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 6O For 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 6O For 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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