Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ALN-201 Acer
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ALN-201 Series PCI Ethernet Adapter Card User Guide P/N 49.80316.001.
Federal Communications Commission Frequency Interference Statement This equipment generates, uses and radiate radio frequency energy. If not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause interference to radio communications.
There is one LED on the bracket to indicate the link status. LED color : Green LED “ ON ” : the 10Base-T link connection is successful. LED “ OFF ” : the 10Base-T link is NOT successful Remote boot ROM socket: their is a ROM socket on this adapter card to support remote boot ROM.
3. Connecting Network Cables Connecting a Twisted-Pair Cable Insert one end of the twisted-pair cable into the RJ-45 connector on this adapter card. Orient the cable terminal jack correctly and push it into the connector until you hear a click.
The program file “ ACERSET.EXE ” in driver diskette can be run to do the above configurations & the diagnostics of this adapter card. 5. Network Drivers The driver diskette contains all the software driver programs supported by the adapter. The drivers for different network operating systems are found in separate sub-directories.
6. Specifications Item Specification System Interface PCI local bus I/O address Automatically configured by the system Interrupt channel BIOS setting Boot ROM address BIOS setting Boot ROM size 16Kbyte Buffer size 16Kbyte packet buffer Power requirement 5W at +5V Transmission protocol IEEE 802.
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