Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ENW-3700 Planet Technology
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1 CardBus G i gabit Ethernet Adapter EN W -3700 User ’ s Manual.
2 Co p y right Copyright ã 2005 by PLANE T T echnology Corp. A ll righ t s reserved. No part of t his publication ma y be reproduced, t r ansmi t ted , transc r ibed, stored in a ret r ieval system ,.
3 T able of Con t en t s C H A P T ER 1 IN T RODUC T IO N ............................................................................................ .1 1.1 P ACKAGE C ONTENT ...........................................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction W i t h Gigabit technolog y , PLANE T E N W -3700 provides t he most convenient w ay to po w er up the net w ork speed of notebooks and laptops w ith t he least e ff or t s and cos t s . Using E N W -3 700, you can send and r eceive da t a a t speeds up to ten times of 100 M bps net w ork and 100 times o f 802.
2 1.3 Gathering Tools And Doc u mentations T o ins t all the adapte r , you need the f ollo w ing items: ü Y our operating system documen t a t ion ü Y our system unit documen t ation, including any service documen t ation 1.
3 Chapter 2 Hardware I nstallation 1. Locate an available CardBus P C M CI A slot w ith the PC M CI A adap t er's 68-pin connecto r . 2. Let E N W - 3700 f ace to PC M C I A slot and t he LEDs facing up. Plug the PC Card completely into the PC M CI A slot.
4 Chapter 3 Driver Installation This chapter desc r ibes ho w to ins t all t he driver f or various operating systems. Be f ore you begin th e driver ins t allation process , make sure you have t he ins t allation disks fo r you r computer ’ s opera t ion system nea r b y .
5 2. Please select the fi r st option and click “ Ne xt ” to continue. 3. Select “ S pecify a location ” and click “ Ne xt ” . 4. Inser t the bundled CD-RO M i nto your CD-RO M drive and click “ Bro w se ” t o find t he d r ive r location.
6 5. Please click “ Ne xt ” to continue. 6. In W in2000, t his “ Digi t al Signa t ure Not Found ” dialog bo x w ill appea r . Please igno r e this an d press ” Y es ” to con t inue.
7 7. Please click “ Finish ” t o complete the driver ins t allation. (For W in98/ M e, W indo w s w ill ask you to r es t art the PC w hen driver ins t allation finished. ) 3.2 Installing D river To Wind o ws XP 1. A f ter inser t ing E N W - 3700 to y our PC and boot up, W indo w s XP w ill detect it and ask you to ins t all drive r .
8 2. Please select “ Include this location in t he search ” . Insert t he bundled CD-RO M into you r CD-RO M drive and click “ B r o w se ” to find out the driver location to ins t all. ( A ssume "E" is your CD-RO M drive, the drive r can be f ound in E : Driver W i nX P).
9 4. Click “ Finish ” to complete t he driver ins t alla t ion ..
10 Chapter 4 Diagnostic Utility 4.1 Installation 1. Pl e ase f ind ou t th e diag n ostic u t ili t y i n th e b u ndled CD-ROM, sup p ose y our C D- R OM drive na m e in W indo w s is “ E ” , y o u can f ind t h e t w o utilities in “ E:U t ili t y ” , Ins t a ll 98 Se.
1 1 m enu w i t h t h e f oll o wing it em s: (1) Re f resh NIC L ist: I f one adds, re m oves, en a bles, or disa b les p h y sic a l ne t wor k adapters, he ha s to re f resh the list o f NICs b y s electi n g t h is m enu ite m . (2) Sh o w/Re m ove t he T r a y Icon: One can s ho w or re m ove t he s y ste m tr a y icon b y t his m enu ite m .
12 4.2. 6 Proper t y Pa g e Window: - T his win do w d ispl a y t h e p roper t y p a g e selected b y u s e r . - Functi o ns o f each pr o per t y p a ge: (1) "Gene r al" T his p age d ispl a y s ge n eral in f or m ation ab o ut t he s e le c ted n e t w or k ada p te r .
13 Chapter 5 Specificatio n s 5.1 Cab l e Spec i fications Ethernet T y pe Cable Requiremen t s Max i mum Length 10BASE-T Category 3 or be t ter, UTP or S TP 328 ft (100 M) 100BASE-T X Category 5 or b.
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