Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product FastNIC 10/100 10574-MT-0102 Matrox
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Matrox FastNIC 10/ 100 Single Port F ast Ether net 10 0BaseTX NIC PCI N etwor k Int erf ace Card Installation Gu ide 10574 -MT -0102 The Matrox Fast NIC 10 /10 0 is a high-pe rformance F a st Ethe rnet adap ter card, ideal for t ypical and “power user” PC wo rkst ations.
4. Ca refully in sert the F astNIC card into the PCI expansion slo t as shown in the follow ing d iagram: 5. Sec ure the F astNIC card in place with the bolt t hat previo usly held the bla nk panel y ou remo ved previo usl y . 6. R eplace the cov er of the PC.
• SCO UNIX NOT E: Installat ion in str uction s for Windows 95, Windows N T , and Novell NetWare (DOS c lient) are pro vided below . For other netwo rk opera ting systems, ple ase consult t he docu ment ation t hat came wit h th e net work operating sys tem f or infor mation on h ow to in stall and config ure client PC drive rs.
3. Click on th e Have Di sk but ton : 4. In sert the driver d iskette in to the PC’s flop py dri ve. Specif y the direct ory a:win 95 and click OK: 5.
Windows NT T o install the sof tware driver for the Windows NT operat ing s ystem, p lease perfor m the following ste ps: 1. Double-click o n the following icon s: 2.
4. In sert the driver d iskette in to the PC’s flop py dri ve. Specif y the direct ory a:win nt and click OK: 5. By default, t he F ast NIC is config ured for Au toDete ct mod e.
F Understanding the Status Lights G Trouble shooting A diagnos tic ut ility is supp lied with t he F ast NIC t o assist y ou with troubl eshoot ing. Diagnost ic Utilit y Please t est t he F ast NIC be fore yo u call T echnical Support .
S OLUT ION #2: The device may req uire a cr oss-over or st raig ht-t hrou gh wir e in order to connect to th e ot her d evice. Refer t o the inst ruct ions con tained in se ction D to d etermin e which ki nd of wire to use in o rder to conn ect a spe cific type of device.
I Specifications Standard IEEE802.3/802.3u 10BaseT/100BaseTX Bus Interface 32 bit bus master Hardware Interrupts PCI INT A Base I/O Ad dresses Assigned by BIOS Cable Conn ections RJ-45 (10BaseT) UTP C ategory 3 and higher . RJ-45 (100BaseTX) UTP Category 5.
J Regulatory Compliance FCC Compliance Statement W arnin g Cha nge s or mod ifi cations to this u nit not e xpre ssly appr oved by the par ty responsible for the c ompliance could void t he user’s authority to operat e this equipment.
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