Instant EtherFast® Series Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Use this guide to install : Model No.
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Instant EtherFast® Series Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Table of Contents Introduction The Linksys Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Package Contents 1 1 2 Configuring the LAN Card Configuring the LAN Card for Windows 95, 98 and Millennium 32 32 Novell NetWare Server Setup Overview Installing a 3.12 Server Installing a 4.x Server Installing a 5.
Instant EtherFast® Series Introduction Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Package Contents The Linksys Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box The Linksys Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box comes with everything you need to get a network up and running in minutes.
Instant EtherFast® Series Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Getting to Know the Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box The EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Card You will install one EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Card into each computer you wish to network. The LAN Card’s LEDs Link/Act The Link LED will illuminate when the LAN Card has been successfully connected to a network and flicker when data is being transmitted or received over the network.
Instant EtherFast® Series Installing the Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Onto Your Network The EtherFast 10/100 5-Port Workgroup SwitchOverview Overview ® Each EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Card is equipped with an RJ-45 port that automatically adjusts to either 10Mbps or 100Mbps speeds, allowing your PC to attach to either Fast Ethernet (also known as 100BaseTX) or regular 10BaseT Ethernet network segments without additional hardware or software.
Instant EtherFast® Series Installing the Workgroup Switch Connecting Computers To Your Switch Your Switch’s rear panel has five standard RJ-45 ports, plus an Uplink port. Each 10/100 port automatically detects the speed and duplex of the attached cabling to a network card, switch, hub, etc. The ports operate in either full or half duplex, which lets you run at speeds of 200Mbps, 100Mbps, 20Mbps or 10Mbps. Note: If you use Port #5, the Uplink port will be disabled.
Instant EtherFast® Series Installing the Driver in Windows 95 Version B 1. While the Update Device Driver Wizard window is visible, insert the EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Card Driver Disk into your floppy drive and click the Next button. Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 3. If you clicked the Other Locations button, this window will appear. Enter a:\win95. Windows will begin copying the LAN Card’s driver files to your PC. 4. Once Windows has located the drivers, the following window will appear.
Instant EtherFast® Series At this point, the installation may require files from your Windows 95 CDROM. If prompted, insert your Windows 95 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and enter d:\win95 in the box that appears (where “d” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). If you were not supplied with a Windows 95 CDROM, your Windows files may have been placed on your hard drive by your computer manufacturer. While the location of these files may vary, many manufacturers use c:\windows\options\cabs as the path.
Instant EtherFast® Series Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 4. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended). Click Next. 6. A window will open saying that Windows is now ready to install the EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card driver. Click Next. 5. Select Specify a location and enter a:\win98 in the drop down box. Click Next to continue. 7. Windows will begin copying the LAN Card’s driver files to your PC.
Instant EtherFast® Series Installing the Drivers for Windows Millennium Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 4. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended) and select Specify a location. Then, type “A:\WINME” in the drop-down box and click Next. Overview After physically installing the LAN Card in your computer, follow these instructions to install the network driver. The installation procedure for the network driver will depend on your current system configuration.
Instant EtherFast® Series d:\win9x in the box that appears (where “d” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). If you were not supplied with a Windows Millennium CD-ROM, your Windows files may have been placed on your hard drive by your computer manufacturer. While the location of these files may vary , many manufacturers use c:\windows\options\install as the path. Try entering this path into the box.
Instant EtherFast® Series 3. Click on the Select from list... button to select a LAN Card. 4. Click on the Have Disk button. Insert the EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Card Driver Disk into drive A. Type a:\ into the box on your screen and hit OK. Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 6. The LAN Card will be added to the list of installed adapters. Click Next. 7. Place check marks beside each listed network protocol that you wish to install.
Instant EtherFast® Series 8. A list of services will appear. Click Next to approve these services, followed by Next again. 9. Windows NT will probably ask you to supply your original Windows NT CD-ROM or setup disks. If so, place your Windows NT CD-ROM in your CD drive. If the CD-ROM loads a pop-up window, close it. Type D:\i386 (or the appropriate CD-ROM drive letter) in the box and click Continue. Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 11.
