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EtherFast ® Series 10/100 L A N Card Use this guide to install any LNE100TX-based Linksys product User Guide LNE100TX v4 test doc.qxd 3/22/00 4:11 PM Page 1.
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Linksys EtherFast Series T able of Contents Introduction 1 Getting to Know the EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card 3 Installing the EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card 4 Windows 98 Installation and Setup 7 Windows 95 Installation and Setup 16 Windows 2000 Installation and Setup 24 Windows NT 4.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Car ds Introduction The Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card F ast Ether net is a relativ el y ne w standard of netw orking built specif icall y for speed-intensi ve netw ork applications like video-conferencing, multimedia de velopment, imaging, and comple x databases.
Linksys EtherFast Series Package Contents for the EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card • One EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card(s) • One W ake-On-LAN wire (per card) • One 3.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards Getting to Know the EtherFast 10/100 L A N Card LEDs Link/Act The Link LED will illuminate when the card has been suc- cessfull y connected to a netw ork and flicker when data is being transmitted or recei ved o ver the netw ork.
Linksys EtherFast Series Installing the EtherFast 10/100 L A N Card Overview Each EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card is equipped with an RJ-45 por t that auto- maticall y adjusts to either 10Mbps or 100Mbps s.
5. Once y our EtherF ast EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card is f irml y in place , secure its fastening tab to your PC's chassis with a mounting scre w . 6. Replace y our PC's co v er . 7. Connect one end of a twisted-pair cab le to your PC at the EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card's RJ-45 por t.
Linksys EtherFast Series 9. Reconnect y our PC’ s po w er , then po w er on y our computer . Y our com- puter will automaticall y reco gnize the card and assign it a unique IRQ ("inter r upt") and I/O address. The card installation is complete.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 7 Windows 98 Installation & Setup Overview After ph ysicall y installing the EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card in your computer , follo w these instr uctions to install the netw ork dri ver .
Linksys EtherFast Series 4. Select "Search for the best dri ver for y our de vice (Recommended). ” Click Ne xt. 5. Select "Flopp y disk dri ves". Click Ne xt to continue. 6. A windo w will open sa ying that W indo ws is no w ready to install the Linksys LNE100TX F ast Ethernet Adapter driv er (seen on the next page).
• If your PC asks for the Linksys Setup or Driver Disk • If you are asked to supply your Windows 98 Installation Files or Disks • If you are asked for a file that includes “LNE100TX” in its name • If you receive a V ersion Conflict error 1.
Linksys EtherFast Series 10 8. W indo ws will f inish installing the software onto y our PC. Click Finish . 9. When asked if y ou w ant to restar t y our PC, remo ve the Dri ver Disk and click Ye s . If y ou are using the W indo ws CD-R OM, lea ve it in y our PC.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 11 Network Component Configuration 1. Once you are back at the W indo ws 98 desktop, click on your taskbar's Start button, then Settings , then Control P anel , and then double-click the Netw ork icon. 2. The Netw ork windo w will appear .
Linksys EtherFast Series 12 4. If you'd lik e others to be able to access the f iles on y our PC's hard dri ve, select I w ant to be ab le to giv e others access to m y f iles . 5. If you'd lik e to share your printer with other users on the netw ork, select I w ant to be ab le to allo w others to print to m y printer .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 13 8. Click on the Identif ication tab . T ype the name of your computer in the Computer Name box. Choose a name that is unique from the other com- puter names on the netw ork. 9. T ype the name of y our w or kgr oup in the W or kgr oup box.
Linksys EtherFast Series 14 11. Optional: Choose the Access Contr ol tab . Ensure that Shar ed-le v el access contr ol is selected. If the setting is on User -Lev el access contr ol and y ou can’ t change it, skip to problem 5 in the T roub leshooting section on page 46.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 14. A Lo gon windo w will appear , requiring you to enter a User name and P assw ord . Make up a user name and pass w ord (if you ha ven’ t already) and click OK . Do not click the Cancel button or Escape ke y . Clicking either of these buttons will pre vent y ou from lo gging into the netw ork.
Linksys EtherFast Series 16 Windows 95 Installation & Setup Overview After installing the EtherF ast hardware in y our computer , follo w these instr uctions for installing the netw ork driv er .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 17 Installing the Driver in Windows 95 V ersion B 1. While the Update De vice Driver W izar d windo w is visible (pre vious page), put the EtherF ast Card 10/100 LAN Card Dri v er Disk into your flopp y dri ve and click Ne xt .
