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Dynex DX-PCIGB manual

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    Gigabit PCI A dapter DX - P C I G B USER GUIDE DX-PCIGB Engli s h.fm Page 1 Thursday, Septem ber 24, 2009 9 :07 AM[...]

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    2 Gigabit PCI A dapt er Co nte nt s Intr oduction ........... ............. ............ ......... ............ ....2 Fe atur es ...... ........ ............. ............ ......... ............ ........3 Important safety instru ctions .......... ......... ............ ....4 P ackage cont ents ................. ............ ......... ............ .[...]

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    Features 3 F eatures • Integrated Ethernet MAC (physical chip an d transceiver in one chip) • PCI local bus single -chip Ethernet c ontroller • T wo lar ge independent r eceiv e and transmit F IFOs • One STP/UTP connector • LEDs to indicate net work link, activi ty , and speed • Supports: • Window s 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac OS X 10.4 or h[...]

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    4 Important safety in structions Impor tant s afety instructions Before getting st arted, read these instruc tions and save them for later ref ere nc e. • Befor e you in stall yo ur Giga bit PC I adap ter int o y our comput er , read t his user guide . In some oper ating syst ems, the driv er must be inst alled be for e you in stall your adapte r[...]

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    Pack age co ntent s 5 P ackage contents Make sure that the package contai ns the f oll o wing items : • DX-PCIGB gigabit PC I adapter • CD containing drivers and manuals •L o w - p r o f i l e b r a c k e t •T h i s User Guide Insta lling the ad apter Caut ion: Opening your computer’ s case may void your computer’ s war ranty . Con tact[...]

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    6 Installing the adapter 6 Carefully inser t the adapter into the PCI slot. Do not touch the metal connector on the adapter . 7 Secure t he adapter t o the case usin g the screw you r emov ed fr om the b ackpl ate . 8 Rein stall yo ur comp uter’ s case c ov er . 9 Plug in th e pow er c ord an d other cabl es , then turn on your compu ter . DX-PCI[...]

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    Installing the adapter 7 Installin g the adapter dri ver Note : F or Mac OS X 10.4 or higher users, y our adapt er is Plug & Play capable in Mac OS X 10.4 or higher , so no driv er installation is needed . For Windows 7, Windo ws Vist a, Windo ws XP , and WIndows 2000 users: F ollow the st eps below to install the driv er . T o install the adap[...]

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    8 Troubl eshooting Us ing W a ke - On -L AN Y our DX-PCIGB features W ake On LAN (WOL).This feature lets a remote station "wake" your computer when it is in Stan dby or Hibernate mode. Note: The W OL function is syst em depe ndent. In add ition to the following ins tructions, you may need t o download W OL softwar e from Inte l or another[...]

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    Troub leshooti ng 9 3 Do uble- click N etwo rk adapt ers t o disp la y the list o f network adapters. Y ou see Dyn ex Gi gabi t PC I Ad ap te r . Y ou shou ld see a yell o w exclamation point or red "X" over the icon ad jacent t o Dynex Giga bit PCI Adapter , your adapter is not installe d correctl y or may have a problem . Do uble- click[...]

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    10 Troubl eshooting Understan ding in dicators Y our ada pt er has t w o indicators or li gh ts labeled 100M and 1000M on its back plate. They can give you information about your network traffic and help you determine problems whe n tr oubleshooting. • A steady g r een light of 100M indicates a g ood connection at 100 Mbps. • A flas hing gr een[...]

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    Troub leshooti ng 11 T o ping the adapter: 1 Click Start , then clic k Run . The Run dial og bo x opens. 2 Ty p e cm d in the Op e n box, then cl ick OK . The command window opens. 3 Ty p e ping xxx.xxx.xxx. xxx (wher e xxx.xxx.xxx .xxx is t he IP address you w ant to ping). In this case, c omputer B with the IP a ddr ess=192 .168.1.1 is being ping[...]

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    12 Troubl eshooting Specifi cations Norma l Inter face 32-bit PCI in t er face Standards IEEE802.1P , IEEE802.1Q, IEEE802.3 10Base - T , IEEE802 .3u 100Base-TX, and IEEE802.3ab 1000 Base- T T ransmission rate • 10 Mbps or 2 0 Mbps • 100 Mbps or 200 Mbps • 2000 Mbps Hardware IBM PC- compatible (it must have PCI slot) C onnector suppor ted RJ45[...]

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    Legal notices 13 Legal notic es FC C P ar t 15 This device complies with Par t 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation of this product is subject to the following two conditions: (1) th is device may not cause harm ful in ter ference, and (2) this device must accept any interf er ence received, including inter ference that may cause undesired operation. Thi[...]

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    14 Legal notices DX-PCIGB English.fm Page 14 Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:07 AM[...]

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    Legal notices 15 One -y ear limit ed wa rran ty Dynex Product s (“Dynex ”) warrants to you, the or iginal purchaser of thi s new DX-PCIGB (“P roduct”), that the Product shall be fr ee of defects in the origin al manufacture of the material or workmans hip for a period of one (1) ye ar from the dat e of yo ur purc hase of th e Product (“Wa[...]

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    16 Legal notices How to obta in warranty ser vice? If you pu rchased the Product at a r etail stor e location, tak e your original receipt and the Product to the store y ou pur chased it from. Mak e sure that you place the Pr oduct in its original packaging or packaging tha t provides the sam e amount of pr otect i on as the or iginal packagin g. I[...]

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    Legal notices 17 • Connection to an incorrect voltage su pply • Attempted repair by an yone other than a facility au thorized by Dynex to service the Product • Products sold as is or w ith all faults • Co nsumabl es, suc h as fuses or batt eries • Products where the factor y applied serial number has been altered or removed REP AIR REPLA [...]

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    www.d ynexpro ducts. com (800) 305-220 4 Distr ibuted by Best Buy P urc hasing, LLC 7601 Pe nn Ave . South, Richfie ld, MN 5542 3 U.S. A. © 2009 Best Bu y Enterp rise Servic es, Inc . All ri ghts r eserved . DYNEX is a trademark of Best Buy Enterprise S ervices, Inc. Re g istered in some countries. Al l other products and brand names are trademark[...]