Gigafast EE100-AXP User Manual

EE-100AXP User Manual

(32-bit PCI BUS 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Adapter)

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FCC Interference Statement

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 radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference.

CE Declaration of Conformity

This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022/A1 Class B, and EN 50082-1. This meets the essential protection requirements of the European Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relation to electromagnetic compatibility.

Table of Content:

Chapter 1

Features Package Content Requirement Panel Wire Diagram

Chapter 2 Install on Microsoft Win 95 / Win 98 (Driver Floppy)

Install on Microsoft Win ME/ Win 2000/Win XP Install on Microsoft Win NT 4.0 (Driver Floppy) Install on Linux

Chapter 3

Frequently Asked Question Appendix A: Wake-On LAN Adapter Installation Guide

Appendix B: Cabling and Pin Assignment Appendix C: Technical Information

Chapter 1

Introduction:

Congratulations on the purchase of this 32 bit PCI BUS 10/100 Mbps Ethernet adapter. High speed broadband internet is commonly used these days. It’s almost a must have product in homes and offices. No matter if you have a high speed broadband internet connection or a simple peer-to-peer connectivity; this product will help you through these simple tasks. Installation only takes few minutes! Plus, it comes with the addition feature “Wake-On-LAN”, which enables the computer to be power up remotely through the network connection. This function will only work if the user’s motherboard supports or has a jumper for the Wake-On-LAN cable. EE-100axp is also compatible with most of the popular operating systems. Read on this manual for further information on this 32 bit PCI BUS 10/100 Mbps Ethernet adapter.

Features:

• Compliant with IEEE802.3u 10Base-T/100Base-TX

• d I/O address Plug-and-Play installation automatically sets up IRQ an

• Fully compliant with 32-bit PCI Local Bus specification

• Full duplex design to double the performance to 20Mbps/200Mbps

• Supports Auto-Negotiation function

• Built-in FIFO buffers to eliminate external memory

• One STP connector for 100Mbps or 10Mbps network speed

•

Supports early interrupt on transmit to increase performance

• Driver supports Microsoft Windows 3.1/3.11/95/98/ME/2000/XP,

ger, LANtastic, IBM LAN3.51/NT4.0/NDIS, Microsoft LAN mana

2.x/3.x/4.x/5.x, SCO UNIX, Linux

• Provides diag

nostic software and lights to indicate network status

• Supports APCI Wake on LAN (optional)

ckage Content:

• (1) 10/100based Ethernet Adapter

• (1) Driver/Floppy OR Driver/Compact Disc With User manual included

• (1) Wake-On-LAN Cable

Microsoft Windows NT

server, ODI Netware

Re iqu rements:

• A running operating system

• A motherboard that has an open 32bit PCI slot available

• A Pentium

ire Diagram:

This is a sample of how the card should be placed on your motherboard.

1 similar or higher processor/IBM compatible personal computers

This is a sample of how the card should be placed on your PC case. The Ethernet cable goes into the port shown in the picture after the hardware is placed into the PCI slot on your motherboard.

Wire Diagram (Continued)

Ethernet Adapter

T ‘Ethernet Adapter to Network’ simply shows how a user can use the EE-100axp to connect to h

is/her modem/router/switch. One Ethernet cable goes from the computer (connected with

the

EE-100axp) and out to your modem/router/switch.

Eth

ernet Adapter to another Ethernet Adapter (Peer 2 Peer):

The

bottom one shows how the connection works when a user wishes to do a peer to peer

con e

nection in the network. Simply have both sides connected with an CAT5 crossover cabl

and n on

setup both computers with IP addresses in your TCP/IP properties For more informatio

how

to setup a Peer to Peer connection please read our FAQ guide.

to Network:

Chapter 2

Before you start:

. 1 Make sure the computer’s power is OFF

the PCI slot.

Push the card all the way into the PCI slot and make sure it is sit tight and secured.

2. The yellow wire cable (Wake On-LAN) is not important or needed

3. unless the user knows it is in demand (it will not damage or harm your system if its not installed). Upon the hardware installation, check and see if the card is inserted all the way into the

4. PCI slot. If you don’t have an extra PCI slot, please remove one of the unused PCI hardware

5. (internal modem, extra hardware that is not being used) and insert the card. You don’t really need an external network card, if you have on-board network card in your

6. system alre on your system. (EX: set up an Internet Connection sharing server or an VPN server)

Install on Microsoft Win 95

1. Close the computer case and turn the computer ON after you have inserted the EE-

100axp adapter onto your motherboard.