Instant EtherFast® Series 13. Click Finish. When asked if you want to restart your computer, remove the Driver Disk and click Yes. Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Installing the LAN Card Driver if Networking is Already Installed The following steps will install the EtherFast© 10/100 LAN Card’s driver software on your PC, enabling your PC to properly communicate with the card.
Instant EtherFast® Series Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 3. When the list of available LAN Cards appears, click the Have Disk button. 6. Windows NT will probably ask you to supply your original Windows NT CD-ROM or setup disks. Direct Windows NT to the proper location (most likely D:\i386). 4. Put the EtherFast Card disk into drive A. Type a:\ into the box on your screen and click OK. 7. When Windows NT asks you for the media type. Choose the AutoSense option.
Instant EtherFast® Series 10. Remove your Driver Disk and CD-ROM and click Yes to restart your PC. Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Windows 2000 Installation & Setup Overview 11. Once your PC has rebooted, double-click the Network Neighborhood icon on your desktop. Ensure that you have access to the network. If you do, your card has been properly installed. • If you need to install the TCP/IP protocol, refer to your system administrator or your Windows NT documentation.
Instant EtherFast® Series 3. The Install Hardware Device Drivers dialog box will appear. When Ethernet Controller is displayed, select “Search for a suitable driver for your device (Recommended)”. Click Next. Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 5. When the Found New Hardware Wizard box appears, insert the Linksys EtherFast® 10/100 Driver Disk into your floppy drive. In the “Copy manufacturer’s files from“ field, type “A:\Win2000”. Click OK. 6.
Instant EtherFast® Series 7. The Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear, indicating that the driver has been successfully installed. Click Finish. Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Configuring the LAN Card Configuring the LAN Card for Windows 95, 98, and Millennium 1. Once you are back at the Windows desktop, click on your taskbar's Start button, then Settings, then Control Panel, and then double-click the Network icon. 2. The Network window will appear.
Instant EtherFast® Series 3. Click the File and Print Sharing button. The File and Print Sharing window will appear. 4. If you'd like others to be able to access the files on your PC's hard drive, select I want to be able to give others access to my files. 5. If you'd like to share your printer with other users on the network, select I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer. 6. Click the OK button.
Instant EtherFast® Series installation files. If it does, direct Windows to the appropriate location, (e.g., D:\win98 if you have the Windows 98 CD-ROM, or C:\windows\options\cabs). 13. Once Windows has copied the necessary files, the System Settings Change window appears. Remove all disks from your PC and click Yes to restart your PC. If you don't see this window, simply shut down Windows 98 and restart your PC. Remember to remove any installation disks or CD-ROMs prior to rebooting.
Instant EtherFast® Series Installing a 5.x Server 6. At the server command line, type (for example): LOAD c:\LNE100TX\NBI31X.NLM LOAD c:\LNE100TX\MSM31X.NLM LOAD c:\LNE100TX\ETHERTSM.NLM LOAD c:\LNE100TX\LNE100.LAN FRAME = 7. Bind a protocol to the driver. For example: BIND IPX TO LNE100TX NET=XX where XX is the logical network address for your network. It can be any logical number.
Instant EtherFast® Series 15. Your PC will examine the network. This may take a few minutes. 16. You may be prompted several times for a network on which to bind IPX to LNE100_1. Accept the default numbers if you are not sure which values to assign. 17. When asked Do you want to select an additional Network driver?, highlight No and press Enter. 18. Press ESC a few times to exit the program. The loading and binding are complete. The server is ready.
Instant EtherFast® Series 5. On the Access Control Tab, User Level Access is selected, but Shared Level Access is grayed out and not accessible. • You previously had your primary network logon set to Client for NetWare Networks. On the Configuration tab of the Network Properties window, ensure that your primary network logon is set to Client for Microsoft Networks. • Your personal web server PC or Microsoft Front Page may require you to choose a user level for security reasons. 6.
Instant EtherFast® Series • Click on the IRQ Steering tab. Remove the check from Use IRQ Holder and click OK. Windows will ask you to restart the PC (if it doesn’t ask you, then reboot the PC manually). • After the computer boots up, Windows will try to re-detect the PCI Steering. Continue rebooting the PC until Windows stops detecting new hardware and settings for PCI Steering. This normally takes a total of four reboots.
