IBM PRO 100 SP User Manual
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Intel
PRO/100 SP
Mobile
Combo A dapter
User’s Guide
OPTIONS
by IBM
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Contents
Safety: Read first ....................v
About this book ....................vii
Part 1: Installation and user’s guide .............1-1
Appendix A. Troubleshooting ...............A-1
Appendix B. Modem function ...............B-1
Appendix C. Specifications ................C-1
Appendix D. Help and service information...........D-1
Appendix E. Product warranty and notices ..........E-1
Appendix F. User notices .................F-1
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Safety: Read first
Before installing this product, read the Safety Information.
Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações de Segurança.
Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prírucku bezpecnostních instrukcí.
Læs sikkerhedsforskrifterne, før du installerer dette produkt.
Ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen, lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety
Information.
Avant d’installer ce produit, lisez les consignes de sécurité.
Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen.
Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza.
Lees voordat u dit product installeert eerst de veiligheidsvoorschriften.
Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen (Safety Information) før du installerer dette
produktet.
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Lässäkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten.
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About this book
This manual contains instructions for installing and using your Intel®PRO/100
SP Mobile Combo Adapter. The manual is divided into two parts:
Part 1: Installation and user’s guide:
This guide contains the product description, hardware and software
installation.
Part 2 Appendixes
This section contains troubleshooting, modem function, specifications, help and
service information, and warranty and notices.
Online user’s guide
The complete User’s Guide is located on the Intel CD. Use your Web browser
to view or print topics from the User’s Guide. The guide covers additional
configuration topics. To view the guide, insert the CD into your CD-ROM and
wait for the Autorun screen to display. Click the User’s Guide button. Or, from
your Web browser, open \INFO\INDEX.HTM on your Intel CD.
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Part 1: Installation and user’s guide
This section contains instructions on how to install and use the Intel PRO/100
SP Mobile Combo Adapter.
System requirements
Before installing the PRO/100 adapter, be sure that your system has the
following:
v One open Mini-PCI slot
v The latest BIOS for your computer
v Microsoft
Professional, Microsoft Windows NT
Windows 95
v Windows NT 4.0 requires Service Pack 4 or later to use VLAN, or Service
Pack 5 or later for PROSet II
To download the necessary software patches from Microsoft and Novell visit
the following Microsoft Web site for the latest Service Pack information. If
this site has changed, go to the main Microsoft site and search for the term,
Service Pack.
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/
Attach the network and modem cables
Connect the cable to the mobile computer using Category 3, 4, or 5 Twisted
Pair Ethernet (TPE) network cable for 10 Mbps (Mbps equals 1 000 000 bits per
second) networks, and only Category 5 TPE for 100 Mbps networks and
10/100 Mbps residential networks. The modem cable is an RJ-11 standard
phone line.
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Windows®Millennium Edition (Me), Microsoft Windows 2000
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4.0 Workstation, Windows 98 or
Installing Ethernet and modem device drivers
PCI Ethernet Controller driver and Lucent Win Modem driver installation
procedures are included for:
v Windows Me
v Windows 2000
v Windows 98
v Windows 95
v Windows NT 4.0
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Installing the Ethernet and modem device drivers in Windows Me
To install the PCI Ethernet Controller device driver and the Lucent Win
Modem device driver in Windows Me, do the following:
Note: Use the Add New Hardware Wizard for installing only the PCI Ethernet
Controller. See instructions below.
1. Start Windows Me. The Add New Hardware Wizard window opens and
indicates that the PCI Ethernet Controller was found.
2. Insert the Intel Driver CD in the CD-ROM drive and click Next.
3. Make sure that Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended) is
selected and click Next. Windows installs the device driver from the CD.
The Wizard window displays the adapter name, and indicates it has
finished installing the new device driver.
4. Click Finish to complete the PCI Ethernet Controller device driver
installation, and click Yes to restart the computer.
5. When the computer restarts and the Wizard finds the PCI Serial Controller,
click Cancel.
6. Click Start→Run and then type x:\modem\winme\setup.exe where x is the
drive letter of the CD-ROM drive.
7. Click OK on Do you want to install the modem driver?
The Installing Modem Drivers displays and the Wizard finds a Lucent Win
Modem.