. The window will automatically detect the network adapter. Insert the Drive floppy and put

2 in your

Win 95 or Win 98 System CD in the CD-ROM, then click Next button.

before putting the EE-100ax

ady. At less, you require have two network cards install

/ Win 98 (Driver Floppy)

p LAN Adapter into

. Choose “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)”, and click Next

utton.

A: \’ and it should

4. Choose”Specify a location”, and Click Browse button. Then double click ‘ pull down a list of driver folders that are on the driver floppy. So double click the folder that matches your operating system. EX: if you have Microsoft Windows 98 then double clic the Win98 folder and Press Open. Your screen should look like this: A:\Win9

8. Click ‘Next’

button when finished.

er (Recommended)”, and click Next button. 5. Choose “the updated driv

6. C lick Next button for this screen

7. Click OK

button for this error message screen

8. Browse The driver path should be the same with step 4 screen. EX: If you have win 98 a your O/S, most likely it will show up as

“Your Driver Path” again like step 4 above.

A:\win98. Click OK button to continue the installation.

* The file “netrts5.cat” is one of the three driver files suppose in your win98 driver folder comes with your driver floppy.

Win98: Netrts

5.cat, Netrts5.inf, and RTL8139.sys (3 files)

Win95: Netrts5.inf and RTL8139.sys (2 files) * Due to “netr

ts5.cat” is not a require driver file for win95, so you might not be able see the

screen below for win95 user.

Window will automatically copy some system files from your Window system CD

9. EX: win98

* If your windows do missing some system files (Ex: xxx.DLL, xxx.EXE, xxx.VXD…), and your windows couldn’t find on your Win 95 or Win 98 system CD. There are always two paths on your windows you can try it in the “Copy files from:” row. This screen should look similar with screen 8 above. Please press OK button after you type one of the path below to c

ontinue the

river installation. d

C:\windows OR C:\windows\system

10. Windows has finished installing the driver for your network card, Click Finish to end the

stallation. in

11. Click ‘Yes’

button to restart your computer to take effect the network function.

Setup Static IP addre

* Only if your ISP give your assign Static IP have a static IP address

address or if you wish

network (No DHCP)

1. Right click Netw Properties

orking Neighborhood icon on the desktop, go to

2. Highlight the TCP/IP

, and then click the Properties button

3. Click on IP Address Tab your static IP

. Choose Specify an IP address, and assign

address

Example: A private static IP address

4. If you have y . Choose Enabled

our DNS server IP address, go to DNS Configuration Tab

y in the IP address for DNS server and click Add button. DNS, ke

. At the last, go to the Gateway Tab. Key in your network Gateway address and click Add

utton. Click OK button to finish.

Click Yes

6. button to restart your computer to take effect.

Install on Microsoft Win ME/ Win 2000/Win XP

1. Close

the computer case and turn the computer ON after you have inserted the EE-

100axp adapter onto your motherboard. After the Windows have finished loading, (Win 2000/ Win XP) a prompt should appear at

the bottom right of the screen (or the taskbar) telling the user and installed since Win XP/2000/ME all have ‘Plug & Play’ ability the Realtek

network driver include with the windows) so it should recognize the card and

that a hardware was found

(Win XP/2000/ME has

automatically install the driver the moment it finishes detecting the new hardware.

The name of the card should be ‘Realtek RTL 8139 Family PCI Ethernet Adapter

3. ’ or

somewhat alike.

After Windows have installed the card, Win ME is recommended to restart your computer to take effect.

* Windows XP/ Windows 2000 does require an reboot process for this driver installation

Setup Static IP addre

* Only If your ISP give your assign Static IP address or if you wish hav

e a static IP address

network (No DHCP)

. Right click My Network Places icon on the desktop, go to Properties Local Area

. Highlight 1

Connection icon, go to Properties.

2. Highlight the Internet Protocol TCP/IP, and then click the Properties button

2. First choose “Use the following IP address” option and then start key your static IP

bottom, when finish Address for each row. At the last, make sure click the Ok button at the

the entire configuration

* No reboot required to do this IP configuration process on your Win 2000/ win XP

Install on Microsoft Win NT 4.0

1. Click the "Start" command button; select the "Settings" icon to display the options listed.

. Click the "Control Panel" icon.

3. Double-click the "Network" icon.

4. Select the "Adapters" item, then click the "Add..." button in the "Network" dialog box.

5. Click the "Have Disk..." button in the "Select Network Adapter" dialog

ox.

