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38 T esla Ir vine, CA 92618 Phone: ( 949) 679- 8000 Barricade PCI User Guide F rom SMC ’ s Barr icade l ine of aw ard -winnin g wor kgroup LAN solut ions December 200 2 Pub. No:150 0000268 00A Part No: 0 1-111337- 006[...]

Copyright Information fur nishe d by SMC Networ ks, Inc. (S MC) is b eliev ed t o be ac curate and r eliable. Howe ver, no responsibilit y is assume d by SMC for its use, no r for any infrin gements of patent s or other ri ghts of third par ties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implic ation or ot herwis e under any patent or [...]

i L IMITED W ARRANTY Limited War ranty Statemen t: SMC Networks, Inc. (“SMC”) warrants its produc ts to be free from de fects in workmanship and materials, und er normal use and ser vice, for the applicab le warranty term. All SMC produc ts carry a standard 90-da y limited warranty from the dat e of purchase from SMC or its Authori zed Reseller[...]

L IMITED W ARRANTY ii Customer s must conta ct SMC for a Return Material Authoriz ation numbe r prior to returnin g any product t o SMC. Proof of purc hase may be required. An y product returned to SMC without a valid Return Mater ial Authorizat ion (RMA) number clearly marked on the out side of the package will be returned to customer at customer?[...]

iii C OMPLIA NCES FCC - Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are des igned to provide reasonab le protection against har m ful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates , uses and can radiate r adio freq[...]

C OMPLIANCES iv EC Conformance Dec laration - Class B SMC contact f or these products in Europe is: SMC Networ ks Euro pe, Edificio Conat a II, Calle F ructu ós Gelabert 6-8, 2 o , 4 a , 08970 - Sant Joa n Despí, Barcelo na, Spain. This inf orm ation technology equipment complies with the requirements of the Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the Ap[...]

v T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Hardware Des cription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 LED Indicato rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS vi Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 PCI Compati bility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Solution s for Com mon Prob lems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Network Ca rd Installati on Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Network C[...]

1 I NTROD UCTION S M C’s B a r r i c ade PC I , S M C1 2 55 T X , i s a du a l - s pe e d F a s t Ethernet card for PCI loc al bus-co mpliant c omputers. A true plug-an d-play device, this card i s auto- configur able upon power up and also suppor ts auto-negoti ation to autom aticall y select the optimu m speed and comm unica tion mode of an att[...]

I NTRODUCTION 2 Features and Benefi ts • Compatibl e with IEE E 802.3 Et hernet an d IEEE 80 2.3u Fas t Ethernet stand ards • Auto-neg otiation s elects 10/1 00 Mbps and ful l/half dupl ex for up to 200 M bps of bandwidth • Automa tic con figuratio n using t he com puter’s BIOS s etup program • Supports Remote LA N Wakeup for effic ient c[...]

H ARDWA RE D ESCRIPT ION 3 Hardware Description The Barr icade PCI is equippe d with: • 1 RJ-45 connecto r for 10/100 Mbps con nections • 1 3-pin connecto r for Wa ke-On -LAN cab le • 1 Socke t for optiona l boot R OM • 1 LED indicat or The com ponents o f the Ba rricade PC I are shown in the figure below: W ake-On-LAN Connector Optional Bo[...]

I NTRODUCTION 4 LED Indicators The Barr icade P CI includ es one status LE D indicator , as describe d in the followin g figure a nd table. Status Color Descriptio n On Amber Indicates a valid 10BASE-T lin k Flash ing Indi cates 10 Mb ps ne twork act ivity On Green Indicate s a valid 100BASE-T X link Flashin g Ind icates 100 Mbps net work activity [...]

H ARDWA RE D ESCRIPT ION 5 Remote LAN Wakeup Remote LAN Wake up cap ability is a key fe ature of a centr ally managed P C envi ronment. This te chnology enables networke d PCs to be “woken u p” from a sleep o r powered-off s tate so th ey can b e managed from a c entral locat ion, at any time of the da y or night. To empl oy Remote L AN Wake up[...]

6 I NSTALLATION Equipment C hecklist After unp acking the Barr icade P CI card, che ck the c ontents of the box to be sure you ha ve rec eived the follow ing co mponents : • B a r r i c a de PCI c a r d S M C12 5 5 T X • Wak e-On-LA N cabl e • One CD with: - Driver s for the SMC Bar ricade PCI Adapte r - EtherGua rd Firewall Software - WiNeT [...]

