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General Specifications

NETGEAR GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card

Dimensions

6.6 x 3.7 in. (16.8 x 9.5 cm)

Weight

3.8 oz. (104 g)

Operating Temperature

0 to 40ºC

Operating Humidity

10 to 90% noncondensing

Agency Compliance

CE mark, commercial

VCCI, Class 2

FCC, Part 15, Class B

EN 55 022 (CISPR 22), Class B

Canada ICES-003, Class B

specifications A-2

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Summary of Contents for GA622T - Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card

Page 1: ...Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card Reference Guide GA 622T MODEL GA622T Manual FINAL 3 1 01 11 20 AM Page 1...

Page 2: ...t to certain restrictions Please refer to the notes in the operating instructions Federal Office for Telecommunications Approvals has been notified of the placing of this equipment on the market and h...

Page 3: ...na Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experien...

Page 4: ...ion Card that shipped with your switch Email Technical Support at support NETGEAR com Defective or damaged merchandise can be returned to your point of purchase representative Internet World Wide Web...

Page 5: ...Network Cables 2 8 CHAPTER 3 WINDOWS 95OSR2 98 Me DRIVER SOFTWARE Installing the Driver Software 3 1 Moving the Network Card to a Different Slot 3 7 CHAPTER 4 WINDOWS NT DRIVER SOFTWARE Installing th...

Page 6: ...PTER 7 LINUX DRIVER SOFTWARE File Listing 7 1 Installing the Driver Software 7 2 Testing the Driver Software 7 3 Configurable Parameters 7 4 CHAPTER 8 TROUBLESHOOTING Checking the Port LEDs 8 1 Using...

Page 7: ...000BASE T Cable Characteristics 2 8 Table 3 1 Parameter Descriptions 3 6 Table 4 1 Parameter Descriptions 4 5 Table 6 1 NetWare Device Installation Methods 6 1 Table 6 2 NetWare Support Files 6 2 Tabl...

Page 8: ...1 Gbps or 1000 megabits per second Mbps over standard Category 5 cables Benefits Performance is optimized and network overhead on the host system is minimized with the use of the GA622T Copper Gigabi...

Page 9: ...minimize CPU utilization therefore maximizing PCI bus and network throughput 33 66 MHz 32 64 bit PCI bus master Local Bus Revision 2 2 compliant with adaptive DMA channels Two independent DMA channel...

Page 10: ...rong missing or damaged parts Refer to the Support Information Card for the telephone number of customer support in your area Keep the Support Information Card along with the original packing material...

Page 11: ...ory The necessary files are GA622nd4 sys network device driver file Netga622 inf information used by installation program Windows 98 98SE Hardware A Pentium based workstation that meets Windows 98 98S...

Page 12: ...One open 32 bit or 64 bit PCI slot Minimum 64 MB memory Operating System Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server Software GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card dri...

Page 13: ...T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card driver installation Driver and Documentation CD in the Netware directory The necessary files are Ga622 lan network device driver file Ga622 ldi information used by insta...

Page 14: ...l GA622T Gigabit Ethernet Card The front panel of the GA622T has three LEDs one for each port speed option 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps to indicate which link is active and one LED for data transfer status...

Page 15: ...installing the GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card in your server or workstation For additional information about performing these tasks on your particular system refer to the manuals included with y...

Page 16: ...pper Gigabit Ethernet Card 1 Remove the PC cover 2 Choose an available 32 bit or 64 bit PCI expansion slot PCI slots are usually the shorter slots and remove the corresponding back plate from the PC c...

Page 17: ...ance 100 1000BASE T RJ 45 CAT 5 UTP CAT 5e UTP 325 feet 100 meters Note 1000BASE T signaling requires four twisted pairs of Category 5 balanced cabling as specified in ISO IEC 11801 1995 and ANSI EIA...

Page 18: ...cedures shown here apply to computers with Windows 950SR2 and Windows Me Installing the Driver Software A network driver must be installed before the card can be used with your Windows 98 system Note...

Page 19: ...per Gigabit Ethernet Card software for Windows 98 perform the following procedure 1 When you boot up the Windows 98 system after installing the Gigabit Ethernet card a series of Found New Hardware Wiz...

Page 20: ...driver for your device recommended and then click Next 3 In the next dialog box check the Specify a location box Note Windows Me drivers are found at d winMe and Windows 95 drivers are found at d win...

Page 21: ...Me driver software 3 4 4 When Windows returns its search results in the following dialog box verify that the correct path to the driver software is shown and then click Next GA622T Manual FINAL 3 1 01...

Page 22: ...your system and the GA622T Gigabit UTP Adapter Properties dialog box opens 6 Click OK to accept the default settings 7 You can change operating parameters as desired Refer to Table 3 1 for help in con...

Page 23: ...y the IP checksum of incoming packets This will improve IP receive performance by offloading this operation from the CPU Windows 2000 Me Offload Rx TCP Checksum When enabled this option allows the car...

Page 24: ...ive packets Transmit Buffer Count Specifies hardware resources in memory used to send packets Increasing this value may increase transmit performance Moving the Network Card to a Different Slot Window...

Page 25: ...he server before installing the software driver If you are installing more than one GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card you must perform the following procedure for each card To install the driver sof...

Page 26: ...igabit Ethernet Card drivers listed the drivers must be updated before installing another driver for a new card For directions on upgrading the driver for an existing card see Updating the Driver Soft...

Page 27: ...NT driver software 4 3 4 Click on the Adapters tab and then click Add The Select Network Adapter dialog box opens 5 Click Have Disk The Insert Disk dialog box opens GA622T Manual FINAL 3 1 01 11 20 AM...

