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Trademarks
Copyright PLANET Technology Corp. 1998.
Contents subject to revision without prior notice.
PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET Technology
Corporation. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
FCC Warning
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment
is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and
can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with the Instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to
cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the
interference at his own expense.
CE Marking Warning
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product
may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required
to take adequate measures.
Revision
PLANET Ethernet Adapter - ENW-8300 User's Guide
Rev: 4.0
Part No. EM8300V4
About This Guide
Thank you for purchasing PLANET ENW-8300, high performance PCI Ethernet
Adapter. This guide is to provide the installation and usage of the card for network
installers or users. ENW-8300 complies with the latest PCI bus specifications and
comes jumperless to simplify installation. Extensive driver supports for commonly
used network operating systems including NetWare, Windows 95/98, Windows NT,
and TCP/IP are available. The following summarizes the contents of the chapters and
appendix.
Section Contents
Chapter 1 Gives an overview of the hardware characteristics and benefits
Chapter 2 Describes the physical installation of the ENW-8300 adapter,
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Appendix B Product Specification
specifying adapter settings, software setting, and installing a network
driver.
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1. INTRODUCTION
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LEDs
BNC
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LEDs
Hardware Overview
ENW-8300 is a 32-bit Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) local
bus Ethernet card that offers user the best price/performance on the
market. ENW-8300 has passed the Hardware Compatibility Test
provided by PCI Special Interest Group.
This card also supports full-duplex function which enable simultaneous
transmission and receiving through the twisted-pair link to full-duplex
Ethernet switches. This feature not only increases the channel bandwidth
from 10Mbps to 20Mbps but also avoids the performances degrading
problem due to the characteristic of the Ethernet CSMA/CD protocol.
Features & Benefits
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PCI local bus single-chip Ethernet controller.
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Comply with IEEE 802.3 10Base-2, and 10Base-T.
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Complies to PCI local bus specification.
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Supports full-duplex Ethernet function to double channel bandwidth.
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Built-in data pre-fetch function to improve performance.
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Provide auto-detection capability between UTP and BNC.
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Support auto polarity correction for 10Base-T.
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BOOT ROM function for remote boot up.
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Built-in 32K byte SRAM data buffer to speed up data transmission.
RJ-45/STP
ENW-8300-T/ ENW-8300-2T
Networking&Comm unic ation
BOOT ROM
RTL
ENW-8300
2
RJ-45/STP
RTL
Ne tworking&Communication
BOOT ROM
ENW-8300
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2. INSTALLATION
General Installation
1. Turn off the computer and remove its cover.
2. Insert the card into one of the free PCI slots and secure the adapter
with screw firmly. Put back the cover of the computer
3. Connect to the network using thin, 10Base-2 or twisted-pair cable,
10Base-T
4. Power on the PC and install the driver
Configuration / Diagnostic
Basically, ENW-8300 is completely self-configurable, requiring no
intervention from the user. There are only 3 items that can be configured:
Medium type, Full/Half duplex, and Boot ROM enabled. You can also
run diagnostic of the card from the setup.exe program provided within
the driver diskette.
Insert the floppy diskette provided with ENW-8300, in pure DOS prompt,
execute setup.exe command and you'll see the following:
. Auto configuration
. Manual Setup Configuration
. View current Configuraiton
. Diagnostic
. Exit
Please follow the easy menu-driven program to configure the cards.
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Driver Installation
For detailed information, please refer to the document in the diskette
provided with the product or refer to the file Readme.exe.
Driver install examples:
1. For Netware client, please execute the following:
lsl
pciodi
ipxodi
netx (or vlm)
f:
login username
2. For Netware server, please execute the following:
load pcisrv
bind ipx pcisrv
load monitor
BOOT ROM Installation (Optional)
The product provides a socket for a remote boot ROM. With a boot
ROM, a host computer can load the operating systems over the network.
1. Plug in the boot ROM to the appropriate position, make sure the
direction is correct.
2. Enable the boot ROM function. Please see Setup.exe program
and Readme.exe for detail.
APPENDIX A TROUBLESHOOTING
Most common factors that cause an adapter to fail are configuration
conflicts and cabling problems. PCI cards shouldn't have any conflict
problem due the plug and play specification. One should check the
cable and its terminator. Use also the adapter LED indicators and
Diagnostic Program. For information on the Diagnostic Program,
please see Setup program. If the problem persists, call your dealer for
help.
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LED Indicators
The two LED indicators help you monitor the network status. Their
functions depend on the type of cable used.
♦ Link monitors the data link status on the UTP cable. It turns
ON when there is data link, and OFF when there is bad / no
connection.
♦ Activity blinks when there is data transmission / reception.
APPENDIX B PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
Standard : IEEE 802.3 10Base-2/T
Transmission rate : 10 /20Mbps
Hardware : PCI bus Spec. Ver 2.0
LED : 2; LNK, ACT
IRQ : Assigned by PCI BIOS
I/O Address : Assigned by PCI BIOS
Boot ROM Address : Assigned by PCI BIOS
Driver Support : Novell NetWare3.x ,4.x
Windows NT3.1, NT3.5, NT3.51, NT4.0
Windows for workgroups 3.x, Windows 95/98
TCP/IP, Lantastic 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, and SCO UNIX.
Temperature : 0 to 50 degree C(operating)
Power : 0.5 Watts
Emission : FCC class A; CE
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