Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto 10/100M 32bit Fast Ethernet PC card del fabbricante LevelOne
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LevelOne 10/100M 32bit Fast Ethernet PC card user’s manual Version 1.2.
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Regulatory compliance This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual ii Table of contents Regulatory compliance ...................................................................................... i About this m anual .....................................................
Preface iii Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 .......................................................38 Netware 3.X/4.X client .....................................................................................39 Microsoft LAN Manager ..........
4 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card . This high - speed LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card co m plies with the CardBus standard and uses a female RJ - 45 adapter to connect to the ne t work.
Hardware installation 5 Chapter 2 Hardware installation This chapter covers inserting your LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card in the notebook’s CardBus slot, and co n necting the card to a network. What’s in the package Please ensure that the following items are included in y our pac k age.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 6 Please take note that the hardkey of a CardBus card is different from that of the traditional 16 - bit PCMCIA card. This mechanism can protect the 3.3V CardBus card from mis - insertion to 5V 16 - bit PCMCIA slot.
Hardware installation 7 Follow the procedure below to install the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card. 1. With the card’s 68 - pin connector facing the notebook’s CardBus slots, slide the card all the way into an empty slot. Do not force the connection! 2.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 8 Status LEDs The following illustration shows the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card LEDs: The following table describes the meaning of the LEDs: LED MEANING 10/100M Indicates the connection speed.
Hardware installation 9 Ejecting the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card After you have disconnected the RJ - 45 connectors, y ou can eject the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card from the notebook’s PC Card slot. Note! In Win 95/98/2000/ME operating systems, you do not have to power down the notebook to remove the card.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 10 N N O O T T E E S S.
11 Chapter 3 D river installation for Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT The following sections cover LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card driver installation in the Wi n dows 2000/98/95/NT/ME operating systems. Before Installation To identify the version of Windows 95, you can check the Ge n eral system prope r ties.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 12 PCMCIA socket is shown to be PCIC or TCIC compatible Controller , then the notebook cannot support CardBus. Driver installation for Windows 95 Installation of the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card is just the same as for any normal Windows 95 Plug & Play device.
Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT 13 3. Insert the driver disk and click Next to continue the install a tion. Windows searches for the driver and the following screen appears: 4.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 14 5. Windows 95 prompts you to res tart the system. Click Yes to complete the install a tion. Driver installation for Windows 98 Follow the steps below to install the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card drivers for Windows 98.
Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT 15 9. Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Reco m mended) and click Next . The following screen appears: 10. Ensure that the CD - ROM drive box is checked.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 16 11. Insert the driver disk into your floppy drive and click Next . The following screen appears: 12. Click Next . Windows 98 copies files to your hard disk drive, and you see the following screen: 13. Click Finish .
Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT 17 No te! Windows 98 may need to copy r e quired system files and will prompt you to input the path to the files. Follow the instru c tions on your screen, then click OK to continue. You should r e boot your system to finish the ins tallation.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 18 3. Cli ck Next to continue the installation. A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method: 4.
Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT 19 5. Ensure that the Specify a location bo x is checked and click Next. The following screen a p pears: 6. Type “ E: Win2000 ” where “ E ” is your floppy drive letter.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 20 7. Click Next to continue. The following screen appears: 8. Click Yes to continue the installation. 9.
Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT 21 10. Click Finish to complete the installation. You should reboot the computer to insure a successful installation. Driver installation for Windows ME Follow the steps belo w to install the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card drivers for Windows ME.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 22 3. Select Specify the location of the driver (Advanced) and click Next . The foll owing screen appears: 4. Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Reco m mended) and choose Specify a location.
Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT 23 Insert the driver disk, and click Next. The following screen a p pears: 5. Click N ext . Windows ME copies files to your hard disk drive, and you see the following screen: 6.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 24 Note! Windows ME may need to copy r e quired system files and will prompt you to input the path to the files. Follow t he instru c tions on your screen, then click OK to continue. You should r e boot your system to finish the installation.
Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT 25 Driver installation for Windows NT 4.0 This installation procedure assumes that you have installed the ne t work component on your computer . To check whether the network component has been installed, do u ble click the Network icon in the Control Panel .
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 26 4. Click Add to add a new adapter. The following screen a p pears: 5. Click Have Disk . The following screen appears:.
Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT 27 6. Type “ E: WinNT40 ” where “ E ” is your CD - ROM drive le t ter. Insert the driver disk, and click OK . After finding the installation file, the Select OEM Option window is di s played.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 28 8. Select the desired resources and co n nection type. Note! You must select resources that are not being used by another device; othe r wise, you will have a system conflict error. In case of a system conflict e r ror, try another se t ting and continue.
Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT 29 10. Click Close to exit the Network window. W indows NT 4.0 will bind the adapter with the network component and you will be prompted to restart the system. When Windows NT is finished binding the adapter to the network component, you are prompted to restart the sy s tem.
30 Chapter 4 Driver installation for DOS environments This section covers CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card driver i n stallation for DOS environment operating systems.
Driver installation for DOS environments 31 the most suitable option settings, or you can perform a custom config u ration where you individually select each setting. Quick installation This section gives a brief overview of the installation process. For a more detailed d e scription, refer to The Install Program? 1.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 32 Car d Bus controller on your system. However, you must select hardware resource settings tha t are not being used by other d e vices; ot h erwise, your PC system may have device conflicts. 5. Insert the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card into the Car d Bus socket.
Driver installation for DOS environments 33 Press [Enter] to continue the installatio n. The program prompts you for the directory where you want to i n stall the driver files. You can choose the default directory name or enter a new name. Then, press <Enter> to continue with the insta l lation.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 34 The next screen asks if you want to do an Auto Configuration or a Custom Config u ration . Select Auto Configuration if you want to do a quick installation and use the default configuration settings. If you wish to individ u ally set any of the settings, then select Custom Configuration.
Driver installation for DOS environments 35 After the configuration process, you are prompted to select the type of network that you are installing. Select a network operating sy s tem from the list by moving the cursor to your selection and pr essing <Enter>.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 36 CONFIG.SYS file will also be modified to include the Enabler Driver. You should see the following message if the installation has been successful: Custom configuration To perform a custom installation, you need to select the Custom Configuration Menu after you begin the INSTALL program.
Driver installation for DOS environments 37 IO port select Move the cursor to the desired I/O address and press <Enter>. Available I/O Ports are D000H, D400H, D800H, E000H, E400H and E800H.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 38 Manual installation In most cases, the INSTALL program can make all system changes necessary for using your LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card . However, in some cases, you may wish to make chan ges manually.
Driver installation for DOS environments 39 Socket and Card Services to your notebook before executing the driver. If you do not have the Socket and Card Services program, ple ase contact your notebook vendor.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 40 After you executed RTPCI.EXE, you must run the RTBIOS.COM to enhance the PCI BIOS. Driver installation The following sections cover installation of the client driver for Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Netware 3X/4X, Microsoft LAN Manager, and Artisoft LANtastic Version 6.
Driver installation for DOS environments 41 9. When the CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card dialog box a p pears, select the o p tions step by step. 10. Follow the instructions on the screen. 11. Reboot your computer. Netware 3.X /4.X client Follow these instructions to install the Netware 3.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 42 4. Select Add New Configs and then press <Enter>. 5. Select Other Driver and press <Enter>. 6. Insert the driver dis k into the floppy drive and click OK. 7. Select the Netwo rk Adapter Driver, CardBus 10/100Mbps Et h ernet Card, then click OK.
Installation for LINUX 43 Chapter 5 Installation for LINUX This device driver has been fully tested on the following platforms: Slackware 3.6 Slackware 4.0 Slackware 7.0 Slackware 7.1 Redhat 5.2 Redhat 6.0 Redhat 6.2 The complete file list is as follows: README makefile rtl8139.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 44 have just rebuilt your kernel, you must first rebuild PCMCIA then the d evice driver to avoid any inconsistency. When you are rebuilding PCMCIA modules, be sure you select the following item: (1) Read from the currently running kernel.
Installation for LINUX 45 4. To install the driver > make install 5. To configure the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card > cd /etc/pcmcia To add the following text into the "config" file (The mode of the "config" file must be the " write" mode.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 46 N N O O T T E E S S.
47 Appendix A Troubleshooting Q&A for Windows environments These guidelines give you tips to deal with some problems you may encounter while using the LevelOne 10/100Mbps 32bit Fast Ethernet PC Card. If the problems remain unsolved, contact your dealer for a s sistance.
LevelOne Fast Ethernet PC Card user’s manual 48 Windows NT 4.0 Question: Does the driver support "hot - swap" on NT 4.0? Answer: Windows NT 4.0 don 't support hot swapping. If you want to remove the card, shut down the computer and remove it.
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