NetComm NP1100 User Manual
Contents
Installation ............................................................................................. 3
Step 1: Hardware Installation ............................................................... 3
Step 2: BIOS Configuration.................................................................. 4
Step 3: Driver Installation ................................................................... 5
Step 4: What’s next? ........................................................................ 17
Troubleshooting ..................................................................................... 18
Features ............................................................................................... 19
Specifications........................................................................................ 20
Appendix A: Glossary ............................................................................ 21
Appendix B: Registration and Warranty Information .................................. 28
Caution
The NetComm NP1100 must be installed and operated in accordance with the
instructions provided in this Quick Start Guide. Damage caused by incorrect or
careless installation is not covered by warranty.
Static Electricity
Computers are very sensitive to static electricity which may be discharged by the
user when the internal circuitry is touched. Ensure that you have discharged any
static prior to touching the computer’s PCI slots and to removing the NetComm
NP1100 from its static bag, by touching an earthed object first. This can be the
computer’s Power Supply provided the power is switched off at the wall, but the
power cord is connected to the power socket; static will be discharged through the
power cord’s earth connection.
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Installation
The 10/100Mbps PCI bus Fast Ethernet Card requires Hardware installation first, then
BIOS and Driver installation.
Step 1: Hardware Installation
1. Turn off your computer and disconnect the power cable.
2. Remove the cover from your computer.
Please check your computer’s documentation (particularly your warranty details) for
instructions and warnings regarding the removal of covers or installation of add-in
boards.
3. Select an empty PCI slot and remove
the appropriate expansion slot cover
from the computer.
4. Insert the card into the PCI slot and
secure with a screw in the backplane.
5. If supplied connect the WOL
(wake on LAN) cable to the WOL
connector on the card and on your
motherboard.
6. Replace the computer’s cover.
7. Insert one end of the network cable
into the socket on the PCI Network
Card.
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8. Connect the other end of the network cable into a port on your Ethernet hub.
9. Reconnect the power cable and turn on your computer.
10. You may need to follow Step 2: BIOS Configuration. If not, continue to Step 3:
Driver Installation and follow the section for your operating system to complete
installation of the PCI Network Adaptor.
NOTE: You may be asked for your original Windows® CD during the
installation process, please have it ready. If your computer
came with Windows® pre loaded the installation files may be
located in C:\windows\option\cabs folder.
Step 2: BIOS Configuration
Due to a fault in some Plug-n-Play BIOS programs, it happens occasionally that a newly
installed adapter is assigned an Interrupt Number which is already assigned to another
device.
In such a case, the conflict of Interrupt Number will cause faults in the behavior of both
devices. Then it is necessary to run the CMOS Setup utility, and manually assign a nonconflicting Interrupt Number.
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Step 3: Driver Installation
Before you connect the 10/100Mbps PCI bus Card to the network, you will need to install
the appropriate network driver for your operating system.
The driver for each networking operating system is included under separate directories on
the CD-ROM included with your card.
Also included on the CD-ROM is a Help file. If your operating system (eg Linux) is not
included in this Quick Start Guide, refer to the Help file for more information.
1. Click on Start - Run and type in D:\HELP.EXE (where “D” is the letter of your CDROM drive).
2. Follow the screen instructions to view information and detailed installation
instructions for your operating system.
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Windows® 95/98
1. As Windows® 95/98 starts the PCI
Network Adapter will be found and the
Add New Hardware Wizard will start.
Click on Next>.
2. Select Search for the best driver for you
device (Recommended) and click on
Next>.
3. Insert the 110/100Mbps Driver CDROM into your CD-ROM drive.
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4. Select Specify a location and type in
D:\WIN98 for Windows®98 or D:
WIN95 for Windows®95 (where “D” is
the letter of your CD-ROM drive) and
click on Next >.
5. Follow the Add New Hardware Wizard
to complete installation of your network
card.
You may be prompted to insert your
Windows®98 or Windows®95 CDROM to continue with the installation
of the network card.
Restart your computer, when prompted
to complete the installation.
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Windows® Me
1. As Windows® Me starts the 10/100Mbps Fast
Ethernet Adapter will be found and the drivers
will be automatically installed. You will need
to update the driver to continue.
2. Click on Start – Settings – Control Panel.
3. Open Network and Dial-Up Connections and
then open System.
4. Select Device Manager, click on the Realtek
RTL8139(A) PCI Fast Ethernet Adaptor under
Network Adaptors and click on the Properties
button.
5. Select the Driver tab and click on the Update
Driver button.
6. The Update Device Driver Wizard
screen will appear. Choose Search for
a better driver than the one your device
is using now. [Recommended], type
D:\WINME (where “D” is the letter of
your CD-ROM drive) in the Specify a
location: box and click on Next>.
7. Select the updated driver and click on
Next>.
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You may be prompted to insert your
Windows®Me CD-ROM to continue
with the installation of the network
card.
8. Follow the Update Device Driver
Wizard to complete the installation and
restart your computer when prompted.
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Windows® 2000
1. Log into your computer as a user with
administrator access.
2. Windows® 2000 will automatically
detect the 10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet
Network Adapter and install a basic
driver that will need to be updated.
3. Click on Start – Settings – Control
Panel.
4. Open Network and
Dial-Up Connections
and then open Local
Area Network.
5. Click on Configure and then select the Driver tab.
6. Select Update driver. Choose Display a list of
known drivers…. and click on Next >.
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