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HomePNA PCI Adapter 

User’s Manual 

Summary of Contents for HomePNA PCI Adapter

Page 1: ...HomePNA PCI Adapter User s Manual ...

Page 2: ... 2 HomePNA PCI adapter Installation Procedures 5 I Checklist II System Requirements III Installation Steps A Hardware Installation 6 B Software Driver Installation 9 3 HomePNA Operations 13 Setting Up the Protocols 14 Sharing the Same Internet Account Number 16 Setting Up Files and Printer Sharing Services 17 ...

Page 3: ...rk with an Ethernet switch hub or special hardware At the same time these PCs can Ÿ Share a single Internet dial up account Ÿ Share printers modems hard disks CD ROM drives or other computer peripheral devices Ÿ Exchange files Ÿ Play Internet games HomePNA can be quickly installed and is easy to use You can get Internet access from any place with a phone jack and you never need to worry about wiri...

Page 4: ...nd time consuming problem of using RJ 45 area networking wiring and preserves the original beauty of the building or house Ÿ Transfers data at up to 1Mbps which is 18 times faster than a 56K modem Ÿ Compatible with Windows95 98 ME 2000 XP NT4 0 Operating Systems Ÿ Has less distance restriction 500 ft or 160 m than regular Ethernet 100 m Ÿ Can simultaneously run phone line communication voice servi...

Page 5: ... Ÿ Speed 1Mbps RJ 11 phone line Ÿ Cabling Standard Copper RJ 11 Ÿ LED Indicator Link Activity Ÿ Power Consumption 5W max Ÿ Operating Temperature 0 50O C Ÿ Storage Temperature 25 70O C Ÿ Humidity 10 90 non condensing Ÿ Safety FCC DoC CE EMC VCCI AS NIS Ÿ Dimensions 136 mm 120 mm 21 7 mm Ÿ Net Weight approx 0 06 kg ...

Page 6: ...rating System at least WIN95B edition Ÿ 8 MB RAM recommend 16 MB RAM Ÿ Floppy Drive III Installation Steps Before installation you need to check the following Ÿ Windows 98 Installed Disk Driver During installation the computer will ask to insert Window 98 installed disk driver Ÿ Printer Make sure that you verify the normal operations of the printer with HomePNA Ÿ PCs which will share the same Inte...

Page 7: ...pter board with the screws from the rear side of the PC board 6 Put back the PC case cover 7 Connect one end of the phone cable to the phone jack and the other end to the LINE port of the HomePNA PCI adapter 8 Turn on your PC and other peripherals If there are two or more telephone numbers in your office or home make sure to confirm that all the PCs which are to be networked in the LAN are connect...

Page 8: ...7 There should be a phone jack near each PC HomePNA Phone Jack Phone Computer PCI adapter If there are several PCs sharing one phone jack ...

Page 9: ...SB HPNA PCI HPNA PCI HPNA PCI HPNA USB HPNA PCI HPNA PCI HPNA PCI HPNA USB HPNA USB HomePNA USB Interface HPNA PCI HomePNA PCI Interface ISP Networks between Buildings setup diagram C O Each user bandwidth up to 1000K MDF ...

Page 10: ...onto the mainboard of the PC Once you turn on the PC a dialogue box will appear on the screen notifying you that the PC has detected the new hardware Simply insert the Windows diskette and the Software Driver diskette into the PC s drivers The installation steps are as follows Figure 1 Figure 2 1 Press next 2 Select search for the best driver for your device and press Next ...

Page 11: ...gure 4 Figure 5 3 Select Specify a location to search for the software driver type in destination path 4 When the PC detects the needed driver software press Next 5 Wait while the PC is installing the software driver ...

Page 12: ...of duplicate file source then press OK 6 Insert the Windows 98 diskette in the disk drive then press OK 8 Type in path example A 9598 Win9598 in the blank space of duplicate file source then press OK 9 Your HomePNA PCI adapter board installation is now completed press Finish ...

Page 13: ...12 Figure 10 Congratulations You have successfully installed the HomePNA PCI adapter 10 Press yes to allow the system restart PC ...

Page 14: ...s software We will show you Sharing the Printer How you can let your HomePNA local area network system LAN share one printer Transferring the Files How you can you transfer data files within your HomePNA local area system Sharing the Internet Account Number How you can let your HomePNA area local network system share one Internet account number HomePNA LAN ...

Page 15: ...ove functions are set up you must first set up the communications protocol Begin by selecting the start setup controller command and double click network You will enter into a dialogue box 1 Press add Figure 1 2 Double click protocol Figure 2 ...

Page 16: ...otocol NetBEUI then press OK Figure 3 4 The figure on the left hand side shows the just installed NetBEUI protocol Figure 4 Before you press OK read the section on the next page about Setting Up Files and Printer Sharing Services ...

Page 17: ...important step to set up the files and printer sharing services The setup procedures are as following 1 In the dialogue frame select Files and Printer Sharing Figure 1 2 Check on both block spaces then press OK Figure 2 When you return to the screen shown in figure 1 press OK to complete the setup ...

Page 18: ...ver is turned on or if an external modem is used the modem should be turned on 3 Any one of the PCs among the HomePNA LAN must have been installed with an Internet browser such as Netscape Navigator Communicator or IE5 0 etc After completing the above three verifications all you need to do is start the browser or the e mail sending receiving software You then can use the HomePNA LAN to browse the ...

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