Abocom FE1000 User manual

10/100Mbps Dual Speeds

Fast Ethernet

PC Card Ethernet

Adapter

Quick Installation Guide

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

This chapter describes how to install the dual speeds

Fast Ethernet PC Card in your notebook computer

and connect it to network.

The PC Card could be connected to either 100Mbps

Fast Ethernet or 10Mbps Ethernet over unshielded

twisted pair (UTP) cable. The PC Card has the

ability automatic sensing and operating on either

speed without manual reconfiguration.

Please refer to Software Installation on how to

install network drivers using menu driven

installation utility.

Inserting the Dual Speeds Fast Ethernet PC

Card

1.Hold the PC Card with wide connector toward the

slot and the brand label facing upward.

2.Insert the PC Card and push it firmly into the

bottom.

(Please see the figure on the next page for

reference)

Removing the Dual Speed Fast Ethernet PC

Card

It’s quite different for various computer mechanical

designs. Please refer to the PC Card removal

instruction in the document for your notebook

computer.

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Connecting and Removing the Cable of Media

Coupler to the PC Card

Grasp the PC Card 15-pins connector at the end of

the media coupler with the pointing triangle facing

upward. Gently insert it into the mating connector

on the PC Card until it clicks in place at both sides.

Attention should be paid when removing the

15-pins connector. Please press the both sides of the

connectors before dragging out of the PC Card.

Connecting to the Network

Connect unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable to

the RJ-45 connector of media coupler before

loading any network driver.

symbol 108 \f "Monotype Sorts" \s 6OFor operation in

the100Mbps (100Base-TX) Ethernet network, a

Category 5 unshielded twisted pair(UTP) cable

should be used to connect between media coupler

and 100Mbps hub or switch.

symbol 108 \f "Monotype Sorts" \s 6OFor operation in the 10Mbps

(10Base-T) Ethernet network, Category 3, 4 or 5

unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable could be used

to connect between the media coupler and a

10Mbps hub or switch.

LED Indicators

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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

Plug the driver diskette into the floppy drive and set

the current drive to the floppy drive. Then run

INSTALL to install the real mode drivers such as

ODI or NDIS 2.x or Packet Drivers into the target

disk.

Novell Netware

There are two methods to install the Netware client

ODI driver, the menu installation and Netware 3.12

or 4.x Client installation.

Menu Installation

1.Run INSTALL.EXE from the root directory of

driver diskette.

2.Select Netware 3.x and 4.x Workstation”item

from menu.

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3.If current settings are acceptable, select Start

Installation and go to step 5. Otherwise, select

Modify Parameters to make settings changed

4.Move cursor to focus on the setting you want to

make change and press <Enter>” to select a fit

value. When the configurations are set

completely, press <Enter> on the OK” field to

exit the screen and go back to step 3.

5.Installation program starts copying related files

from diskette to the destination directory and

modifies AUTOEXEC.BAT and NET.CFG

under usersymbol 146 \f "Parisian BT" \s 10’}s

agreement

6.Now, the installation is completed. Please reboot

the computer to make your Netware connection.

If you wanted to install the ODI driver by

manual, you may follow the instructions list

below.

1.Copy the files LE100ODI.COM and NET.CFG

from the path \NETWARE and the file

LANEN.EXE from the path \ENABLER in the

driver diskette into the Netware client directory

containing Novell's LSL.COM, IPXODI.COM

and NETx.COM files.

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2.Using a text editor to edit the NET.CFG for

setting the default frame type. In the Netware

server the frame type is set to 802.3 for NW3.11

and 802.2 for NW3.12 and NW4.x The frame

type must be set to the same with the server or

the client couldnsymbol 146 \f "Parisian BT" \s

10’}t login to the server.

3.Follow Novell's instructions on using ODI

programs. You can substitute the

LE100ODI.COM whenever a reference is made

to the Hardware Specific Module.

4.A typical ODI workstation startup batch file

includes:

>LANEN /IRQ=dd /IOP=xxx Card Enabler

>LSL ;Link Support Layer Module provided by

Novell

>LE100ODI ;Hardware Specific Module

>IPXODI ;IPX Protocol Stack Module provided by

Novell

>NETx ;Shell Support Module provided by Novell

>LOGIN

Novell Client Installation

1.Run the NetWare Client Install V1.21

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-Get the 4 Client disks from the network

administrator, or

-Run the \NWCLIENT\INSTALL.EXE in a

previous Installation

2.A message appears on the screen asking you

whether or not you want the program to perform

modifications on your AUTOEXEC.BAT and

CONFIG.SYS files.

3.Answer "Yes". The program then modifies your

AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files

accordingly and creates backup copies.

4.The following message appears:

-Install support for MS Windows? (Y/N):

5.Answer accordingly and provide a path if

necessary.

6.The program displays the following:

-Configure your workstation for backup by a

NetWare server running software such as

BACKUP? (Y/N):

7.Answer accordingly and provide a path if

necessary.

8.Select a driver for your network board.

9.From the driver list, select Other Drivers.

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10.Go to the Insert the Driver Disk dialog box and

specify the path where the ODI driver and INS

files reside. For example: C:\ODI.DOS.

11.Press Enter and select the target ODI driver.

12.Specify the driver's optional settings.

13.Press F10 to save to new configuration.

14.Highlight "Install press here" and press <Enter>

to install.

The program copies the necessary files for NetWare

Client. Continue the installation procedure to

completion. Upon completion, a new NET.CFG file

will be created in your DOS directory. Typically,

this file contains the following lines:

Link Driver LE100ODI

#FRAME Ethernet_802.3

FRAME Ethernet_802.2

15.Copy the file LANEN.EXE from the directory

\ENABLER in the driver diskette to Netware

Client directory.

16.Edit the STARTNET.BAT by a text editor. Add

an running LANDEN command at the beginning

of the file. An STARTNET.BAT for the ODI

workstation performs as the following

LANEN /IOP=nnn /IRQ=n

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--Card Enabler

SET NWLANGUAGE=ENGLISH

--Set NetWare 4.X to English

language

LSL --Link Support Layer Module

provided by Novell

LE100ODI --Hardware Specific Module

IPXODI --IPX Protocol Stack Module

provided by Novell

VLM --DOS Support Module provided by

Novell

F: --Change to connected device

17.Run STARTNET to access the Novell network.

MS LAN Manager

1.View the README.TXT on the installation

diskette in the \NDIS2 directory. Before

installing the drivers, please ensure that the

Microsoft LAN Manager has been installed in

the target path. The installation program will

check and modify the PROTOCOL.INI file for

LAN Manager.

2.Run INSTALL.EXE from root directory of

driver diskette.

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