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Quick Installation Guide Note: Read this Quick Installation Guide before you install. Please also reference the instructions in the readme files. PACKAGE CONTENTS TE100-PCIW 10/100Base-TX PCI Bus Ethernet Adapter Driver diskette (3 1/2") This Quick Installation Guide HARDWARE DESCRIPTION The 10/100Base-TX PCI Bus Ethernet Adapter has one RJ-45 connector and four indicators. The RJ-45 connector supports both 10Base-T and 100Base-TX operations. External LEDs are for monitoring card's activity and assisting troubleshooting. LED Function Color Description ACT Green Blinking: Data Transmitting LINK Green Lit: Indicates that the link is established. 100 Green Lit: Indicates the network is connected to 100Mbps port FDX Green Lit: Card operates in Full duplex mode HARDWARE INSTALLATION Quick Installation Guide 1. Install the Adapter in the Bus Master PCI slot of the computer. 2. Connect the UTP cable to the Adapter and network hub. ➲ For 100Base-TX, the maximum cable length between the hub and the workstation is 100 meter! 3. Clean Boot the computer to DOS (not the DOS prompt in Windows). 4. Test the adapter by running DIAG100.EXE diagnostic program. (ie. A:\diag100.exe). Select "Diagnose", then select "Diagnosis". If you have two TE100-PCIW cards in the network, after the cards passes the Diagnosis, you can run "PingPong", Set one computer as " Sender" and the other as "Receiver", the computers will send and receive packets back and forth. 5. Reboot the computer and Install the network driver for your Network Operating System. Make sure you have the correct cable To reliably operate your network at 100Mbps, you will need Unshielded Twisted-Pair(UTP) Category 5 Data Grade cable. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION For Windows NT 1. Boot your computer to Windows NT. 2. In the Program Manager Main window, double-click on the Control Panel icon to install the driver. 3. Insert the driver disk into drive A. Type the directory A:\WINNT into the box on your screen and press Enter key. 4. Select the PNIC-100 Fast Ethernet Adapter". 5. Click on "Next", then install the network protocols and services that you want. See your Microsoft Windows NT user guide(s) for more information. 6. NT will copy the necessary network drivers to your computer. Upon completion, you will see a list of installed bindings. You can change the bindings settings as necessary if needed. For Windows 95 1. The card will Plug and Play in Win95. When Win95 detects the card and ask for the driver, select "driver provided by hardware manufacturer". Insert the driver diskette into the floppy drive (ie. A:), then in the "copy from" window type in the path of the driver (ie. A:\win95) then click "OK". You may need Win95 CD ROM to complete the driver installation. If there is any file that Win95 could not found in the CD ROM, it is in the diskette's win95 directory. 2. After the driver installation completes, reboot the computer to make changes in effect. For Novell NetWare V4.x 1. Insert the driver diskette into the floppy drive (ie. A:) 2. At the NetWare prompt, run the INSTALL.NLM program by typing LOAD INSTALL 3. Choose the driver to start the driver to start the driver loading and binding procedure. This will allow you to load and bind the frame types supported by NetWare 4. Add the LOAD and BIND statements required to the server is AUTOEXEC.NCF file so that the driver will be loaded automatically each time the server starts Diagnose the adapter There is a Diagnostic program in the diskette. To run this program, type in the following code at the DOS prompt: A:\DIAG100 The main menu has the following options: 1. View: view card's configuration. 2. Diagnose: adapter card's self-diagnosis 3. Select: select the adapter (when there are multiple cards are installed) 4. Help 5. About 6. Exit

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Quick Installation Guide
Note: Read this Quick Installation Guide before you
install. Please also reference the instructions in the
readme files.
PACKAGE CONTENTS
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TE100-PCIW 10/100Base-TX PCI Bus Ethernet Adapter
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Driver diskette (3 1/2”)
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This Quick Installation Guide
HARDWARE DESCRIPTION
The 10/100Base-TX PCI Bus Ethernet Adapter has one RJ-45
connector and four indicators.
The RJ-45 connector supports
both 10Base-T and 100Base-TX operations.
External LEDs are
for monitoring card’s activity and assisting troubleshooting.
LED Function Color
Description
ACT
Green Blinking: Data Transmitting
LINK
Green
Lit: Indicates that the link is established.
100
Green
Lit: Indicates the network is connected to
100Mbps port
FDX
Green
Lit: Card operates in Full duplex mode
HARDWARE INSTALLATION
Quick Installation Guide
1.
Install the Adapter in the Bus Master PCI slot of the
computer.
2.
Connect the UTP cable to the Adapter and network hub.
For 100Base-TX, the maximum cable length between the hub
and the workstation is 100 meter!
3.
Clean Boot the computer to DOS (not the DOS prompt in
Windows).
4.
Test the adapter by running DIAG100.EXE diagnostic
program. (ie. A:\diag100.exe). Select “Diagnose”, then
select “Diagnosis”.
If you have two TE100-PCIW cards in
the network, after the cards passes the Diagnosis, you can
run “PingPong”, Set one computer as “ Sender” and the
other as “Receiver”, the computers will send
and receive
packets back and forth.
5.
Reboot the computer and Install the network driver for
your Network Operating System.
Make sure you have the correct cable
To reliably operate your network at 100Mbps, you will need
Unshielded Twisted-Pair(UTP) Category 5 Data Grade cable.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
For Windows NT
1.
Boot your computer to Windows NT.
2.
In the Program Manager Main window, double-click on the
Control Panel icon to install the driver.
3.
Insert the driver disk into drive A. Type the directory
A:\WINNT into the box on your screen and press Enter
key.
4.
Select the PNIC-100 Fast Ethernet Adapter”.
5.
Click on “Next”, then install the network protocols and
services that you want.
See your Microsoft Windows NT
user guide(s) for more information.
6.
NT will copy the necessary network drivers to your
computer.
Upon completion, you will see a list of installed
bindings.
You can change the bindings settings as
necessary if needed.
For Windows 95
1.
The card will Plug and Play in Win95. When Win95 detects
the card and ask for the driver, select “driver provided by
hardware manufacturer”. Insert the driver diskette into the
floppy drive (ie. A:), then in the “copy from” window type in
the path of the driver (ie. A:\win95) then click “OK”. You
may need Win95 CD ROM to complete the driver
installation. If there is any file that Win95 could not found
in the CD ROM, it is in the diskette’s win95 directory.
2.
After the driver installation completes, reboot the computer
to make changes in effect.
For Novell NetWare V4.x
1.
Insert the driver diskette into the floppy drive (ie. A:)
2.
At the NetWare prompt, run the INSTALL.NLM program by
typing
LOAD INSTALL <Enter>
3.
Choose the driver to start the driver to start the driver
loading and binding procedure.
This will allow you to load
and bind the frame types supported by NetWare
4.
Add the LOAD and BIND statements required to the server
is AUTOEXEC.NCF file so that the driver will be loaded
automatically each time the server starts
Diagnose the adapter
There is a Diagnostic program in the diskette.
To run this
program, type in the following code at the DOS prompt:
¾
A:\DIAG100
The main menu has the following options:
1.
View:
view card’s configuration.
2.
Diagnose:
adapter card’s self-diagnosis
3.
Select:
select the adapter (when there are multiple cards
are installed)
4.
Help
5.
About
6.
Exit