4. When asked if y ou w ant to restar t y our PC, remo ve the Dri ver Disk and click Ye s . If y ou are using the W indo ws CD-R OM, lea ve it in y our PC. Y ou ma y need it later . 5. If W indo ws does not ask y ou to restar t y our PC, click the Start button, choose Shut Do wn , choose Restart , then click Ye s .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 19 Network Component Configuration 1. Once y ou are back at the W indo ws 95 desktop, click on your taskbar's Start button, then Settings , then Control P anel , and then doub le-click the Netw ork icon. 2. The Netw ork windo w will appear (next page).
Linksys EtherFast Series 20 3. Click on the Conf iguration tab, follo w ed b y the File and Print Sharing button. The F ile and Print Sharing windo w will appear . 4. If y ou'd like others to be ab le to access the f iles on your PC's hard dri ve, select I w ant to be ab le to giv e others access to m y f iles .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 21 8. Click on the Identif ication tab . The windo w on the next page will appear . T ype the name of y our computer in the Computer Name box. Choose a name that is unique from the other computer names on the net- w ork. 9.
Linksys EtherFast Series 11. Optional : Choose the Access Contr ol tab . Ensure that Shar ed-level access contr ol is selected. If the setting is on User -Lev el access control and y ou can’ t change it, skip to prob lem 5 in the T roubleshooting section on page 46.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 23 14. A Lo gon windo w will appear , requiring you to enter a username and pass- w ord. Make up a user name and pass w ord and click OK . Do not click the ESC or Cancel buttons, or y ou w on't be ab le to lo g onto the netw ork.
Linksys EtherFast Series Windows 2000 Installation & Setup Overview After ph ysicall y installing the EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card in y our computer , follo w these instr uctions to install the netw ork driv er .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 3. The Install Hardw ar e Device Drivers dialog bo x will appear . Wh e n Ethernet Contr oller is displa y ed , select “Sear ch f or a suita b le driver for your device (Recommended)” . Click Ne xt . 4. The Locate Driver F iles dialog bo x will appear .
Linksys EtherFast Series 5. When the F ound New Hardw ar e Wizard bo x appears , insert the Linksys EtherF ast 10/100 Driver Disk into your flopp y dri v e. In the “ Copy manu- factur er’ s f iles fr om “ f ield , type “ A:Win2000 ”. Click OK .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 7. The Completing the F ound New Hardw ar e Wizard dialog bo x will appear .The follo wing adapter name will be sho wn: Linksys LNE100TX F ast Ethernet Adapter (LNE100TX v4). Click Finish . 8. Remo ve the dri v er disk from the floppy dri ve.
Linksys EtherFast Series 28 Windows NT 4.0 Installation & Setup Overview The follo wing instr uctions will set up the EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card in a computer r unning NT 4.0 server/w orkstation. Y ou should hav e y our original W indo ws NT CD-R OM handy during the installation, as y ou might be asked to suppl y it.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 29 3. Click on the Select fr om list... button to select a netw ork adapter . 4. Click on the Ha ve Disk button. Insert the EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Car d Driver Disk into driv e A. T ype a: into the box on y our screen and hit OK .
Linksys EtherFast Series 30 6. The adapter will be added to the list of installed Netw ork Adapters. Click Ne xt . 7. Place check marks beside each listed netw ork protocol that you wish to install. See y our Microsoft W indo ws NT user guide or talk to y our netw ork administrator for more infor ma- tion about netw ork protocols.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 31 8. A list of ser vices will appear . Click Ne xt to appro v e these ser vices, fol- lo w ed by Ne xt again. 9. NT will probabl y ask y ou to suppl y y our original W indo ws NT CD-R OM or setup disks. If so, place y our W indo ws NT CD-R OM in your CD dri ve.
Linksys EtherFast Series 32 11. NT will cop y the necessary netw ork dri vers to y our PC. When the cop ying is complete, y ou will see a list of installed bindings. Change the bindings settings if needed and click Ne xt . Click Next again. 12. Choose either W orkgr oup or Domain , depending on the type of netw ork y ou're setting up.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 33 13. Click Finish . When asked if y ou w ant to restart your computer , remo v e the Dri ver Disk and click Ye s . 14. Once y our PC has rebooted and you are lo gged in, double-click the Netw ork Neighborhood icon on your desktop.
Linksys EtherFast Series Installing the EtherFast Network Driver if Networking is Already Installed The follo wing steps will install the EtherF ast Card’ s driv er softw are on your PC, enab ling your PC to properl y communicate with the card. Remember that y ou m ust be logg ed on as a netw or k administrator to contin ue .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 35 3. When the list of a v ailab le netw ork adapters appears, click the Ha ve Disk button. 4. Put the EtherF ast Card disk into driv e A. T ype a: into the box on y our screen and click OK . 5. Highlight the Linksys LNE100TX F ast Ethernet Adapter (LNE100TX v4) entr y in the windo w that appears.
