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RealPort

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Ethernet 10/100

User’s Guide

Summary of Contents for RE-100

Page 1: ...RealPortTM Ethernet 10 100 User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...ch license 1998 Xircom Inc All rights reserved Neither this publication nor any part of this publication may be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without the prior written permission of Xircom Xircom is a registered trademark and RealPort is a trademark of Xircom Inc Some of the product names herein have been used for identifica t...

Page 3: ... Disk for additional information After installation this file can be accessed from the Xircom program group as 16 bit Ethernet 10 100 Help Docs Windows 3 x Installation Utility For Windows 3 x environments run the Installation Program SETUP EXE from the Xircom Windows 3 x Installation Disk For additional configuration information see the Windows Help file HELPDOCS HLP on the Xircom Windows 95 98 a...

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Page 5: ...etWare server Driver Installation and Configuration For Windows 95 98 and NT software installation instruc tions see Chapters 2 and 3 in this User s Guide and the Help file HELPDOCS HLP on the Windows 95 98 and NT Installation Disk After installation select Xircom 16 bit Ethernet 10 100 Help Docs from the Xircom program group For Windows 3 x run the Xircom Installation Program SETUP EXE from the W...

Page 6: ...e RealPort Ethernet 10 100 Since the RealPort Ethernet 10 100 automatically detects the speed of the network to which it is connected it may be safely connected to either a 100Base TX or 10Base T network For connection to a 100Base TX 100Mbps Ethernet network a Category 5 data grade unshielded twisted pair UTP network cable terminating in a male RJ 45 connector and connected to a 100Mbps hub or sw...

Page 7: ...Hardware Installation 1 3 LAN ACTIVITY YELLOW PC CARD TYPE III OR DUAL TYPE II SLOT LAN LINK ORANGE 100Mbps GREEN 10Mbps Inserting the RealPort Integrated PC Card Connecting to the LAN RJ 45 RJ 45 ...

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Page 9: ...lPort Integrated PC Card and displays Update Device Driver Wizard Windows 95 Version 950 950a Computer detects RealPort Integrated PC Card and displays Xircom 16 bit Ethernet 10 100 Select Disk provided by hardware manufacturer click OK 3 Insert the Xircom Windows 95 98 and NT Installation Disk and follow the prompts to complete the installation 4 After files are copied from the Xircom disk Window...

Page 10: ...nable the PCMCIA Socket control ler go to Control Panel and double click the PC Card PCMCIA icon Follow the PC Card Socket Wizard instructions When prompted to do so shut down the computer using the Windows Start Shut Down procedure turn it OFF then turn it back ON after a few seconds DO NOT use Ctrl Alt Del or the reset button to restart the computer An exclamation mark on a device usually indica...

Page 11: ...ivers which typically load in the C0000 C7FFF range This varies from computer to computer The memory range identified for the Xircom card is any block in the C0000 E7FFF range On many computers use of the range D0000 DFFFF is optimal Be aware that not all blocks of memory are available Failure to access to network resources may be due to Win dows network configuration issues 1 In Control Panel dou...

Page 12: ...details Windows 95 and 98 Driver Parameters CE3 SYS NDIS3 Settings CE3 SYS is an NDIS3 driver It conforms to the Microsoft Network Driver Interface Specification NDIS CE3 SYS is installed by default For NDIS4 instructions see the README file on the Xircom Windows 95 98 and NT Installation Disk The files necessary for using CE3 SYS with Windows 95 and 98 include NETCE3 INF Xircom install file for W...

Page 13: ...ed by specifying a value for NetworkAddress such as 0080C7112233 If the user does NOT specify a NetworkAddress then the CE3 SYS driver uses the network node address contained in the RealPort Ethernet 10 100 Card Information Structure There are parameters in the Windows registry which specify the configuration of the RealPort Ethernet 10 100 hardware to the CE3 SYS driver Many of these parameters c...

