Linksys PCMPC100 User Manual

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Use this guide to install:

EtherFast 10/100 PC Card (PCMPC100 v3)

EtherFast 10/100 Integrated PC Card (PCM100 v2)

User Guide

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LIMITED WARRANTY Linksys guarantees that every EtherFast 10/100 PC Card is free from physical defects in material and workmanship under normal use for FIVE years from the date of purchase. If the product proves defective during this warranty period, call Linksys Customer Support in order to obtain a Return Authorization Number. BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. When returning a product, mark the Return Authorization Number clearly on the outside of the package and include your original proof of purchase.. All customers located outside of the United States of America and Canada shall be held responsible for shipping and handling charges.

IN NO EVENT SHALL LINKSYS’ LIABILITY EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT FROM DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE, OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. Linksys makes no warranty or representation, expressed, implied, or statutory , with r espect to its pr oducts or the contents or use of this documentation and all accompanying software, and specifically disclaims its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Linksys reserves the right to revise or update its products, software, or documentation without obligation to notify any individual or entity. Please direct all inquiries to:

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The EtherFast 10/100 PC Cards have 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 according to the instructions, may cause harmful 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 is found 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:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

• Increase the separation between the equipment or device

• Connect the equipment to an outlet other than the receiver’s

• Consult a dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for assistance UG-PCMPC100v3-010509A-AC

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Introduction

Welcome to the world of convenient and flexib le notebook PC networking! The EtherFast 10/100 PC Cards allow you to connect with virtually any Ethernetbased network or Internet connection including: Cable modem, DSL modem, and more. Sharing files and printers has never been easier, and their single-slot designs are perfect for slim notebooks--freeing up your additional slots for use with other accessories.

Whether you choose the convenience of the standard PC card, with its removable media coupler, or the Integrated PC Card and it’s all-in-one design, you’ll get fast file transfers, hot-swap capability*, and bus mastering. Compatible with PCMCIA-equipped notebook PCs, the 10/100 PC Cards offer Minimal voltage consumption and an automatic sleep mode to help conserve your notebook PC’s battery life.

The 10/100 PC Cards also automatically adjust their speed to optimize data trafficking. Virtually all brand name PCs and major operating systems, including Windows 95, 98, 2000, Millennium, and NT are supported. Convenience and Flexibility--that’s what makes the EtherFast 10/100 PC Cards the ultimate networking solution for your notebook PC.Package Contents for the Eth

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

The Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Cards 1 About Fast Ethernet 2 Package Contents 3

Getting to Know the EtherFast 10/100 PC Cards 4

LEDS / The RJ-45 Port 4

Installing the EtherFast 10/100 PC Cards 5

Getting the Right Cable / Installing the PC Card and Cabling 5 About the Software / Choosing I/O and IRQ Values 6 Socket and Card Services 7 How to Use the 10/100 PC Card’s Enabler for DOS-Based Network 8 Network Driver Setup 9

Windows 95 Installation and Setup 10

Windows 98 Installation and Setup 16

Windows Millennium Installation and Setup 22

Windows NT 4.0 Installation and Setup 25

Windows 2000 Installation and Setup 35

Troubleshooting 39

Appendix 42

Sharing Your Files and Printers 42 Novell NetWare 3.x Client Setup for Windows 98 or 95 44 Windows 98 or 95 Client for Windows NT 45 Starting Over in Windows 95,98, or 2000 46 Manually Installing the Network Components in

Windows 95 and Windows 98 51 Linux, Open Source, and Beta Operating Systems 52 Twisted-Pair Cabling 53 Crimping Your Own Network Cables 54 Specifications 55 Linksys Warranty Information 57

The Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PC Cards

EtherFast®10/100 PC Cards

• EtherFast 10/100 PC Card

• One Driver Disk

• One User Guide and Registration Card

• EtherFast 10/100 PC Card

• One Dongle Cord

• One Driver Disk

• One User Guide and Registration Card

Package Contents for the EtherFast 10/100 Integrated PC Card (PCM100 V2)

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In recent years, Fast Ethernet has emerged as the fastest growing network topology around. Operating at an incredible 100 million bits per second (100Mbps), and sometimes referred to as 100BaseTX, Fast Ethernet is more than fast enough to handle the latest speed-dependent applications like video, multimedia, and Internet connectivity.

Fast Ethernet is ten times faster than regular Ethernet networks. Also known as 10BaseT, regular Ethernet networks typically run at 10Mbps.