Page 28: ...r example enter the following path E In this example the letter E is the CD ROM drive The Select OEM Option dialog box opens and NETGEAR GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card is highlighted 7 Click OK T...

Page 29: ...IP checksum of incoming packets This will improve IP receive performance by offloading this operation from the CPU Windows 2000 Me Offload Rx TCP Checksum When enabled this option allows the card to v...

Page 30: ...settings help fine tune network performance by preventing dropped packets Pause Frames Low Threshold IEEE 802 3x flow control settings help fine tune network performance by preventing dropped packets...

Page 31: ...her cards in your system use TCP IP bindings the Microsoft TCP IP Properties dialog box opens Set any necessary TCP IP configurations and click OK when finished 11 When prompted to restart your comput...

Page 32: ...he Network Adapters list 5 Click on the adapter that you want to update 6 Click Update The Select Network Adapter dialog box opens 7 When prompted insert the GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card Driver...

Page 33: ...Settings and then click Control Panel The Control Panel window opens 3 Double click the Network icon The Network dialog box opens 4 Click on the Adapter tab Any previously installed driver is listed i...

Page 34: ...tion prior to installing the driver software See Chapter 2 Hardware Installation for details Installing the Driver Software When the Windows 2000 system first boots up after installing a new hardware...

Page 35: ...e for Windows 2000 perform the following procedure 1 When you boot up the Windows 2000 system after installing the GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card a series of Found New Hardware Wizard dialog boxe...

Page 36: ...ws 2000 driver software 5 3 2 In the Install Hardware Device Drivers dialog box click Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and then click Next GA622T Manual FINAL 3 1 01 11 20 AM Pag...

Page 37: ...4 3 In the Locate Driver Files dialog box check the Specify a location box 4 Insert the GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card Driver and Documentation CD into your CD ROM drive and click OK GA622T Manua...

Page 38: ...dows 2000 driver software 5 5 5 In the Driver Files Search Results dialog box verify that the correct path to the driver software is shown and then click Next GA622T Manual FINAL 3 1 01 11 20 AM Page...

Page 39: ...622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card to a different slot in the same system you need to do the following 1 Shut down the system and remove the card from the PCI slot 2 Install the card in its new PCI slo...

Page 40: ...iver software is automatically uninstalled when its hardware is removed To remove a card do the following 1 Shut down the system and remove the card from the PCI slot 2 When the system is powered on t...

Page 41: ...are 5 0 5 1 Quick efficient Text file interface requires you to accurately NetWare 4 2 enter parameters using correct syntax Cannot be used for initial installation of NetWare 5 0 on a server nwconfig...

Page 42: ...r when you configure the driver Install the latest support pack files to ensure the GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card will correctly function The Support pack or patch file s needed for the operatin...

Page 43: ...Insert key to install an unlisted driver An instruction window opens 6 Press the F3 key to specify a different path The Specify a directory path dialog box opens 7 Make sure the GA622T Copper Gigabit...

Page 44: ...network number to bind the adapter card for various frame types Repeat this step until the system has prompted you for all four frame types After examining the net number conflicts the Do you want to...

Page 45: ...es any decimal number with a maximum length of 8 figures Select the slot number that corresponds to the expansion slot where the board is installed Caution If this parameter is not correctly supplied...

Page 46: ...bps Driver Version This information field displays the version of the driver software This field cannot be edited Installation Troubleshooting If you are installing multiple cards sometimes the second...

Page 47: ...The following files are included in the Linux directory Table 7 1 Linux files File Name Description ga c Linux network OS specific module file ga622t h Driver header file gam o Driver object module fo...

Page 48: ...as root insert the floppy disk with the GA622T driver and mount the disk into the system with the following command mount t msdos dev fd0 mnt 2 Copy the files from floppy into an appropriate directory...

Page 49: ...r from a running kernel with the following commands insmod gam o rmmod gam o Testing the Driver Software To install and test the driver shut down the network stack install the driver and re start the...

Page 50: ...utilities like ping telnet ftp and NFS Configurable Parameters The tunable parameters of the driver for example the Receive and Transmit buffers are put in the file nsm h under the Tunable parameters...

Page 51: ...stem must be installed see Chapter 3 through Chapter 7 1 Verify that the card driver software has been installed and that the card is connected to a network 2 Verify that the card status LEDs operate...

Page 52: ...rk card is properly seated in a PCI slot Check for specific hardware problems such as broken traces or loose broken solder connections Check the configuration settings and change them if they are in c...

Page 53: ...works in the slot where the first one failed the original card is probably defective Install the network card in another functioning system and run the tests again If the card passed the tests in the...

Page 54: ...ocedures defined in TIA EIA TSB95 Technical Specifications General Specifications NETGEAR GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card Standards Compatibility IEEE 802 3ab Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 3u Fast Eth...

Page 55: ...16 8 x 9 5 cm Weight 3 8 oz 104 g Operating Temperature 0 to 40 C Operating Humidity 10 to 90 noncondensing Agency Compliance CE mark commercial VCCI Class 2 FCC Part 15 Class B EN 55 022 CISPR 22 Cla...

Page 56: ...7 1 installation 7 2 testing 7 3 N NetWare software driver installation 6 2 installation methods 6 1 installation troubleshooting 6 6 parameters descriptions 6 5 pre installation requirements 6 2 netw...

Page 57: ...nc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA Phone 1 888 NETGEAR E mail support NETGEAR com www NETGEAR com February 2001 SM GA622NA 0 S M G A 6 2 2 N A 0 GA622T Manual FINAL 3 1 01 11 20 AM...

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