Page 14: ...lows Keyword Default Valid Values DEVICEVXDS CE3 SYS DEVLOADER NDIS DIRECTENABLE 0 0 1 DRIVERDESC XIRCOM 16 BIT ETHERNET 10 100 EARLYTRANSMIT 1 0 1 ENUMPROPPAGES NETDI DLL ENUMPROPPAGES FULLDUPLEX 0 0 1 INFPATH NETCE3 INF INTERRUPTNUMBER 04 00 00 00 IOBASEADDRESS 02 00 00 00 LINESPEED 0 0 2 LINKINTEGRITY 1 0 1 MEMORYBASEADDRESS 01 00 00 00 MODE 0 0 1 NETWORKADDRESS PLATFORMTYPE 1 1 TRANSMITBUFFERS...

Page 15: ...Installation Use the following procedure to install the network driver 3 Shut off power to the computer power down 4 Insert the RealPort Ethernet 10 100 into the PC Card slot 5 Power up the computer 6 Select Network from the Control Panel 7 Select the Adapters tab and click Add 8 On the Select Network Adapters screen click Have Disk Insert the Xircom Windows 95 98 and NT Installation Disk and veri...

Page 16: ...ly cause of these symptoms is a resource conflict between the Xircom card and another hardware device Interrupt conflicts are the most common Open the Event Viewer to review errors encountered during the boot process Start Programs Administrative Tools Event Viewer Double click the bottom error message to start reviewing Identification of the device or service that failed to start may help in pinp...

Page 17: ...ce packs have been applied on Version 4 0 Build 1381 service pack X is displayed Or service pack level 1 2 3 or 4 will display Service Packs integrate software upgrades to your current system and are available from Microsoft 4 Select the Resources tab By default the IRQ levels in use are displayed Verify that the IRQ assigned to the Xircom card is not in use by any other device This list is not in...

Page 18: ...rect settings can result in undesirable changes to the configuration of Windows NT Consult Xircom Customer Support for assis tance if you find it necessary to modify the registry The files necessary for using CE3 SYS include CE3 DLL Xircom CE3 installation DLL OEMSETNT INF Xircom installation file for Microsoft Windows NT CE3 SYS Xircom NDIS3 driver for Microsoft Windows NT There are user configur...

Page 19: ...ry and adding the parameter NetworkAddress with a hexadecimal string value such as 0080C7112233 If the user does NOT specify a NetworkAddress then the CE3 SYS driver uses the network node address contained in the RealPort Ethernet 10 100 Card Information Structure There are parameters in the Windows NT registry which specify the configuration of the RealPort Ethernet 10 100 hardware to the CE3 SYS...

Page 20: ...X5 3 4 5 7 A B F IOBASEADDRESS 0X320 0X200 0X3D0 IOLENGTH 0XF LINESPEED 0 0 2 LINKINTEGRITY 0X1 0 1 MEMORYMAPPEDBASEADDRESS 0XD5000 A1000 FF000 MEMORYMAPPEDSIZE 0X1000 MODE 0 0 1 NETWORKADDRESS PCCARDATTRIBUTEMEMORYADDRESS 0XD4000 A0000 FE000 PCCARDATTRIBUTEMEMORYOFFSET 0 PCCARDATTRIBUTEMEMORYSIZE 0X1000 PCCARDMEMORYWINDOWOFFSET 0 PCMCIA 1 0 1 TRANSMITBUFFERSIZE 0X1C00 0X0400 0X1E800 ...

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Page 24: ...net IEEE 802 3 for 10Mbps 802 3u for 100Mbps Type III PC Card 10Mbps full and half duplex 100Mbps half duplex Size 86 0 mm x 54 0 mm x 10 5 mm 3 37 in x 2 13 in x 0 413 in Weight 36 g 1 3 oz Power Requirements 10Base T 5V DC 270 mA idle 280 mA active 100Base TX 5V DC 315 mA idle 320 mA active Temperature Range Operating 32 F to 149 F 0 C to 65 C Storage 4 F to 185 F 20 C to 85 C Humidity 95 max no...

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Page 28: ... 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 interference to radio or television reception which c...

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