Unfortunately because of their speed and other technological differences, Ethernet and Fast Ethernet cannot be readily mixed together in most cases. A 10BaseT network adapter, for example, cannot be attached directly to a Fast Ethernet network. In environments where 10BaseT and Fast Ethernet need to be mixed together - in migration scenarios, for example, where file servers are moved to 100Mbps speeds for better performance - a switch or a dual-speed hub can be used to connect network segments of disparate speeds together.

The EtherFast 10/100 PC Cards will run with both 10BaseT and 100BaseTX networks without any special settings, allowing you to plug into virtually any network while at the office or on the road, regardless of speed. When a network cable is plugged in, the EtherFast Card automatically determines the speed, duplex, and polarity of the arriving network packets and adjusts itself accordingly. Also known in the industry as NWAY, this "live wire" ability also allows network cables to be s wapped*with the EtherFast Card w hile it's turned on--the card will automatically reconnect itself to the network as soon as a new cable is plugged in.

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About Fast Ethernet

Package Contents for the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card (PCMPC100 V3)

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Installing the EtherFast 10/100 PC Cards

Like most network devices, the EtherFast Card must be connected to a 10BaseT or Fast Ethernet hub with the right kind of twisted-pair network cabling. Although twisted-pair is available in different styles and grades, this installation requires a category 5 network cable with RJ-45 connectors, not exceeding 100 meters (328) feet in length. Cabling can be obtained at most computer stores. If you are using Fast Ethernet, Category 5 (or better) cable must be used. For more information about Fast Ether net cabling, including information on how to crimp your own cables, go to the Crimping Y our Own Network Cables section of the Appendix.

1. Turn off your PC.

2. If you are installing the standard PC Card, connect the flat end of the media coupler to the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card. It should lock firmly into place.

3. Locate your PC's PCMCIA slot (usually located on the side). Slide the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card into the slot with the triangle on the card facing up. The 128-pin end goes in first. Make sure that the card is seated snugly in place.

4. Attach one end of a UTP category 5 network cable into the RJ-45 port on the end of the EtherFast Card or media coupler. Then plug the other end of the cable into a Fast Ethernet or 10BaseT network device. The EtherFast 10/100 PC Card will automatically sense the type, polarity, and speed of your network's cabling and adjust itself accordingly.

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Installing the PC Card and Cabling

Getting the Right Cable

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If the PC Card does not fit all the way into the slot, check your

PC’s documentation to be sure that your laptop has a PCMCIA slot.

Getting to Know the EtherFast 10/100 PC Cards

Link The LED will illuminate when the card is sucessfully

connected to a network.

Act The Activity LED will flicker when data is being transmit

ted or received over the network.

10/100 This LED will be illuminated when the card is operating at

100Mbps; dormant when operating at 10Mbps.

The RJ-45 Port is where you will connect your Category 3 or 5 network cabling. Refer to the section on Twisted Pair Cabling for detailed information on network cabling.

LEDs

The RJ-45 Port

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If you can't seem to find an I/O address or inter rupt value to use, contact your PC's manufacturer to determine which values are currently available for use with the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card.

Socket and card services allow your computer to recognize a PCMCIA card when it is inserted into your PC's PCMCIA slot. Your PC will need some kind of services installed in order to use the EtherFast 10/100 PCMCIA PC Card.

Most PCMCIA-equipped PCs have socket and card services pre-installed by the computer's manufacturer. If you are upgrading your PC by adding a new PCMCIA slot, then you need to upgrade your services as well. You have two choices:

• Use Built-in Services in the Driver

If your computer doesn't have services (or you don't know what kind are installed), you may be able to use the enabler built into the driver of the PCMCIA Card for DOS or NT computers. The enabler tries to automatically get the card recognized by the laptop and enable the slot to work with the 10/100 PC Card only.

• Contact Your PC's Manufacturer

If your computer doesn't have services, and the generic services contained in the 10/100 PC Card's driver don't seem to work with your PC, contact your computer's manufacturer to find out what kind of services your computer uses, or how to get compatible services if your computer doesn't have them.

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The EtherFast 10/100 PC Card requires two different kinds of software in order to work:

Socket and card services are special software drivers that allow a PC card to communicate with your computer . Your computer might have services that were installed by the manufacturer, making your PC compatible with a wide range of CardBus and PCMCIA cards. If your computer doesn't have services, or if you're not sure how to get yours working, the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card comes with a generic enabler you can use to get the card up and running in your DOS or Windows NT computer's card slot. Card services are always loaded into memory each time your PC is started up, and always before your network drivers are loaded.