Insert the Driver Diskette in your floppy drive. Enter the full pathname

6. A:\winnt4 of the driver installation information file (OEMSETNT.INF) in the

"Insert Disk" dialog box, then click the

OK button.

7. Select "32-Bit PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter" and then click the OK

button

in the "Select OEM Option" dialog box.

8. Select the Line Speed value (AUTO, 100full, 100half, 10full, 10half)

Then click the OK button in the "Select Line Speed" dialog box.

9. To complete network installation, remember to bind the adapter to the transport drivers by choosing the "Bindings" button from the "Network" dialog box.

10. Click the "Close" button in the "Network" dialog box.

11. Remove the Driver Diskette from y

our floppy drive.

12. Restart your computer to initialize the network function.

Install on Linux

1. Compile the source code:

->Copy the source code rtl8139.c (ver 1.08 above) to a directory and execute "gcc -

CARDBUS -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c rtl8139.c -o

D realtek_cb.o

he directory "pcmcia-cs-3.0.9" stands for the card service version you use. Please change it to

-I/usr/src/linux/pcmcia-cs-3.0.9/include/"

the version on your system in order to include proper .h file. The final file is realtek_cb.o

2. Copy driver :

->Copy the file "realtek_cb.o" to "/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/pcmcia"

3. Edit config:

->Add 5 lines to the file "/etc/pcmcia/config" #

# Device driver definitions

Device "realtek_cb"

Class "network" module "cb_enabler", "realtek_cb" (==>Add 2/5)

(==>Add 1/5)

: :

# # CardBus Cards #

card "Realtek CardBus Ethernet Card" (==>Add 3/5) manfid 0x0000, 0x024C (==>Add 4/5) bind "realtek_cb" (==>Add 5/5)

The values 0x0000, 0x024C are JEDEC ID and can be read by typing "cardctl ident" on console with one card on socket.

4. Edit linuxconf

->Type "linuxconf" and choose "Config"-->"Networking"-->"Client tasks"-->"Basic host

information". Select an adapter; enable it, and type "realtek_cb" on "Kernel module" and "e

th0" (or eth1, eth2) on "Net device". Click on "Accept" button and "Act/change" button.

5. Restart the computer.

6. More information about kernel compile: http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/KernelHOWTO.html more information about install: man pcmcia

Aft

ermath:

Once you have successfully installed the EE-100axp NIC you can now try to browse the internet by

having an Ethernet cable connected to the NIC (computer) to your internet service provider

odem). Some people might have trouble connecting to the internet right after the installation

(m of the card. That is because the computer requires a reboot or the user might need to disconnect the power off the modem for few minutes so the ISP can do a r account. Again, the FAQ guide (Chapter 3) explains s

uestions. Please take advantage of our guide and if you need further assistance, please

ome of the most commonly asked

efresh on the user’s

contact our tech support line or write us an e-mail regard the problem. Tec

hnical Support E-Mail: techsupp@gigafast.com

Tha

nk you for choosing GigaFast

apter 3

Fr E-100axp NIC

equently Asked Questions (FAQ) for E

: What does the extra cabl

A: The extra cable that comes with the product is called the Wake On-LAN

dmin to remotely turn on/off another computer within the network. Wake On-LAN is not

a needed unless the network demands it. You do not have to install W

etwork card to function. Some old motherboards do not support WOL. Please check this

n information with your motherboard manual.

: How do I checQ

A: If the card was installed properly, it should be listed under device manager as: Realtek RTL

139 card. To get to device manager (For most Microsoft Windows Operating Systems) 8

1. Start > Settings > Control Panel > System

2. Go to ‘Device Manager’

3. Go to ‘Network Adapters’

4. Go to “Propriety”Æ device status should disp

To check and see if there is a WAN (Wide Area Network) connection going through the network: * connect your network card to your Network.(Modem/Router/Switch)

For Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME) (

1. Start > Run ype in ‘winipcfg’

2. T

3. Scroll down the list of network adapters and high-light the Realtek RTL 8139 card

4. If an IP address is lis

through your ISP (Internet Service Provider)

5. If the IP doesn’t seem to appear or wrong, then click on ‘Release All’ and then ‘Re

All’ after. A new IP should be listed

(For Windows 2000 and up)

1. Start > Run

2. Type in cmd (or command)

3. A Dos Prompt Window should pop up

4. Type

That should give you a status of your IP’s. If no IP’s were provided or listed, try to release and renew your network adapter. T

At the Dos Prompt:

in ‘ipconfig /all’

k to see if the network card was installed properly?

e that comes with the network adapter do? Q

cable. It allows the

OL cable in order for the

lay” This device is working properly”

ted (besides 169.xx.xx.xx) then it should be getting a connection

new

after the process is finished.

o do so:

1. Type: ipconfig /release (this should take a few moments and it releases your IP)

2. Type: ipconfig /renew (this should take a few moments and it refreshes your IP)

3. To use the ping command in MS-DOS Prompt

Click on Start > Run type in Command and hit enter.

ou shouY

that you assigned to the ne

ld be in MS-DOS prompt, enter the word ping, and a space and then the IP address

twork card. Hit the Enter key on your keyboard.

en pinIf you get replies wh

ging, most-likely card is working properly.