8. Restart the computer to complete the Lucent Win Modem installation.
Installing the Ethernet and Modem device drivers in Windows 2000
To install the PCI Ethernet Controller device driver and the Lucent Win
Modem device driver in Windows 2000, do the following:
1. Start Windows 2000.
The Found New Hardware Wizard window opens.
2. Click Cancel. The window opens for the Ethernet Controller.
3. Insert the Intel Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive.
4. Click Next. The Ethernet Controller window opens.
5. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended).
6. Click Next.
7. Select CD-ROM drive (default) and click Next. The Wizard indicates that
it found a driver for the Ethernet Controller and shows the driver’s
location on the CD.
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8. Click Next on Driver Files Search Results.
9. If The Digital Signature Not Found window opens, click Yes to continue.
10. When installation of the PCI Ethernet Controller completes, click Finish.
11. Click Start→Run.
12. Type x:\modem\win2K\setup.exe where x is the drive letter of the
CD-ROM drive.
13. Click OK on Do you want to install the modem driver?
14. If the Digital Signature Not Found window opens, click Yes to continue.
The Lucent Win Modem driver will complete loading.
Installing the Ethernet and modem device drivers in Windows 98
To install the PCI Ethernet Controller device driver and the Lucent Win
Modem device driver in Windows 98, do the following:
1. Start Windows 98. The Add New Hardware Wizard window opens for the
PCI Ethernet Controller.
2. Click Next.
3. Insert the Intel Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive.
4. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended).
5. Click Next. You are prompted to select the locations from where you wish
to search for new device drivers.
6. Select Specify a location and specify x: where x is the driver letter of the
CD-ROM drive.
7. Click Next.
8. Select The Updated Driver (Recommended) and click Next.
9. If the displayed driver is Intel PRO/100 SP Mobile Combo Adapter, click
Next; otherwise click Back and repeat Step 8.
10. At the Insert Disk window, click OK.
11. In the Copying files from the pulldown menu, select the CD-ROM drive
and click OK. A window opens, indicating that the PCI Ethernet
Controller device driver is being loaded. The Wizard then indicates that
the device driver has finished installing.
12. Click Finish to complete the installation of the PCI Ethernet Controller
device driver.
13. Click Yes to restart your computer.
14. When the computer restarts and the Wizard finds the PCI Serial
Controller, click Cancel.
15. Click Start→Run. Type x:\modem\win9x\setup.exe where x is the drive
letter of the CD-ROM drive.
16. Click OK on Do you want to install the modem driver?
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The Installing Modem Drivers window opens and the Wizard finds a
Lucent Win Modem.
17. Restart the computer to finish the Lucent Win Modem installation.
Installing the Ethernet and modem device drivers in Windows 95
To install the PCI Ethernet Controller device driver and the Lucent Win
Modem device driver in Windows 95, do the following:
Note: You will need your Windows 95 installation CD or diskette to install the
device driver.
For Windows 95 OSR0 or OSR1
1. Start Windows 95. The New Hardware Found window for the PCI
Ethernet Controller opens.
2. Click Driver from the disk provided by hardware manufacturer.
3. Click OK.
4. Insert the device drivers for the CD-ROM.
5. When you are prompted to specify the path where the device driver is
located, enter x: where x is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive.
6. Click OK.
7. Follow the instructions on the screen.
8. When you are prompted to specify the path that the device driver is in,
type x where x is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive.
9. Follow the instructions on the screen.
10. When you are prompted, restart your computer to complete the PCI
Controller Modem device driver installation.
Note: If you cannot connect to a server, or if Windows 95 reports an error
after you double-click Network Neighborhood, do the following:
v Make sure that you are using the device drivers from the driver
CD that came with the Combo card.
v Make sure that the device driver is installed and the protocols are
bound. Check the Device Properties list for trouble indicators (if
there is trouble, an X or ! symbol appears beside the icon.)
v Ask your LAN administrator whether you need to install
additional networking software.
11. Restart Windows. The New Hardware Found window or the Update
Device Driver Wizard window for the PCI Card opens.
12. Click Do not install a driver.
13. Insert the device drivers CD into the CD-ROM.
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14. Click Start→Run.
