ATEN Technology UN-201 User Manual

User Manual

UN-201

Read this guide thoroughly and follow the installation and operation procedures carefully in order to prevent any damage to the units and/or any devices that connect to them.

This package contains:

M 1 UN-201 USB 2.0 Data-Link Cable M 1 Driver Disk M 1 User Manual

If anything is damaged or missing, contact your dealer.

All brand names and trademarks are the registered property of their respective owners.

International Co., Ltd.

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Note: 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

M Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna; M Increase the separation between the equipment and

receiver;

M Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different

from that which the receiver is connected;

M Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television

technician for help.

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Overview

The UN-201 USB 2.0 Data-Link Cable represents an innovative breakthrough in peer group networking. Peer-to-peer is often the best choice in home or small office network configurations, since computers can share their resources and peripherals without the use of a dedicated server.

Prior to the UN-201, this type of networking was carried out on a very limited basis through slow parallel port connections, or else required setting up an expensive network that involved the complicated installation and configuration of network expansion cards.

Now, with the UN-201 USB 2.0 Data-Link Cable, building a home or small office network is as easy as plugging cables into the computers’ USB ports. Opening the case to install network cards and troubleshooting IRQ conflicts have all been replaced by simple plug and play connections.

Slow parallel port transfers among a small number of computers have been replaced by fast (up to 480Mbps) USB data transfers among up to 17 computers. Since the UN-201 uses the familiar Windows interfaces, such as Network Neighborhood and Windows Explorer, there is no new interface or software to learn, making operation smooth and easy.

In addition to basic peer-to-peer networking, the UN-201 also allows the workgroup to link up to an Ethernet based client/server LAN - making all the resources of the Ethernet LAN available to each computer in the group - including the company Intranet, and a direct connection to the Internet.

Thanks to plug and play and the USB bus, there is no easier, faster, more efficient way for a small to medium sized workgroup to share all their resources (data, programs, printers, scanners, etc.), than with a UN-201 USB 2.0 Data-Link Cable based network.

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Features

Single cable USB 2.0 Peer networking - perfect for SOHO

networks Up to 480Mbps data transfer rates

Backward compatible to USB 1.1

Share files and resources (printers, scanners, modems,

CD-ROM drives, etc.) Standard Windows Explorer user interface - drag and drop

files Ethernet LAN linkup with internet sharing capability

Supports TCP/IP, NetBEUI, NDIS, and IPX/SPX protocols

Plug-n-Play - hot swapping

Bus powered - external power not required

Link up to 17 computers

Requirements

IBM Compatible PC

Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP

USB 2.0 Host Controller installed on the system*

* The UN-201 will also work with USB 1.1 host controllers,

but only at 1.1 speeds.

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Driver Installation

Before you begin the USB 2.0 Data-Link Cable installation, please note the following:

Do not plug the USB 2.0 Data-Link Cable into the computer

before installing the driver. The driver must be installed first. Before you can install the USB 2.0 Data-Link Cable driver,

Client for Microsoft Networks must be installed on your system. To check if it has already been installed, open Windows Explorer > Control Panel > Network.

If Client for Microsoft Networks is installed you will see an entry for it in the Installed Network Components panel. If there is no entry, you will need to install it:

1. Click on Add; Select Client; Click on Add

2. In the left panel select Microsoft; in the right panel select Client for Microsoft Networks; Click on OK

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Two peer networking drivers are provided with the UN-201 USB

2.0 Data-Link Cable: SuperLink

The SuperLink driver is used for file transfers between two computers (PC to PC).

Virtual Network

The Virtual Network driver allows sharing of system resources (printers, scanners, drives, folders, files, etc.) among a Data-Link peer workgroup, as well as the ability to bridge to an Ethernet LAN. If you bridge to an Ethernet LAN, the peer workgroup has access to all the resources on the LAN - including Internet sharing.

Note: Both drivers cannot be installed at the same time.

When you install one of the drivers, if the installation program finds the other one is present, it will uninstall it before installing the one you want.

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