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CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet PC Card User Manual Doc. No.: 052902-01.
REGULATORY STATEMENTS FCC Certification The United States Federal Com munication Com mission (F CC) and the Canadian Department of Communications have established certain rules governing the use of modem s and other electronic equipment. FCC Part 15 Registration This device com plies with Part 15 of FCC rules.
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................. 1 System Requirements ................................... 1 Operating Systems & Software Support ...... 1 INTRODUCTION TO CARDBUS .................. 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION .
INTRODUCTION System Requirements An IBM com patible notebook com puter with 486 or faster processor with C ardBus supported socket. Drivers and utilities pro vided with this product. PCMCIA PC Card compliant Card Services and Socket Services.
INTRODUCTION TO CARDBUS Cardbus is the next generation 32-bi t version issued by PCMCIA PC Card standard. In addition to support a wider bus (32 bit s instead of 16 bits), CardBus also supports bus m astering and operation speeds up to 33 MHz.
Due to variant desi gn of notebook computers, some models implement a setting in the Computer’s BIOS t o switch between Cardbus and 16-bit PC Card modes. You coul d consult the User’s Guide of your notebook and properly set on the CardBus or Auto_Detect mode.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Inserting the CardBus Dual-Speed PC Card 1. Hold the CardBus PC Card with wid e connector toward the slot and the brand label facing upward.
Connecting to the Netw ork Connect RJ-45 port of the CardB us 10/100 Ethernet PC Card Adapter to th e Category 5 Network cable before loading any net work driver. For operation in the 100Mbps (100Base-TX) Ethernet network, a Category 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable shoul d be used to connect between the RJ-45 port and 100Mbps hub/switch.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Windows 95 Installation (OSR2) 1. Boot up comput er to Windows 95. Make sure the CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet PC Card is well connected to the CardBus Socket. 2. Click Next in the Update Device Driver Wizard Windows . 3. Click Others Locations to select an installation driver manually.
5. Insert the origi nal Windows 95 CD/disks to reset the system as requested. 6. Fo r the first installation, please select Network in the Control Panel window to add Protocols, Client and Service if needed. 7. Restart the system to activate the card.
4. Insert the installation disk or CD into th e chosen drive (a floppy drive or a CD-ROM drive) and select the location where you load the device driver. Click Next to start the search. The driver will be installed automatically. 5. Click Next to co ntinue when the suitable driver for the device selected.
6. Insert the origi nal Windows 98 CD/disks to reset the system as requested. Click OK to continue. 7. Follow on-screen instru ction to complete installation.
8. Click Yes to restart the syst em to activate the card. Windows 2000 Installation 1. When the CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet PC Card is well connected to the CardBus Socket, the system will automatically detect the card and ask for the necessary device driver.
3. Insert the installation disk or CD into th e chosen drive (a floppy drive or a CD-ROM drive) and select the location where you load the device driver. Click Next to start the search. 4. Click Next to continue when the appropriate driver for the device is selected.
5. Click Yes in the Digital Signature Not Found window to continue. 6. Click Finish to complete installation. - 12 -.
Window ME Installation 1. Once the CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet PC Card is well connected to th e CardBus Socket, Windows ME will automatically detect the card and ask for the device driver. 2. Select Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended) and click Next to continue .
4. Click Next to co ntinue when the appropriate driver for the device is selected. 5. Windows Me will copy the appropriate driver to yo ur system. Insert the original Windows ME CD/disks into the chosen drive to reset the system if Windows Me system requests y ou to do.
2. Insert the installation disk o r CD into the chosen drive (a floppy drive or a CD-R OM drive) and select the location where you load the device driver and Select Search for the removable media (floppy, CD-ROM…) and cl ick Next to start the search.
3. Windows will start searching for the appropriate in stallation driver. W hen the screen instruction appears as below, click Continue Anyway to proceed. 4. Wait for seconds while Windows copi es the appropriate driver to your sy stem. 5. Click Finish to complete the installatio n.
Novell NetWare Installation 1. At the DOS prompt type Start under the path NETWARE . 2. The installation pr ogram will automatically proceed. 3. Follow Novell' s instructions on usi ng ODI programs. 4. Enter login at the Netware login prom pt, e.
SPECIFICATIONS Netw ork Interface Specifications: 10Mbps Ethernet: IEEE 802.3 standard for 10BaseT baseband CSMA/CD local area network. 100Mbps Ethernet: IEEE 802.3u standard for 100Base-TX baseband CSMA/CD local area network. 20/200 Mbps full dupl ex support Autonegotiation bet ween all four-operation modes.
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