15. Enter x:\modem\win9x\setup.exe where x is the drive letter of the
CD-ROM drive.
16. Follow the instructions on the screen.
17. Restart the computer. As you configure your communication software, you
will be prompted to select a modem.
18. Select Lucent Win Modem to finish the Lucent Win Modem device driver
installation.
For Windows 95 OSR2.1 or OSR2.5
1. Start Windows 95. The Update Device Driver Wizard window opens for
the PCI Ethernet Controller.
2. Insert the device drivers CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. Click Next.
4. Click Other Location...
5. Enter x: where x is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive.
6. When Windows finds the following update driver for this device: Intel
PRO/100+ MiniPCI message displays, click Finish.
7. When you are prompted to specify the path that the device driver is in,
type x: where x is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive.
8. Click OK.
9. Follow the instructions on the screen.
10. When you are prompted, restart your computer to complete the PCI
Controller Modem device driver installation.
Note: If you cannot connect to a server, or if Windows 95 reports an error
after you double-click Network Neighborhood, do the following:
v Make sure that you are using the drivers from the device driver
CD shipped with the Combo card.
v Make sure that the device driver is installed and the protocols are
bound. Check the Device Properties list for trouble indicators (if
there is trouble, an X or ! symbol appears beside the icon).
v Ask your LAN administrator whether you need to install
additional networking software.
11. Restart Windows. The Hardware Found or the Update Device Driver
Wizard window for the PCI Serial Controller opens.
12. Click Cancel.
13. Insert the device drivers CD into the CD-ROM.
14. Click Start→Run.
15. Enter x:\modem\win9x\setup.exe where x is the drive letter of the
CD-ROM drive.
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16. Follow the instructions on the screen.
17. Restart the computer. As you configure your communication software, you
will be prompted to select a modem.
18. Select Lucent Win Modem to complete the Lucent Win Modem device
driver installation.
Installing the Ethernet and modem device drivers in Windows NT 4.0
To install the PCI Ethernet Controller driver and the Lucent Win Modem in
Windows NT 4.0, do the following:
1. Start Windows.
2. Click the Network iconintheControl Panel.
3. Click Yes to install Windows NT networking. The Network Setup Wizard
window opens.
4. Select Wired to the network (default) and click Next.
5. Click Select from list.
6. Click Have Disk.
7. In the Insert Disk window, type the location of the CD-ROM drive. The
Ethernet Adapter displays on the Select OEM Option window as ‘‘IBM
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Intel
10/100 Ethernet Adapter.’’
8. Click OK.
9. Click Next.
10. Under Network Protocols, select TCP/IP Protocol (default) and click Next.
11. Click Next in the Network Service window to select all the services listed.
12. Click Next to install selected components.
13. On the Windows NT Setup Screen, enter C:\i386 and click Continue. The
PCI Ethernet Controller device driver is installed.
14. In the TCP/IP Setup window, click Yes.
15. On the window that requests network bindings, click Next.
16. Click Next to install and initialize the network services.
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Note: If you are disconnected from the network, the DHCP Client
window opens and you need to click Yes.
17. When your computer name and your workgroup displays, click Next.
18. Click Finish to complete the installation.
19. Click Yes to restart the computer to finish installation of the PCI Ethernet
Controller.
20. When the computer restarts, click Start→Run.
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21. Type x:\modem\winnt\setup.exe where x is the drive letter of the
CD-ROM drive.
22. Click OK on Do you want to install the modem driver? After the Lucent
Win Modem driver installs, click OK to restart your computer.
23. Exit Windows Explorer and restart to complete installation of the Lucent
Win Modem driver.
Using the modem abroad
This section provides information for using the modem outside your country.
For the list of regions which support the use of the Combo card, see the online
information on your computer.
Setting up the dialing properties
When you use the Combo card outside of the country where it was set up,
reset the dialing properties, as follows:
1. Click Start and move the cursor to Settings; then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Modem.
3. Double-click Dialing Properties.
4. In the Country/Region section, select the region where you are going to use
the modem.
The regions where IBM supports the use of your modem are listed in the
online manual. If you select a region not on that list, your modem might not
work correctly.