Linksys EtherFast Series 6. When NT asks y ou for the media type. Choose the A utoSense option. When f inished , click on OK . Click Close . 7. NT will probab ly ask y ou to suppl y your original W indo ws NT CD-R OM or setup disks. Direct W indo ws NT to the proper location (most likel y D:i386 ).
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 10. Remo ve y our Dri ver Disk and CD-R OM and click Ye s to restar t y our PC. 11. Once y our PC has rebooted , double-click the Netw ork Neighborhood icon on y our desktop. Ensure that you ha ve access to the netw ork. If you do, y our card has been properly installed.
Linksys EtherFast Series Novell Client32 Setup for Windows 95 and 98 Overview Y ou must install No vell Client32 dri vers connecting to a 4.x or 5.0 ser v er while in W indo ws 95. If you ar e using W indows 98 , y ou must obtain the latest v ersion of Client32.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards The Client32 installation will be dif ferent, depending on the version of W indo ws that you are using. • If y ou are using W indo ws 98, click Next . Choose Sear ch f or the best driver f or your device (r ecommended) and click Ne xt again.
Linksys EtherFast Series 40 8. Doub le-click on No v ell NetW are Client32 and make an y setting changes as necessar y . When you're f inished , sav e y our changes and reboot. The Client32 driv ers ha v e been installed. Y ou should no w be ab le to access y our No vell NetW ar e netw ork thr ough the Netw ork Neighborhood icon.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards Novell NetWare Ser ver Setup Overview The EtherF ast Card netw ork dri ver will be automaticall y installed during all of the follo wing NetW are installation procedures. During the setup you ma y w ant to refer to your NetW are Installation Manual for help.
Linksys EtherFast Series 42 5. If the LAN dri ver is not located in the default directory , specify the f ile's path on the command line. The LO AD command prompts you for the con- f iguration parameters if they are not supplied on the command line.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 43 7. Add the LO AD and BIND statements to your server's A UT OEXEC.NCF f ile so that the LAN driv er loads automaticall y each time y our ser ver is star ted up. The loading and binding is complete . The serv er is r eady .
Linksys EtherFast Series 14. Highlight Sa v e P arameter s and Load Driv er . Press Enter . 15. Y our PC will examine the netw ork. This ma y take a fe w minutes. 16. Y ou ma y be prompted sev eral times for a netw ork on which to bind IPX to LNE100TX_1.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 45 Troubleshooting T roub leshooting hints for W indo ws can be found belo w . If y ou are using W indo ws NT , NetW are, or another netw ork operating system, skip to the Card Diagnostics instr uctions on page 49. T roubleshooting Hints for Windows 95 and 98 1.
Linksys EtherFast Series 46 5. On the Access Control T ab , User Level Access is selected, but Shared Level Access is grayed out and not accessible . • Y ou pre viousl y had y our primar y netw ork logon set to Client f or NetW ar e Networ ks .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 47 10. In Network Neighborhood you can only see computers running the same operating system as your computer (i.e ., your PC is running Windows 95 and it can only see other Windows 95 computers and not any computer running Windows 98).
Linksys EtherFast Series 48 • Click on the IRQ Steering tab . Remo ve the check from Use IRQ Holder and click OK . W indo ws will ask y ou to restar t the PC (if it doesn’ t ask y ou, then reboot the PC manually). • After the computer boots up, W indo ws will tr y to re-detect the PCI Steering.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards Running the Card’ s Diagnostics If y ou suspect that there ma y be a prob lem with the F ast Ether net Card , or if y ou need to identify the card’ s MA C address, you can use the DIA G diagnos- tic pro g ram on the EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card Driv er Disk.
Linksys EtherFast Series 50 Appendix Sharing Y our Files and Printers Overview By sharing y our f iles and printers, other PCs on y our netw ork will be able to access the resources on y our PC. Before sharing y our f iles and printers, you should prepare y our computer to be used with an y f ile ser vers that ma y be on the netw ork.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 51 6. If y ou want to assign access pass w ords, type the passw ords into the Pass w ord box es. 7. When y ou're done, click on the A pply button, follo w ed b y OK . Repeat steps 1-7 for an y dri ve or folder y ou desire to share on the netw ork.
Linksys EtherFast Series 52 Installing the Driver in Windows 95 V ersion A 1. W indo ws 95 will detect the EtherF ast card and displa y a New Har dwar e F ound windo w . 2. Slide the EtherF ast Card Driv er Disk into driv e A. 3. Select Driver fr om disk pr o vided by har dwar e manufactur er , then click OK .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 53 Novell NetW ar e 3.x Client Setup for Windows 98 or 95 The instr uctions belo w explain ho w to set up the regular No vell NetW are 3.x client for use on a W indo ws 98 or 95 PC. If y ou are installing NetW are’ s Client32 softw are instead , follo w the instr uctions on page 38.
