NETGEAR FA510 User Manual

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Instructions in this guide are for users of Windows® who are installing the
Model FA510 Network Card. For instructions on installing and verifying the
Windows network driver, refer to “Install the Windows Network Driver” on the
other side of this guide.

These four easy steps provide information for installing your Model FA510
Network Card:

1. Verify Package Contents

2. Install the Network Card

3. Connect the Network Cables

4. Install the Network Driver
As a last step, be sure to fill out and send in your warranty card.

To register online, direct your Web browser to the Web page at:

http://www.gearguy.com/pub/registration

Verify Package Contents

Unpack the contents of the package and make sure that you have everything.

Model FA510
Network Card

RJ-45 adapter cable

Category 5 10/100 Mbps
UTP cable (provided with
Model FA510C Network
Card)

Drivers and

Diagnostics Disk

Installation

guide, Warranty &

Owner Registration Card,

and Support Information Card

Verify PC Requirements

The instructions given in this guide are for using the NETGEAR
FA510 Network Card in a PC that has a Microsoft

®

Windows operating system.

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Model

Model FA510 Network Card Installation Guide

Install the Network Card

The Model FA510 Network Card is hot swappable, which means it can be
inserted in to a PC that is either turned off or powered on.

1. Insert the Model FA510 Network Card into the CardBus slot as
illustrate d in the figure.

Some PCs have two CardBus slots. The Model FA510 Network Card can
be inserted into either slot.

2. Insert the RJ-45 adapter cable into the connector on the edge of the
network card.

3. Insert the Category 5 10/100 Mbps UTP cable into the RJ-45 adapter
cable.

Model FA510

Network Card and

RJ-45 adapter

cable

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4. If you ha ve chos en to inst all th e card with the po wer tur ned of f, tur n on
the power to the PC.

Model FA510 Network Card Installation Guide

Connect the Network Cables

1. Using a UTP cable, connect any port on the hub to the port on the RJ­45 adapter cable.

2. To connect the network cables, follow the illustration below.

Note: One of the ports on NETGEAR hubs is switchable between

Normal (MDI-X) and Uplink (MDI) with a Normal/Uplink push
button. If you are using this switchable port on a NETGEAR hub to
connect to a PC or the network card, make sure the Normal/Uplink
push button is set to Normal.

PC with network
card installed

Hub

Category 5 10/100 Mbps UTP cables*

*Use the cable provided or any Category 5 UTP cable.
Maximum length = 100 meters (300 feet)

Power adapter

RJ-45

connectors

Notebook PC

Model FA510
Network Card with
RJ-45 adapter cable

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Model FA510 Network Card Installation Guide

Install the Network Driver

This guide provides you with instructions for installing the Windows Network
Driver. The steps given in these instructions are for users of Windows 98.

If you are using Windo ws 95, read t hese i nstruc tions thoro ughl y for a n overv iew
of the steps that are necessary for the installation of the software driver. If you
are installing network cards and drivers on more than one computer operating
with Windows 95, you might find that all versions of Windows 95 do not
respond with the same screens, and windows might open in a different order.

Note: You must install the network card (instructions on other side of
this guide) before installing the network driver.

Before you proceed with the installation steps, decide on a name for your
network and for each PC (each name must be only one word). You also need to
have the Windows CD-ROM and t he FA510 Driv ers and Diagnostics Disk re ady
to use in the installation process.

Note: If th e “Insert Di sk” windo w opens and th e “Please ins ert the di sk
labeled Windows 98...” message appears at any time during the
following process, insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM in Drive D (the
CD-ROM drive) and click on “OK.” Then follow the next step in the
instructions.

1. Turn on the power to the computer and start Windows 98.

The new hardware is found.

2.

Add New Hardware Wizard

This wizard searches for new drivers for:

PCI Ethernet Controller

A device driver is a software program that
makes a hardware device work.

< Back Next> Cancel

Click on “Next.”

Model FA510 Network Card Installation Guide