Performing an Unattended Install
Unattended installation procedures are available for:
v Windows 2000
v Windows 95/98
v Windows NT 4.0
To perform an unattended install, refer to the online User’s Guide located on
your Intel CD and select the topic called Windows Push Installation.
Additional setup and configuration
The PRO/100 adapter supports a wide range of advanced networking features.
Such features are fully described in the online User’s Guide located on your
Intel CD. To view the guide, insert the Intel CD in your computer and wait for
the Autorun window to open. Click the User’s Guide button to start your Web
browser and view the guide.
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Advanced features
This section presents advanced information for adapters that support the
advanced features listed. Tasks within this section should be handled only by
system administrators.
Advanced adapter features
To access the advanced features of the adapter, perform the following:
1. In the Control Panel, double-click Network.
2. Select the adapter and click Properties.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
The Combo card has the following advanced features:
802.1p/802/1Q Tagging
IEEE 802.1p is a new IEEE standard for tagging packets—that is, assigning
packets priorities. Each packet is tagged with four additional bytes, which
increase its size and indicate its priority—from 0 (low) to 7 (high). This process
is called priority packet tagging or traffic class expediting. It enables the
adapter, working with the switches and routers in the network, to send packets
with higher priorities first.
To use priority packet tagging, your network infrastructure—specifically, the
routing devices that receive and transfer packets, and the adapters for those
devices—must support 802.1 p/802.1Q tagging. Using the Priority Packet
utility, set up the priority filter. Then, set the 802.1p/802.1Q tagging option to
Enabled. If the priority filter is set up but the setting is Disabled, the tagged
packets will still be processed by priority if the Combo card uses an Intel 82558
or later Ethernet controller. There are two requirements for using IEEE 802.1p
tagging effectively:
v The other devices receiving and routing 802.1p tagged packets must support
802.1p
v The adapters must support 802.1p.
ACPI Wake On LAN
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Enables or disables the Magic Packet service for IBM Wake on LAN
when
used in Windows 98 Version 4.10.1998 without the Service Pack. If you are
using a later version of Windows 98, or have Service Pack 1 or later installed,
this option will be ignored and the ACPI Wake on LAN services will be used.
Note: To determine your version of Windows 98:
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1. From the Windows 98 desktop, right-click on My Computer and
choose Properties.
2. The System Properties window opens. Your Windows 98 version is
listed under System.
Enable PME
Use this setting to adjust the power management compatibility of the adapter.
The default setting is Disable. To explicitly allow wake up with a Magic
Packet from shutdown under APM power management mode, change the
setting to Enable. To explicitly turn the 82550 LAN controller off in shutdown
under ACPI power management mode, leave this setting at Disable.
Adaptive Inter-Frame Spacing
This is a performance setting that compensates for excessive Ethernet packet
collisions on your network. For most computers and networks, the default
setting works best by dynamically adapting to the network traffic conditions.
However, in some rare cases, you might obtain better performance by setting
the spacing manually. Setting a value forces a static gap between packets.
Increasing the value increases the delay between frames transmitted.
Default: 1
Range: 1 – 255
Adaptive Technology
The recommended value for this is On. This parameter either enables or
disables the Adaptive Technology performance enhancement feature. To enable
the feature, click ON. To disable the feature, click OFF. To minimize CPU use
for better system performance, leave this parameter ON.
Adaptive Transmit Threshold
The recommended value for Adaptive Transmit Threshold is 16. This specifies
the number of bytes before the adapter empties its internal transmit FIFO onto
the wire.
The value is multiplied by 8 to produce the number of bytes. For example, if
Transmit Threshold = 200, the number of bytes is 1600. Because this is greater
than the maximum packet size for Ethernet, the adapter will not attempt early
transmits.
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Although this is the safest setting, the best performance is achieved when the
threshold parameter is as low as possible without producing underruns. To
experiment, set the parameter to 16. Then, if performance drops significantly,
increase the value in small increments.
Coalesce Buffers
The rcommended value is 8 with a range of 1–32. This specifies the number of
memory buffers available to the driver in case the driver runs out of available
Map Registers. This buffer area is also used when a packet consists of many
fragments. If no coalesce buffers or map registers are available, the driver will
be forced to queue the packet for later transmission. The most effective method
of transmitting data, however, is to use map registers.