H ARDWAR E I NS TALL ATION 7 Hardware Installation Network c ards are sens itive to st atic el ectricity . To pr otect the card, av oid touc hing its electrical c ompon ents and a lways touch the met al chass is of y our comp uter befo re han dling the card. 1. Switch o ff the comp uter, unpl ug the powe r cord, and remo ve the c ompute r’s cove [...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 8 4. Atta ch the W ake -On- LAN cab le (o ptio nal). If yo u requi re W ake-On-LAN ca pability from a pow ere d-off state, attach one end of the 3 -pin Wak e-On-L AN cable to the con nector o n the top edge of the ca rd, and th e other en d to the “5 V Sta ndby” connecto r on t he compute r’ s motherboa rd. Refer to your compu[...]

D RIVE R I NS TALL ATI ON 9 Driver Installation The SMC CD-ROM that a ccompani es the Bar ricade PCI card conta ins all the network operati ng system dr ivers su pported by this card . Please re ad the “RE LEASE.TXT ” file on th e CD for a list of a ll driv ers. A lso, a text fi le is includ ed with eac h driv er to detail the proper insta llat[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 10 2. Click “Ne xt. ” 3. Check “Spec ify a loca tion, ” and cl ick “Next. ”[...]

D RIVE R I NS TALL ATI ON 11 4. Inser t the attache d CD-ROM into your CD d rive, and type E: (assum ing E: is the loc ation o f your CD dr ive), click “Browse. ” 5. On the CD-ROM, cho ose t he f o lder for your operating syste m. Then cl ick “Open. ”[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 12 6. Click “OK” to i nstall th e dr iver . 7. A ‘Digit al Si gnature No t F ound ” screen will war n you that the software does not cont ain a M icrosoft d igital s ignature and ask you if you wish to continue t he inst allation . Click “Y es. ” 8. On the “C ompletin g the Found New Hardware Wiz ard” screen, c lick [...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 13 Software Installatio n EtherGuar d is a P ersonal Fir ewall th at guards your comp uter, your ch ildren, y our empl oyees, an d yourse lf agains t network an d Internet intr usions. WiNeTo ol provi des netwo rk adapt er informat ion, ge nerates specifi ed pack ets, captu res packe ts, and an alyses network traffic. Bot[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 14 3. Click “Ne xt. ” 4. Click “Y es” to agree to the lice nse state ment. A n inf o r mation screen will ope n showing t he minimum sy stem req uiremen ts needed to r un th e program.[...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 15 5. If your system meets the requi rement s, click “Next. ” 6. On the “ Choose Des tination Location ” screen, click “Browse” to instal l the pro gram files into a folder other than th e default, or click “Next” to install t o the de f ault f o lder shown o n the screen .[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 16 7. Choose the loca tion wh ere the pr ogram icons wi ll be loc ated and click “Next. ” 8. Check the “T o launch Et herGuar d” box and click “Fini sh” to complete the in stall ation and launc h the Eth erGuar d program. The Ethe rGuard pr ogram m ay also be sta rted by c licki ng “Start/Pr ograms/Eth erGuar d/EtherGu[...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 17 EtherGuard EtherG uard monitor s both o utgoing and inco ming data to prot ect your ch ildren, y our empl oyees, an d yourse lf agains t network an d Internet intr usions. 1. The progr am ope ns with the EtherG uard “Wel come” s creen. 2. The scre en contai ns four main menu i tems. The same menu items ar e also av[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 18 4. Clic k “Modif y P ass word. ” 5. The default EtherG uard pas s word s etting is blank (no passw or d requir ed) so ente r your password in the “N ew P assword” field and then again in the “Confi r m P assword” fi eld. Clic k “OK. ” 6. As you attempt t o open ea ch menu item, enter your password if required. 7. [...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 19 8. Click “Statistic” to vie w pos sible intruder activity . 9. The ‘St atistic Informatio n” scr een in dicates the int rude r’ s IP address a nd the type of attack that was attem pted. 10. Click “Advance” to set a dv a nced filt er controls. Th e “Filter Items Set ting I” s creen wi ll open. 11. Chec[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 20 12. Sites wh ose na mes includ e words added to thi s list will be b loc ke d. Ent er a we b addre ss as a h ost na me, e .g . www .y ahoo.com, or just add a keyword, e.g. yahoo . Click the “Add” button. Y ou may add up to 20 sites. T o d elete an address, s elect it in the “F ilter L ist” and c lick “Delet e. ” Note:[...