Instant EtherFast® Series Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Appendix 6. If you want to assign access passwords, type the passwords into the Password boxes. Sharing Your Files and Printers 7. When you're done, click on the Apply button, followed by OK. Repeat steps 1-7 for any drive or folder you desire to share on the network. Overview By sharing your files and printers, other PCs on your network will be able to access the resources on your PC.
Instant EtherFast® Series Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Installing the Driver in Windows 95 Version A 1. Windows 95 will detect the EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Card and display a New Hardware Found window. Novell NetWare 3.x Client Setup for Windows 95, 98 or Millennium These instructions explain how to set up the regular Novell NetWare 3.x client for use on a Windows 95, 98 or Millennium PC. 1. Follow the Windows 95 setup instructions or the Windows 98 setup instructions. 2.
Instant EtherFast® Series Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Windows 95, 98 or Millennium Client for Windows NT Starting Over in Windows 95, 98, Millennium or 2000 If you are installing the EtherFast® 10/100 Network LAN Card in a Windows 95, 98 or Millennium PC that you plan on logging into a Windows NT domain server, follow the directions below. If you experience installation difficulties, you may need to re-install all of the Windows networking components from scratch.
Instant EtherFast® Series 4. Remove any instance of the name Linksys in the box. This includes IPX/SPX…Linksys, NetBEUI…Linksys, and TCP/IP…Linksys. Also remove Client for Microsoft Networks, Client for NetWare Networks, and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 5.
Instant EtherFast® Series 8. Scroll down to the LAN Cards item and expand it by clicking on the open [+] sign. Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Starting Over in Windows 2000 1. Click the Start button, choose Settings, choose Control Panel, then double-click the System icon.The System Properties window will open. 2. Choose the Hardware tab. 9. Remove all devices with the name Linksys in its description. (If at any point you are asked to restart the computer, Click No). 10.
Instant EtherFast® Series 5. Right-click on EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card. A content menu should open (below). Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 8. Right-click on the EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card again. This time, select Uninstall.... Click OK. 6. First, choose Disable. 9. The LAN Cards category should be removed from the Device Manager listing. 10. Close the Device Manager, click the System Properties window’s OK button, and restart your computer. 7.
Instant EtherFast® Series Manually Installing the Network Components in Windows 95, 98, and Millennium There may be times when you need to manually install missing Windows networking components. Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol Click on the Add button. Choose Protocol and click on the Add button. Select Manufacturer and choose Microsoft. Under the Network Protocol box, highlight IPX/SPX-compatible protocol. Click OK .
Instant EtherFast® Series Installing and Configuring Wake-On-LAN Overview In order to use the Wake-On-LAN (WOL) features, the LAN Card must be properly inserted into a PCI slot on a motherboard that supports WOL Event Management for that slot. If your computer does not support WOL, the LAN Card will operate as an ordinary 10/100 LAN Card. Refer to your computer’s documentation to find out if your computer supports WOL features through the PCI slots. See About Wake-On-LAN Compatibility for more information.
Instant EtherFast® Series 3. When using Windows NT, set your system’s PNP OS option in the BIOS settings to MANUAL or DISABLE. NT is not a Plug-and-Play OS, and will not usually recognize LAN Cards if they are set to be automatically detected and configured. If you need to configure your PC's BIOS in order to resolve an IRQ or other conflict with the EtherFast card, there are a few possibilities: No Changes Allowed Your PC may not allow you to change the IRQ value(s) of the PCI slot(s).
Instant EtherFast® Series Fast Ethernet - A 100 Mbps technology based on the 10Base-T Ethernet CSMA/CD network access method. Motherboard - A motherboard is the physical arrangement in a computer that contains the computer's basic circuitry and components. Full Duplex - The ability of a device or line to transmit data simultaneously in both directions. Network - A system that transmits any combination of voice, video and/or data between users.
Instant EtherFast® Series TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a communications protocol in a private network (either an intranet or an extranet). When you are set up with direct access to the Internet, your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has a copy of TCP/IP.
Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Environmental Warranty Information LNE100TX ver. 5 Dimensions: Unit Weight: Power: Certifications: Operating Temp: Storage Temp : Operating Humidity: Storage Humidity: 4.8 x 4.75 X .75 inches (122 mm x 121 mm x 19 mm) 1.6 oz. (0.
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