Network driv ers allow the card to communicate with your network at large. The EtherFast 10/100 PC Card disk includes drivers for many network operating systems, including Windows 95, 98, 2000, Millennium, NT, Windows for Workg roups, NetWare, packet driver networks, and more. When the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card is up and running, it will talk to your PC's card slot, which will talk to the Card services, which will finally talk to the network drivers and the network at large.

Just like modems, mice, CD-ROMs, hard drives, and other devices, the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card requires an I/O address and an IRQ value.

An I/O base address is the Input/Output area of your computer's Input/Output range that the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card will use for transferring data to and from a network. The I/O v alue you assign to the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card must not be in use by any other devices. I/O values are always expressed in hexadecimal values. A hexadecimal value is basically a number that serves as an abbreviation of a larger number.

Also known as an interrupt, an IRQ is a signal that notif ies the PC when certain input or output events have occurred and where the attention of the PC is needed. IRQs are expressed in numerical values. Your computer’s system BIOS will automatically assign an IRQ value.

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Plug-and-Play operating systems like Windows 98, Windows 95 OSR2, (also known as Windows 95 Version B) Millennium , and 2000 will usually assign available I/O and IRQ values to the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card automatically, making the card's installation quick and easy.

Socket and Card Services

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Plug-and-Play operating systems like Windows 95,98, Millennium, and 2000 have socket and card services built into the operating system. You don’t need to install them if you are using these Operating Systems.

Choosing I/O and IRQ Values

About the Software

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Follow these instr uctions carefully. You can view or print the setup directions from your favorite word processor. For the operating systems not covered in this user guide, insert the program disk into your PC. The supported Operating Systems not covered in this User Guide have subdirectories that contain “read me” instructions. These DOS-based Operating Systems are listed below.

A:\NETWARE NetWare Client (DOS ODI)

NetWare Lite Personal NetWare Sun PCNFS (with ODI drivers)

A:\PKTDRV Packet Driver

A:\WFW311 Windows for Workgroups 3.11

A:\NDIS2 NDIS support

Lantastic Sun PCNFS (with NDIS drivers) Microsoft LAN Manager

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The software disk provided with the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card includes generic socket and card services built into the driver that can be used to enable the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card. The card's hardware-specific client enabler will only enable the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card. If you want to use other PCMCIA cards in the future, you will need to obtain additional services for those card(s) before you'll be able to use them.

When enabler loads itself into memory, it tries to choose IRQ and I/O base address values for the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card not already in use.

Enabler also checks to see if any other service packages are loaded. If there are any services already present in memory, enabler will attempt to load itself without disturbing them.

Open up your config.sys f ile in a text editor. Scroll through the file. Find the line that reads (or is similar to) the following:

DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE

It will probably be located near the beginning of the file. You will need to add a command to the end of the EMM386 command in order to reserve an area of memory for the 10/100 PC Card's client enabler to use.

Add the following command to the end of the EMM386 line:

NOEMS X=D000-D3FF

so that the new EMM386 line now looks something like this (it may vary slightly):

DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF

If there are already commands on the EMM386 line, try not to disturb them when you add the NOEMS X=D000-D3FF

Network Driver Setup

How to Use the 10/100 PC Card’s Enabler for DOS-Based Network Operating Systems

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: Plug-and-Play operating systems such as Windows 95, 98, 2000, and Millennium do not require the use of the enabler or memory exclusion.

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: When loading the enabler, it must

be saved in the

autoexec.dat

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2. While the Update Device Driver Wizard window is visible, put the Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PC Card Driver Disk into the floppy drive and click the Next button.

3. Windows will begin searching y our floppy drive for the correct device drivers. A message will appear stating that Windows found the driver for the Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PC Card (PCMPC100 v3). Click the Finish but- ton.

If W indo ws cannot find the driver for the card , refer to the Troubleshooting section.

4. Windows 95 will begin copying a number of files onto your computer. If Windows asks you to supply your original Windows 95 installation or setup files, inser t your Windows CD-ROM or disks as needed, and direct Windows 95 to the proper location, (e.g., “D:\win95”, “C:\windows\options\cabs”). Click the OK button.

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Windows 95 Installation and Setup

Follow the instructions below to install your EtherFast 10/100 PC Card on Microsoft W indo ws 95. After installing the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card hardware in your computer, follow the instr uctions below to install the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card's Windows 95 network driver from the card's driver disk.

