Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product FE2500 Abocom
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CardBus 10/100 Ethernet PC Card Adapter Quick Installation Guide.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION This chapter describ es how to install the Card Bus 10/100M dual-speed PC Card in y our notebook computer and connect it to netw ork. It’s referred to “the PC Card” in this manual. The PC Card could be connected to eit her 100Mbps Fast Ethernet or 10Mbps Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair (UTP) calbe.
- 2 - Removing the CardBus Du al-S peed PC Card It’s quite different for various comput er mechanical designs. Please refer to the PC Card removal instruct ion in the document for your notebook computer.
LED Indicators Activity: Blinks green wh en transmitting/ receiving data. 10/100Mbps: off /on Link: Glows green when linked to a local network net. - 3 -.
- 4 - SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Windows 95 Inst allation 1. Assumed the drivers of PC C ard slot are well installed. The System Icon in the Control Panel can report on its fu nctionality. Apart from the above ment ioned, any questions on thi s layer need to be t aken up with the computer's m anufacturer.
2. Insert the PC Card into the slot. In New Hardware Found dialog box, select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer . 3. Windows will prompt a ADD NEW HARDWARE WIZARD dialog box, then press Next. 4. Then Windows will prompt a ADD NEW HARDWARE WIZARD dialog box.
6. For the first time installation, please click Network icon in Control Panel to add Protocols, Client and Service if you needed. 7. Reboot the machine and the card will be fully functional. Window s 2000 Installation 1. Assumed that the drivers of PC Card slot are well installed.
4. Then W indows will prompt a Install Hardware Device Drivers dialog box. In this time, select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommanded) and press Next . 5. Windows will prompt a Locate Driver Files dialog box. In this tim e, select Floppy disk drives and please insert driver diskette.
detect the new device. Select Specify the Location of the driver… and click Next . 2. Insert the device driver disk into the floppy disk drive on your system .
4. Windows will copy the appropriate driver to your system . If Windows ME asks you to supply your original Windows ME installation CD-ROM, load it on the CD- ROM drive. 5. Click Finish to complete the software installation. Windows XP Inst allation 1.
- 10 - 2. Insert the device Driver Disk into the floppy disk drive of your syst em. Select Search for the removable media… and click Next. 3. Windows will start searching for the appropriate dr iver for the installation. When the screen appears as below, click Continue Anyway to proceed.
- 11 - 4. Wait for seconds while Windows copies the appropriate driver to your sy stem. 5. Click Finish. The software installation for this network device is now com pleted.
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