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 21 16. Y ou may also filt er up to 2 0 specif ied TCP and UDP por ts (see figur es above and below). For a full li st of p or ts an d the ser vic es that r un on them, s ee www .iana. org/ass ignments / por t -numbers.[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 22 17. Check the box es on t he “Pro tocol Fil ter” pag e to block par t icular proto cols. 18. Once you hav e enabled the fil ters and compl eted your settings, click “Cl ose. ” 19. Close and re-launc h your web browser to allow the new settings to take affect.[...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 23 WiNeTool WiNeTo ol provi des netwo rk adapt er informat ion, ge nerates specifi ed pack ets, captu res packe ts, and an alyzes network traffic. Wi NeTool also g enerates wake-up pac kets. The instal latio n program wi ll plac e an ico n in the toolbar. Double-c lick the i con to op en the pro gram. The W iNeTool progra[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 24 Configuration The WiNeT ool opens wi th the “Co nfigurati on” page . Here you may view the curre nt config uration fo r this adap ter. If re quired, click “ Help” for ac cess t o the HTML help fil es. Config uration TX/RX In formation MAC Address The Me dia Acces s Control Addr ess of thi s adapt er . Transm it One Colli [...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 25 IP Address The IP Addr ess of thi s adapt er . Receive Error Number of erro rs in recepti on. Computer Name The name of this comput er. Receive Error Alignm ent Numbe r of a lig nmen t errors, i n which the frame does n ot contain an integral number of octets. CRC Error Cyclic Redundancy Code Error. Activity Packets Tr[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 26 Send Pac ket Sends fi xed leng th packet s in th e default p attern at o ne of two speed s, Normal mode or Turbo mode. The valu e of Pks/ s (packe ts per sec ond) dep ends on th e computer ’s perfor mance. H: M: S : Indicate s hours, min utes, secon ds of time the WiN eTool has be en sending p ackets. Reset, O FF, ON Resets, St[...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 27 Packe t Generat or The “Pac ket Gene rator” al lows you to send pa ckets wi th a define d mode, le ngth, an d pattern. The arro w icons a llow you to naviga te forwar d and back ward through t he page s. Send Mod e If “Conti nue” is checke d, the WiNeT ool will keep sendi ng packets until “OFF ” is pressed [...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 28 Send ACPI Packet Sends an ACPI (A dvanced Configu ration an d Power I nterface ) packet to wake up a sleepin g comp uter. Magic Packet Input t he MAC address of the sl eeping compute r you wish to wake up and click “Sen d.” Click “C lear” to clear the box a nd input a ne w address. Wakeup Frame Inp ut the IP ad dress of t[...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 29 Rece ive P acket - Gauge ON/OFF power socket icon Starts/Stop s the real-tim e monitor fun ction. Packets /S Max. Number of received packets pe r second. Utiliz ation % Perce ntage of ba ndwidth used. Errors /S Number of CRC errors generated per second. Analysi s button Advance d real-tim e capture and analysis setting[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 30 Capture Console Toolbar Click “A nalysi s” to ope n the captu re cons ole. Start Starts the capture fu nction. You mus t set filters usi ng the “Set” button before capturi ng. Stop Stops th e cap ture fun ction . Stop & Vie w Stop s the c apt ure fu nct ion an d op ens th e “Ana lysis Pac ket” screen . View Opens [...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 31 Filter Setting - MAC Address Sets th e MAC addres s of compute rs (stati ons) as filte ring c riteri a. You must enter a 12 digi t MAC addr ess in t he Stat ion 1 and Station 2 fi elds (o r enter “any” ). Click on th e arrow sym bols in the direction colum n to set th e direc tion of the packe t flow to be cap ture[...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 32 Filter Setting - IP Address Sets the IP addr ess of com puter s (stations ) as filte ring cr iteria . Enter an IP ad dress in the Statio n 1 and Station 2 fi elds (or enter “any”). Click on the arrow s ymbols in the dir ection colum n to set the dire ction of th e packet flow to be capt ured. Filter Setting - Protocol Sets pr[...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 33 Filter Setti ng - Pattern Sets the pattern and posi tion a s filter ing criter ia. Note: In the abov e exampl e, “11 22 33 44 5 5 66 99 DD” is at byte pos ition 0x2 3. Ther efore, WiNeT ool will only cap ture a p acket with t he same patte rn (11 22 33 44 55 66 99 DD ) in the sam e positi on. Filter Setting - Buff [...]

