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Installation and Operation Manual 

 
 
 
 
 
 

PENTAGRAM horNET Giga PCI 

(P6111-1) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

The latest versions of manual, drivers and applications are available on 

www.pentagram.eu

 

2008-04-16 

Summary of Contents for horNET Giga PCI

Page 1: ...Installation and Operation Manual PENTAGRAM horNET Giga PCI P6111 1 The latest versions of manual drivers and applications are available on www pentagram eu 2008 04 16 ...

Page 2: ...ation and technical specifications provided in this manual are subject to change without notice and or indication Copyright 2007 PENTAGRAM All rights reserved Unauthorized duplication and copying prohibited 2008 04 16 ...

Page 3: ...N 5 PACKAGE CONTENTS 5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 5 FEATURES 6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 6 INSTALLATION 7 INSTALLING THE CARD IN YOUR COMPUTER 7 DRIVER INSTALLATION 8 VALIDATING THE INSTALLATION 8 CABLING 9 STATUS LEDS 9 PING 9 GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS 11 ...

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Page 5: ...roductively and to play the latest multiplayer games with your friends The PENTAGRAM horNET Giga PCI P6111 1 network interface card is based on the state of the art Realtek RTL8169SC chip which is a Fast Ethernet controller contained in a single highly integrated circuit The chip supports the ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface functionality for PCI cards to ensure efficient power manageme...

Page 6: ...t for high performance at low CPU load PCI 2 1 and PCI 2 2 compliance Automatic IRQ interrupt request and I O input output address configuration Technical specifications Data rate 10 Mbps 100 Mbps 1000 Mbps autonegotiation Transfer mode 10 100 Mbps half duplex full duplex autonegotiation 1000 Mbps duplex Standards supported IEEE 802 3 10Base T IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX IEEE 802 3ab 1000Base T IEEE 80...

Page 7: ...ly or disconnect the power cord from the computer 2 Open the computer s case 3 Select a vacant PCI slot Port appearance Port name PCI Express x16 AGP AGP Pro PCI 4 Insert the card gently into the selected PCI slot and then attach it to the chassis using a screw Retaining screw Network card PCI slots Mainboard 5 Attach the appropriate network cable to the connector on the network interface card 6 C...

Page 8: ...e driver 1 Insert the driver CD into the CD ROM drive 2 The setup wizard will be launched automatically If the CD ROM Autorun feature is disabled run Setup exe in the CD s root directory 3 Click Driver 4 The driver will be installed and the Driver Install Completed message will be displayed Validating the installation In order to validate the device installation click on the Start menu and select ...

Page 9: ... activity Designation Color Function 1000 ACT Green On 1000 Mbps connection Flashing Data transfer 10 100 ACT Orange On 100 Mbps connection Flashing Data transfer PING A method commonly used to verify correct network operation is to use the PING command which can be run from the command line interface In order to open the command line dialog under Windows 95 98 or Me open the Start menu select Run...

Page 10: ... 168 2 2 bytes 32 time 1 ms TTL 128 Ping statistics for 192 168 2 2 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost 0 0 loss Approximate round trip times in milliseconds Minimum 0ms Maximum 0ms Average 0ms The above messages show examples of results obtained by running PING Your results may vary although the differences should not be significant Packet round trips should be as short as possible however if the cabl...

Page 11: ... m 1 640 ft 10Base T Data rate 10 Mbps twisted pair cable maximum segment length 100 m 328 ft 10Broad 36 Data rate 10 Mbps coaxial cable maximum segment length 3 600 m 11 800 ft 10Base F Data rate 10 Mbps fiber optic cable maximum segment length 4 km 2 5 mi 100BaseTX Data rate 100 Mbps maximum segment length 100 m 328 ft 1000Base T Data rate 1000 Mbps maximum segment length 100 m 328 ft 100VG AnyL...

Page 12: ...ned for programmers who develop IBM LAN Server Microsoft LAN Manager and OS 2 local area networking software It establishes communications sessions between computers and manages the connections IPX IPX is a peer to peer networking protocol built into Novell NetWare Organizational units Workgroups Workgroups provide a simple method for organizing computers and users on a local area network into log...

Page 13: ...egment means a section of a cable which serves as a bus Signals broadcast within a segment reach every workstation connected to that segment Host A host is a device e g a computer or a printer to which a network address is assigned WINS WINS Windows Internet Name Service supports distinguishing between computer names by translating them to assigned IP addresses and performs a reverse process i e r...

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