Click on Sharing followed by the Sharing tab 4 Click on Share As In the Share Name box give a name to the p...

Page 55: ...inal Windows 95 installation CD ROM or setup files enter the appropriate path for those files e g A D WIN95 C WINDOWS OPTIONS CABS 6 During the installation windows may ask you for a computer and work...

Page 56: ...onfiguration tab 3 In the Primary Logon Box choose Client for NetWare Networks 4 Under the The following network components are installed box highlight Client for NetWare Networks and click on the Pro...

Page 57: ...where you already have a username and password set up 4 Under the the following network components are installed box highlight Client for Microsoft Networks and click on the Properties button 5 The C...

Page 58: ...allation over The following instructions are for Windows 95 and 98 To start over in Windows 2000 go to page 58 Starting Over in Windows 95 98 1 At the desktop click on the Start Button highlight Setti...

Page 59: ...s In some cases removing one of these components may in turn automati cally remove other components as well If this happens skip ahead to step 6 5 For PCs with Dial Up Networking and or an AOL adapter...

Page 60: ...y clicking on the open sign 11 Remove all devices with the name Linksys in it s description If at any point you are asked to restart the computer Click No 12 Scroll down to the Other Devices section R...

Page 61: ...choose Control Panel then dou ble click the System icon The System Properties window will open 2 Choose the Hardware tab 3 Click the Device Manager button The Device Manager window will open 4 Click t...

Page 62: ...n asked if you want to Disable the device click Yes 8 Right click on the LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter again This time select Uninstall Click OK 9 The Network Adapters category should be removed from...

Page 63: ...peer to peer network click on the Add button Highlight Client and click on Add Choose Microsoft as the manufacturer in the Network Client box Highlight Client for Microsoft Networks and click OK The c...

Page 64: ...NetBEUI Click on the Add button Select Protocol then click Add Under Manufacturer highlight Microsoft Under Network Protocol highlight NetBEUI Click OK The computer will begin copying files to your s...

Page 65: ...trator to access the PC s drives After the work is done the PC goes into a sleep mode using about 10 of the normal amount of power or shuts off com pletely depending on the management software being u...

Page 66: ...one end of the 3 pin Wake On LAN wire to the EtherFast LAN Card 3 If your EtherFast LAN card isn t plugged into your motherboard slide it in now 4 Connect the loose end of the WOL wire into the WOL pl...

Page 67: ...sked for the destina tion of the magic packet Enter the MAC address of the PC you want to wake up and press Enter 5 Check to ensure that the PC has woken up Testing a Link Change WOL PC This test will...

Page 68: ...ou will need to use your system s BIOS to resolve the con flicts If you have problems configuring your BIOS or resolving IRQ or other hardware conflicts consult your computer s manual or contact your...

Page 69: ...for a given PCI slot by accessing the PC s BIOS setup menu Please refer to your PC s user guide for specific details The BIOSs from companies like AMI and Award are fully customizable from their BIOS...

Page 70: ...her straight through or crossover cables A Category 5 cable has 8 thin color coded wires inside that run from one end of the cable to the other All 8 wires are used In a straight through cable wires 1...

Page 71: ...Linksys EtherFast Series 68 S St tr ra ai ig gh ht t T Th hr ro ou ug gh h C Ca ab bl li in ng g C Cr ro os ss s O Ov ve er r C Ca ab bl li in ng g Crimping Your Own Network Cables...

Page 72: ...Protocol CSMA CD Ports One Combo RJ 45 10BaseT 100BaseTX Speed Full Duplex 200Mbps 20Mbps Half Duplex 100Mbps 10Mbps Cabling Category 3 10BaseT only or 5 UTP STP Topology Star LED Status Lights Link...

Page 73: ...n or operation of your EtherFast 10 100 LAN Card contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below Customer Support 800 326 7114 949 261 1288 Fax 949 261 8868 Em...

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