Link Speed & Duplex
The recommended setting is Auto Detect (default). This parameter lets the
adapter know what speed to use on the Ethernet wire, and how to send and
receive packets, either full or half duplex. The following options are available:
v Auto Detect
The adapter detects whether its environment can support a speed of
100Mbps, and uses that speed if possible. It also negotiates with the switch
on whether to send and receive packets at full or half duplex.
v 10Mbps/Half Duplex
The adapter uses a speed of 10Mbps and performs one operation at a time.
It either sends or receives.
v 10Mbps/Full Duplex
The adapter uses a speed of 10Mbps and sends and receives packets at the
same time. This improves the performance of your adapter. Select this mode
only if you have a full-duplex switch.
Locally Administered Address (LAA)
You can optionally override the factory default network address of the adapter.
To enter a new network address, type a 12-digit hexadecimal number in this
box. The address entered should be in the range of
000000000000—FFFFFFFFFFFF. Exceptions: Do not use a multicast address (LSB
of the high byte = 1). For example, in the address 0X123456789AB, X cannot be
an odd number. A value of 000000000000 will default to the address set at the
factory.
PCI Bus Efficiency
When enabled, this option causes all transmit packets to be coalesced into a
single buffer before being sent to the network card. Because the entire frame
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requires only one PCI transaction, the PCI bus is more efficient, but transmit
time is slightly longer. When the option is disabled, the packets are not
coalesced, and each packet requires several PCI transactions. The PCI bus is
less efficient, but transmit time is faster.
Receive Buffers
The recommended value is 32 and the range is 1–1024. This specifies how
many buffers the driver is to use when copying data to the protocol memory.
When the network load is high, increasing receive buffers can increase
performance. The tradeoff is that this also increases the amount of system
memory used by the driver. If too few receive buffers are used, performance
will suffer. If too many are used, the driver will unnecessarily consume
memory resources.
Transmit Control Blocks
The recommended value is 16 and the rage is 1-80. This specifies how many
transmit control blocks the driver allocates for adapter use. This directly
corresponds to how many outstanding packets the driver can have in its
″send″ queue. If too few transmit control blocks are used, performance will
suffer. If too many transmit control blocks are used, the driver will
unnecessarily consume memory resources. Transmit Control Blocks Range:
1-80.
Smart Power Down
The recommended value is enabled. Designed for mobile computers, this
feature helps extend battery life. When the feature is enabled, the adapter
automatically removes power from the adapter when the LAN cable is
disconnected from the adapter. Later, when the LAN cable is connected, power
to the adapter is restored. If the feature is off, power is applied to the adapter
at all times.
Intel Priority Packet: An Overview
Priority Packet is a traffic-prioritization utility that enables you to set up filters
to process high-priority traffic before normal traffic. Using Priority Packet, you
can set up filters to give priority to critical applications or users.
Prioritizing Network Traffic
To set up priority filters so that information from critical nodes or applications
will be sent according to priority, use Intel’s Priority Packet.
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When traffic is prioritized at the host or entry point of the network, network
devices can base forwarding decisions on priority information defined in the
packet.
Priority Packet prioritizes traffic on the basis of priority filters—parameters you
assign to be applied to outgoing (transmit) packets. Using the Priority Filter
Wizard, you can set up predefined or custom priority filters on the basis of
node (MAC) address, Ethernet type, or various properties of the protocol and
port.
Priority Packet provides two methods for prioritizing traffic, IEEE_802.1p
tagging and Intel High Priority Queue. To use Priority Packet, you need to
enable IEEE_802.1p Tagging and then install Priority Packet.
To enable IEEE_802.1p tagging on an adapter, do as follows:
1. In the Control Panel, double-click Network.
2. Select the adapter and click Properties.
3. Select the Advanced tab and enable IEEE_802.1p tagging.
To install Priority Packet, run the setup program on the Drivers CD. This
program is located at x:\prtpkt\setup.exe, where x is the drive letter of
the CD-ROM drive.