Q: How do I install the network card if Windows can not locate the driver on the installation disk?

A: Installing the card under Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows 98se, you need to sp the location of the driver when running the Hardware Installation Wizard.

Choose ‘Specify a location’ for Setup look for the file and ‘Browse’ it: For Windows 95, the driver is located at A:\win95 or A:\

For Windows 98, the driver is located at A:\win98 For Windows 98se, the driver is located at A:\win98

*Note* Since Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP are all plug and play compa is no need to relocate the destination of the driver unless it demands it.

Q: What should I do wh

ard?

A: Try the following steps:

. Check to see if the card is installed properly on the motherboard, make sure the PCI

1 connecter is all the way into the P

2. Turn on the computer and Windows should detect the card.

3. If not go to system pro

4. Check under device manager check to see if the NIC was installed properly with no symb next to it.

5. If you see the network card ther river for the network adapter.

. If you did not see anything under device manager, turn the computer of6

network card into a differ

en the computer does not detect the network interface

CI slot.

perties, than to device manager.

e just simply go into the property and reinstall or install the

ent slot. Repeat steps 2-4.

win95a or A:\win95b

f and try to place the

ecify

tible there

ols

Q: During installation there is a prompt for Windows Operating System CD and you don’t have the Windows CD, what is the solution to that?

A: You can manually put in these paths below. Often some system files are stored

lders:

fo c:\windows\options\instal

:\windows\options\cabs

c c:\windows\system

: I have specified the location and Windows still can’t find the driver under those

under these

folders, what now?

A: If the lo

ownload the latest driver: www.gigafast.com

The card was installed successfully and during boot up the computer prompted

an err

Please remove the driver disk from the drive that you have previously inserted during

ins

tallation. If that still does not help try removing the card from the PCI slot and start again. IF

is er our technical support for further assistance.

Q: After I have installed the card successfully, the light in the back of the

cation was specified and still can’t find the driver, please go to our website and

www.gigafast.com

or message and won’t go into Windows.

ror continues to occur please call th

network

ard does not light up. c

A: Check your CAT5/RJ45 Ethernet cable and make sure its working. The light will only lit

hen the cable is plugged into the card. The ACT stands for Activity and the w

etermine if there is a hard connection going through the card.

Link is for it to

Q: What is an IRQ conflict?

A: An IRQ error occurs when one device is sharing the same source with another device on the

motherboard. To prevent this, put the network card into another PCI slot and see if that

esolves the problem. r

ote* Most of the motherboards have a built in integrated NIC. Sometimes it might have

nflicts with a third party network card. If that is the case, please disable the on-board NIC under BIOS (Basic Input Output System). To find out how to get into the BIOS please refer to your motherboard’s user manual.

Q: How do I change the TX rate on my EE-100axp?

A: Go to ‘ and

om there click

‘Apply’ after to s

Device Manager’, double right click on the dialog. Click on the advanced tab

you should be able to change the TX rate of the network card. Remember to fr

ave the changes.

Q: How do I find out the chipset manufacture on the EE-100axp NIC?

A: The name of the manufacture is written on the chipset of the network card. Realtek RTL8319 D

Q: Can I directly connect my EE-100axp to another network adapter on a different computer to do a pier to pier connection?

A: To accomplish this, you have to set up a static IP address on each comp

rossover cable should be connected in between of the computers. To set up a static IP

c address:

1. Go to TCP/IP protocols under Local Area Connections and click on ‘properties’

2. ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ should be bubbled in by default. Bubble ‘Specify IP address’ and put in vise versa

3. Mask addresses should be 255.255.255.0 on all systems within the network

4. Afte

: Is there a way to boost the speed of my Ethernet card so my internet

Q co e

nn ction can download/upload faster?

: s bandwidth you receive or send.

AW It i not the network card that determines how much

hether, it is the ISP’s decision that is within your area.