Linksys EtherFast Series 54 Windows 98 or 95 Client for Windows NT If y ou are installing the EtherF ast 10/100 Card in a W indo ws 95 or 98 PC that y ou plan on lo gging into a NT domain ser ver , follo w the directions belo w . 1. F ollo w the W indo ws 95 setup instructions or the W indo ws 98 setup instr uctions 2.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 55 Starting Over in Windows 95, 98 or 2000 If y ou experience installation dif f iculties, you ma y need to re-install all of the W indo ws netw orking components from scratch.
Linksys EtherFast Series 56 4. Remo ve an y instance of the name Linksys in the bo x. This includes IPX/SPX…Linksys , NetBEUI…Linksys , and TCP/IP…Linksys . Also remo v e Client for Micr osoft Networ ks , Client f or NetW ar e Networ ks , and F ile and Printer Sharing for Micr osoft Networ ks .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 57 6. When y ou are done remo ving all the unnecessar y components, click OK . When asked to restart, click No . 7. Retur n to the W indo ws Control P anel. Double-click on the System Icon. The System Proper ties windo w will appear .
Linksys EtherFast Series Starting Over in Windows 2000 1. Click the Star t button, choose Settings, choose Control P anel, then dou- b le-click the System icon.The System Proper ties windo w will open. 2. Choose the Hardw are tab . 3. Click the De vice Manager button.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 5. Right-click on LNE100TX F ast Ether net Adapter . A menu box should open (belo w). 6. F irst, choose Disable. 7. When asked if y ou w ant to Disab le the device, click Y es. 8. Right-click on the LNE100TX F ast Ether net Adapter again.
Linksys EtherFast Series 60 Manually Installing the Network Components in Windows 95 & 98 There ma y be times w hen y ou might need to manually install missing W indo ws netw orking components. 1. Click on Start , Settings , then Contr ol P anel .
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol Click on the Add button. Choose Pr otocol and click on the Add button. Select Manufactur er and choose Microsoft . Under the Netw ork Protocol bo x, highlight IPX/SPX-compatib le pr otocol . Click OK .
Linksys EtherFast Series 62 N N o o t t e e : : Some PME-sup- porting motherboards may not requir e the WOL wire to be con- nected. Check your PC’ s documentation for more information. Installing and Configuring W ake-On-LAN Overview Onl y install the W ake-On-LAN wires if y our motherboard supports remote w ake-up e v ents.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 63 Setting Up Y our EtherFast LAN Card for W ake-On- LAN Use 1. T urn off y our PC and remo ve the po w er cab le from the w all. Use the picture belo w to locate w here the W OL wire plugs into your EtherF ast LAN Card. 2.
Linksys EtherFast Series 64 Sending a Magic Packet In order to use W OL you need to kno w the MA C address of the card you wish to “w ake”. If y ou don’ t kno w the MA C address of the PC you are on, tur n to page 49 to learn ho w to r un the EtherF ast Card’ s diagnostic program.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 65 About Plug-and-Play PCI T echnology The EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card is designed to r un in a 32-bit desktop com- puter equipped with PCI expansion slots.
Linksys EtherFast Series 66 No Changes Allowed Y our PC ma y not allo w y ou to change the IRQ v alue(s) of the PCI slot(s). In this case, y ou will ONL Y be able to use the IRQ and I/O v alues that ha v e been pre-assigned to each slot. The popular BIOS from Phoenix, for example, does not generall y allo w you to modify BIOS-assigned IRQ settings.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 67 T wisted-Pair Cabling There are dif ferent g rades, or categories, of twisted-pair cab ling. Categor y 5 is the most reliab le and is highly recommended. Cate gory 3 is a good second choice. Straight-through cab les are used for connecting computers to a hub .
Linksys EtherFast Series 68 • • S S t t r r a a i i g g h h t t - - T T h h r r o o u u g g h h C C a a b b l l i i n n g g • • C C r r o o s s s s - - O O v v e e r r C C a a b b l l i i n n g g Crimping Y our Own Network Cables LNE100TX v4 test doc.
EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Cards 69 Specifications Model Numbers: LNE100TX v4 LNE100TXu v4 (LAN Card & Cable) LNE10005 v4 (LAN Card 5-Pack LNE10010 v4 (LAN Card 10-Pack) LNE10020 v4 (LAN Card 20-Pack) LNE10060 v4 (LAN Card 60-Pack) LNE100A0 v4 (LAN Card 100-Pack) System: PCI 2.
Linksys EtherFast Series 70 Customer Support F or help with the installation or operation of your EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card , contact Linksys Customer Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses belo w . Customer Support 800-326-7114 949-261-1288 Fa x 949-261-8868 Email suppor t@linksys.
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