Note: IEEE_802.1p tagging increases the size of the packets it tags. Some
hubs and switches will not recognize the larger packets and will
drop them. Check the documentation for your hubs and switches to
see whether they support 802.1p. If they do not or if you are not
sure, you have two choices.
v You can use High Priority Queue (HPQ) instead (see the next section), or
v You can configure the switch to strip the tags from the packets and send
them on to the next destination as normal traffic.
Intel High Priority Queue
If your network infrastructure devices do not support IEEE_802.1p, or if
you’re not sure, you can still define filters and send packets as high priority
by assigning them to the High Priority Queue (HPQ).
To do this, you use Priority Packet when you create or assign a filter. This
method does not provide the precise priority levels of 802.1p tagging, but it
does assign high or low priority to traffic and sends packets having high
priority first. Therefore, if there are multiple applications on a system
sending packets, the packets from the application with a filter are sent out
first. HPQ does not change network routing, nor does it add any
information to the packets.
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Wake on LAN
The Wake on LAN (WOL) feature operates according to a published
specification. In simple terms, the specification enables designers to build
network adapters that are capable of “listening” to network activity even
when the computer is turned off.
WOL adapters have a special low-power standby mode that is active when
the rest of the computer is without power. The adapter will respond to a
special wake-up packet sent by another computer or network device.
Typically, this wake-up packet causes the adapter to signal the computer to
restart and run a predefined program.
Virtual LAN
A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical grouping of network devices put together
as a LAN regardless of their physical grouping or collision domains. If you use
the VLAN, the following is required:
v Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4.0 (or later) or Service Pack 3.0 and the
NDIS driver hotfix from Microsoft.
When a VLAN is used, a user can see and access only specified network
segments. This improves network performance and improves network
security. VLANs offer the ability to group users and stations together into
logical work-groups. This can simplify network administration when clients
are connecting to servers that are geographically dispersed across a building,
a campus, or an enterprise network.
Typically, VLANs consist of co-workers within the same department but in
different locations, groups of users running the same network protocol, or a
cross-functional team working on a joint project. Joining workers with VLANs
forms logical working groups.
Normally, VLANs are configured at the switch and any computer can be a
member of one VLAN per installed network adapter. The PRO/100 adapter
supersedes this by communicating directly with a switch, so that up to 64
VLANs can be on a single adapter. To set up VLAN membership, your adapter
must be attached to a switch that has VLAN capability.
How to Join a VLAN From Windows NT 4.0
To join a VLAN, do as follows:
1. Create a VLAN on the switch. Use the parameters you assign there to join
the VLAN from the server. For more information for your switch, see the
documentation.
2. Double-click Network in Control Panel.
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3. On the Adapters tab, select the adapter you want to be on a VLAN.
4. Click Properties.
5. In PROSet, click Join VLAN.
6. Type the VLAN ID and the VLAN Name.
Note: The VLAN ID must match the VLAN ID on the switch. The Valid ID
range is from 0–4095. The VLAN Name is for informational purposes
only, and does not have to match the name on the switch.
7. Click Join VLAN.
8. Repeat Steps 3 to 6 for each VLAN you want the server to join. The VLANs
you add are listed on the Adapters tab.
9. Click Close and restart the computer.
Boot Agent
The Intel Boot Agent is a software product that allows your networked client
computer to boot start using a program code image supplied by a remote
server. The features offered by this product are:
v Compliant with the Wired for Management Baseline 2.0 (WfM 2.0)
specification
v Incorporates the software defined in the Pre-boot eXecution Environment
Version 2.0 (PXE 2.0 and 2.1) specification
v Some versions of the Boot Agent also include support for Remote Program
Load (RPL) runtime and loader software (10/100 adapters only)
v Compatible with legacy boot agent environments that use BOOTP protocol
v Customizable in pre-boot, Windows, and DOS environments
Product Contents
When you purchase an Intel WfM-compatible adapter, the product package
includes the following items related to the Boot Agent:
v A Boot Agent software image integrated into the adapter’s flash ROM
device.
IBM may occasionally provide Boot Agent software updates. A Boot Agent
software update package consists of:
v A Boot Agent software image that can be loaded onto your client network
adapter’s flash ROM device.
This software and documentation as well as updates are available at the
following web site:
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support
Then, search for Boot Agent.
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PRO/100 SP Mobile Combo Adapter: User’s Guide
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