: b

Q I ought the EE-100axp LAN Adapter and the box did not contain the driver I ne e

ed d to install this card, what should I do?

r the changes have made, make sure you do a ping test to see if the computers are

communicating with each other.

192.168.0.1 for the first computer and 192.168.0.2 for the second

uter. A CAT5/RJ45

A: You can either download it fr updated driver for your EE-100axp.

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?series=16&Software=True

om our website or write an e-mail to us so we can send you an

Go to our website: www.gigafast.com

Appendix A: Wake-On LAN Adapter Installation Guide

1. Introduction Wake-On LAN (WOL) feature allows users to configure network adapters that are capable

The of “listening to” network packets even when the computer is turned off. In order for the Wake-

AN feature to work correctly, this network adapter must be connected to a power source

On L even when the PC is turned off. This adapter operates as a wake up NIC in a PC with a 3-pin

er connector on the PC motherboard. Wake-On LAN adapters have a special low power

head standby mode that is active when the rest of the computer is without power. This WOL adapter

Magic Packet and Wake up Frame technology that will respond to a special “wake-up”

uses packet sent by a bother computer or network device. Typically this wake-up packet causes the

ter to signal the computer to power up

adap and run a pre-defined program.

2. Hardware Requirement:

A moth in your computer’s BIOS or setup program to enable the WOL feature). An ATX 2.01 power supply will also

Note: Install only uter. You on-WOL adapters.

3. Install

erboard with 3-pin WOL connector (some computers may require you to change a setting

ation:

be needed.

one active WOL adapter per comp can install additional, n

• Ins -p to the conn

ert the 3 in auxiliary power cable in ector on the adapter.

• Attach the 3-pin auxiliary power cable to the connector on the PC motherboard.

• Re al cover.

4. Configuration:

•

connect l cables and replace the PC

Go to property of your network card in your device manager Click advanced tab, and enable WOL function Click OK button to save the setting

Appendix B: Cabling and Pin Assignment

A-1 RJ

-45

There are different grades, or categories, of twisted-pair cabling. Category 5 is the most reliable and is highly recommended. Category 3 is a good second choice. Straight- through cables are used for connecting computers’ NIC cards to a hub. Crossover cables are used for conne built-in uplink/normal swi ode is ct hubs together

tch. Uplink m crossed internally, which allows you to link or conne

with a straight-through

A-1-1

RJ-45 pin assignment

There are 8 thin, color-coded wires inside, run fr 8 wires are used.

able 0-1

RJ-45 Color Chart

Wire 1 Wire 2 Orange

Wire 3 White with a Green Stripe Wire 4 Blue Wire 5 White with a Blue Stripe Wire 6 Green Wire 7 White with a Brown Stripe Wire 8 Brown

cting a hub to another hub. (The router provides a

cable instead.)

om one end of the cable to the other. All

White with an Orange stripe

Pin 1

*Note* To determine which wire is wire number 1, hold the cable so that the end of the plastic RJ-4 e part that goes into a wall jack first) is facing away the clip down so that the copper side faces up (the springy clip will now be facing the floor), when looking down on the copper side, wire 1 is on the far left.

Connection between NIC card and Hub

In a straight-through cable, wire 1, 2, 3, and 6 at one end of the cable are the same as wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 at the other end. The straight through cable is used to connect the NIC card and the hub.

5 tip (th from you. Face

Table 0-2

Straight Through Cabling

Wire Becomes

1 1 2 2 3 3 6 6

Connection between Hub and Hub

In a crossover cable, the orders of the wires change from one end to the other. Wire 1 becomes 3, and 2 becomes 6. The crossover cable is used in connecting hubs directly.

Table 0-3

Crossover Cabling

Wire Becomes

1 3 2 6 3 1

Appendix C: Technical Information

Standards: Compliant with IEEE802.3 10 base-T / IEEE802.3u

Connector: Single Shielded RJ-45 connector

Transfer Rate: 10/100 Mbps

LED Indicators: LNK/ACT (Link/Activity), FD (Full Duplex)

Protocol: CSMA/CD

Operating

Temperature:

0。 – 50。C

Humidity: 10% - 90%

Certifications:

Driver Support:

FCC Class A / CE Mark Microsoft Windows 3.1/3.11/95/98/2000/ME/XP, Microsoft Windows

NT 3.51/NT4.0/NDIS, Microsoft LAN Manager, LANtastic, IBM LAN server, ODI Netware 2.x/3.x/4.x/5.x, SCO UNIX, Linux, DOS

Warranty: Limited Lifetime & Free Technical Support (US Only)

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