I NSTALL ATI ON 34 Packet A nalysis The Pack et Analysi s screen features thr ee windows : The top w indow giv es basic i nformati on on capt ured pac kets, includi ng the layer to whi ch the pac kets be long. The center window s hows detai led data on each layer. The lowe r window sho ws the HEX and A SCII co de relate d to the selecte d data in t[...]

S OFTWAR E I NS TALL ATION 35 Rece ive P acket - Detai l The “De tail” pa ge provides detaile d network informa tion an d shows the packet s ize distributi on, i.e , number o f Bytes with a size up to 6 4 Bytes, number o f Bytes w ith a size o f 65 to 1 27 Byte s, etc.[...]

36 T ROUBLESHOOTING PCI Compatibil ity Early PCI BIOS versions do not pr operly su pport the PCI specifi cations and may “h ang” when a ne twork card d river tries to load. If thi s occu rs, make sur e your BIO S correctl y supports the PCI Local Bus Sp ecifica tions (v2.0 or l ater) an d upgrade your computer ’s BIO S to the la test ver sion[...]

PCI C OMPAT IBILITY 37 • Older co mputer s may r equire y ou to res erve inte rrupts and memory address es for ins talle d ISA car ds to pr event PC I cards fro m using the same sett ings. Refer to your PC’s manual a nd chec k the P CI BI OS set up progra m con figurati on optio ns for ISA cards. • Make su re the PCI slot is confi gured to s [...]

T ROUBLESHOOTI NG 38 Solutions fo r Common Problems Problem s are of ten ca used by c abling e rrors, conf licts wi th other devices i nstalled in the same co mputer , or softwar e that h as been conf igured i ncorrect ly. If you enc ounter a problem with the network card, use th e foll owing che cklists t o identify and corr ect the probl em. Netw[...]

S OLUTI ONS FOR C O MMON P ROBLEMS 39 Network Connection Problems There may be a n etwork conn ection pr oblem if the LE D on the card’s bracket does not light , or if you can not access any netwo rk resour ces fro m the com puter. Check the followin g items before conta cting SM C Technica l Sup port. • Be su re you are using Ca tegory 5 cable[...]

T ROUBLESHOOTI NG 40 • If you c annot access the I nternet, b e sure you hav e config ured your system for TCP/IP.[...]

41 C ABLE S PECIFICATIONS Cable and Specificatio ns Twisted-Pair Ca ble and Pin Assign ments Do NOT plug a phone j ack connec tor into any RJ-45 p ort. Use only twiste d-pair cables w ith RJ-4 5 connec tors that co nform with FCC standar ds. For 10BA SE-T/100B ASE-TX connec tions, a twisted-pa ir cabl e must hav e two pa irs of wi res. Ea ch wire p[...]

C ABLE S PECIFI CATI ONS 42 The figu re below illustrate s how t he pins o n the RJ-4 5 connector are numb ered. Be sure to hold the conne ctors i n the sam e orientat ion whe n attachin g the wire s to the pi ns. With 10B ASE-T /100BAS E-TX cable, pi ns 1 a nd 2 are u sed for transmitti ng data, and pins 3 a nd 6 for r eceiving data. The “+” a[...]

43 S PECIFICATIONS Port 1 RJ-45 f or 10B ASE-T an d 100BAS E-TX Host Interface PCI Bus c omplian t to PCI sp ec. 2.2 LED Link, Sp eed, Acti vity Data Bus Acc ess 32-bit bus ma ster ing Size ( without bracket) 120 x 43 m m (4.72 x 1.69 in) Weight 43.68 g ( 1.54 oz) Power Requirements 5 VDC, 125 mA (ty pical) Temperature Operating : 0 to 55 °C ( 32 [...]

S PECIF ICATI ONS 44 Compliances FCC Class B VCCI C lass B CE Mark CISPR 22 Clas s B Warr anty Limited l ifetime NetWare ODI Drivers Nov ell Net W are 3 .1X to 6.0 Netware Lan WorkPl ace Nov ell DOS Client Nov ell La n Anal yzer Ser ver 3.1x to 5.x Unix Drivers Linux F reeBSD SCO Unix 5.0x, 7.x NDIS Driver s Windows 95 OSR2 Windows 98 Windows 2000 [...]

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