The standard 16-bit PC Card standard is a Plug and-Play network adapter that is designed to be automatically detected by Windows 95 as soon as you insert it into your computer.

There are currently three versions of Windows 95:

· Windows 95 (the first release)

· Windows 95 version A

· Windows 95 version B, also called OSR2

Please keep in mind that the installation procedure for the network driver will vary slightly depending on the edition of Windows 95 OSR2 you are using and your current system conf iguration.

To install the network driver, start up your computer.

1. Windows 95 will automatically detect the presence of the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card in your computer. If Windows 95 goes directly to the windows desktop and does not display the Update Device Driver window, refer to the Troubleshooting section.

Overview

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Screen shots used in this Installation and Setup section are from installation of the standard EtherFast 10/100 PC Card v3 (PCMPC100 v3). If you are installing the EtherFast 10/100 Integrated PC Card v3 (PCM100 v2), the installation process will be unchanged, however, the product name will be different.

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If other components are listed, this is fine. However, if an

y components are missing, you'll need to install them manually. Refer to

Manually Installing the Network Components sec-

tion.

If you need to install the TCP/IP protocol, refer to your system administrator or your Windows 95 documentation. Linksys does not provide technical support for the configuration or troubleshooting of the TCP/IP protocol.

7. In the Primary Network Logon box, make sure that Client for Microsoft Networksis selected from the pull down menu. When you reboot, you will be prompted for a user name and password for Microsoft Networking.

8. To enable File and Printer Sharing, click on the File and Print Sharing button, then put a check mark next to both

boxes in the window. Click the OK

button.

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If Windows asks you to supply a file containing the letters “pc100”, type “a:\” in the box that pops up as shown below. Click the OK button.

During the installation, Windows may ask you for a computer and workgroup name. If so, refer to steps 9 and 10 in this section. Otherwise, continue with the installation.

Windows will finish copying all of the necessary files to your system. When asked if you want to restart your computer, click the No button.

Once you are back at the Windows 95 desktop, click on the Start button. Click on Settings, then Control Panel.

5. Double-click on the Network icon. The Network window will appear. Click on the Configuration tab.

6. Make sure that the following network components are installed:

Client for Microsoft Networks Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PC Card (PCMPC100 V3) TCP/IP

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port for TCP/IP configuration or troubleshooting.

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14. Once Windows is done copying the necessary files, the System Settings Change window appears. Remove all disks from your computer and click

on theYes button to restart your PC.

If you don't see this window, simply close down Windows 95 and restart your computer by clicking on the Start button, then Shut Down, select Restart the Computer, then click theYes button. The installation is complete. Remember to remove the Driver Disk from the floppy drive.

15. Once the computer has restarted, look at the EtherFast Card's LEDs. If your cabling is properly attached and the network is detected, the green Link light will be on, and the Activity (ACT) light will be flickering or solid.

16. A Logon window will appear. Make up a username and password and click OK. Do not click the Cancel or Esc button, or you won't be able to log onto the network. If the logon does not appear or if it does not allow you to log on, refer to the Troubleshooting section.

17. Once you are at the Windows 95 desktop, double-click on the Network Neighborhood icon. You should see an icon for the Entire Network, and/or the names of the other PCs on the network. In order to see your other computers and shared resources in Network Neighborhood, you need to enable File and Printer Sharing. For help, refer to Sharing Your Files and

Printers in the Appendix . If you don't see anything at all, press the F5 key on your keyboard a few

times to refresh the screen.

If you only see your computer in Network Neighborhood, if you only see computers that are running the same operating system as you and you don’t see any others, or if you see all computers on the network except yours, and the other PCs can't see your computer, refer to the T roub leshooting section.

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9. Click on the Identification

tab. Type the name of your computer in the “Computer name” box. Make up a name that is unique from all the other computers' names on the network. (e.g., Dino, Alpha, etc.)

10.Type the name of your workgroup in the “Workgroup” box. The name you type should be the same workgroup name in use by all of the other PCs on the network. Make sure to use the same case that is used on your other computers.

11. Enter a description of your computer in the “Computer Description” box.

This box is optional.

12. Optional: Click on the

Access Control tab. Make sure that Shared-level access control is selected. If the setting is on User-Level access control and you can’t change it, refer to the Troubleshooting section.

13. Click on the OK button. If your system asks you for your Windows 95 CDROM or the location of the 95 installation files, direct Windows to the appropriate location, (e.g., “D:\win95”, “C:\windows\options\cabs”).

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