Linksys EG0801SK manual

Instant Gigabit Series EtherFast ® 10/100/1000 8+1 Workgroup GigaSwitch Star ter Kit User Guide Use this guide to install : EG 0801 SK[...]

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Contents Introduction 1 Y our EtherFast ® 10/100/1000 8+1 Workgroup GigaSwitch 1 Features 1 Package Contents 2 System Requirements (for the PCI Adapter) 2 Getting to Know the EtherFast ® 10/100/1000 8+1 Workgr oup GigaSwitch 3 The 10/100/1000 Workgroup GigaSwitch’ s Rear Panel 3 The 10/100/1000 Workgroup GigaSwitch’ s Front Panel 4 Getting to[...]

• One Instant Gigabit (32-Bit) Adapter • One 10/100/1000 8+1 W orkgroup Gigaswitch ® • One Category 5E Netw ork Crosso ver Cab le (10 ft.) • One 3.5” Driv er Disk • One A C P o w er Adapter • One Stacking/W all Mounting Module • One User Guide and Registration Card • Pentium 90Mhz or F aster • Minimum 16MB of RAM • PCI Local [...]

The LED Indicators Pow e r Amber . The Pow e r LED lights up when the Switch is po w- ered on. Link/Act Gr een . The Link/Act LED ser v es tw o pur poses. If the LED is continuousl y lit up, the Switch is successfull y connected to a device through the corresponding por t ( 1 through 8 ). If the LED is flick ering, the GigaSwitch is activ ely sendi[...]

Planning Y our Network Building a Gigabit netw ork in volv es more topology rules in addition to the 10BaseT/100Base-TX netw ork rules. These r ules specify distance limitations and cabling specif ications. Data loss, collisions, and other network prob lems causing do wn time are likel y to occur if the rules below are not follo w ed. • Use UTP C[...]

If you are setting up a netw ork for the f irst time, or if you already ha ve a 10/100 BaseT netw ork without Gigabit capability , you ma y be wondering which PC should ha ve the Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter installed in it for best performance. In either of the abo ve situations, w e recommend that you set up your netw ork in the conf iguratio[...]

Installing the EtherFast ® 10/100/1000 8+1 Workgroup GigaSwitch Star ter Kit onto Y o u r Network Installing your Starter Kit will in volv e installing both the Adapter and the GigaSwitch. If you are inte grating these items into an existing new ork, some additional steps ma y be necessary inv olving settings for your e xisting equip- ment. Consul[...]

Connecting Computers T o Y our Switch Y our Switch’ s rear panel has eight standard RJ-45 ports, plus a Gigabit port. Each 10/100 port automatically detects the speed and duplex of the attached cabling to a netw ork card , switch, hub, etc. The por ts operate in either full or half duplex, w hich lets you run at speeds of 200Mbps, 100Mbps, 20Mbps[...]

Installing the Drivers for Windows 95 After installing the Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter in your computer , follo w these instructions for installing the network dri v- er . The installation procedure for the net- w ork dri ver will v ar y slightl y depending on the version of Windo ws 95 you are using and your current system conf iguration. F o[...]

3. If you click ed the Other Locations button, this windo w will appear . Enter a:win95 . W indo ws will begin cop ying the Netw ork Adapter’ s driv er f iles to your PC. 4. Once W indo ws has located the driv ers, the follo wing windo w will appear . T o use this driv er , click the Finish button. At this point, the installation ma y require f [...]

Installing the Drivers for Windows 98 Overview After ph ysically installing the Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter in your com- puter , follo w these instructions to install the network dri ver . The installation procedure for the netw ork dri v er will vary slightl y depending on w hich version of W indo ws 98 you are using, and on y our cur rent sy[...]

6. A windo w will open saying that W indo ws is no w ready to install the Linksys EG1032/EG1064 Instant Giga bit Networ k Adapter driv er . Click Next . 7. W indo ws will begin cop ying the Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter’ s driv er f iles to your PC. At this point, the installation ma y require f iles from your W indo ws 98 CD- R OM. If prompte[...]

Installing the Drivers for Windows Millennium After ph ysically installing the Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter in your com- puter , follo w these instructions to install the network dri ver . The installation procedure for the netw ork dri ver will depend on your current system conf igu- ration. If at any time during the installation y ou encounte[...]

6. At this point, the installation ma y require f iles from your W indo ws Millennium CD-R OM. If prompted , inser t your W indo ws Millennium CD- R OM into your CD-R OM driv e and enter d:win9x in the box that appears (where “d” is the letter of y our CD-R OM dri ve). If you w ere not supplied with a W indo ws Millennium CD-R OM, your Windo w[...]

Windows NT 4.0 Installation & Setup The follo wing instructions will set up the Instant Gigabit Network Adapter in a computer running NT 4.0 ser ver/w orkstation. Y ou should ha ve y our original W indo ws NT CD-R OM a v ailable during the installation, as you might be ask ed to supply it. Alw ays contact y our netw ork administrator or consult[...]

5. Highlight the Linksys EG1032/EG1064 Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter entr y in the window that appears. Click OK . 6. The adapter will be added to the list of installed Network Adapters. Click Next . 1. After clicking on Ye s , the Networ k Setup W izard window will appear . 2. Put a checkmark next to the W ir ed to the networ k option. Click Ne[...]

9. NT will probab l y ask you to suppl y your original Windo ws NT CD-R OM or setup disks. If so, place your Windo ws NT CD-R OM in y our CD driv e. If the CD-R OM loads a pop-up window , close it. T ype D:i386 (or the appropriate CD-R OM dri ve letter) in the box and click Continue . 10. NT will ask you to choose a media type for the Instant Giga[...]

13. Click Finish . When asked if you w ant to restar t your computer , remo ve the Driv er Disk and click Ye s . 14. Once your PC has rebooted and y ou are lo gged in, double-click the Netw ork Neighborhood icon on y our desktop. Ensure that you ha ve access to the netw ork. If you do, y our card has been properl y installed. • If you had pr evio[...]

3. When the list of a vailab le netw ork adapters appears, click the Ha v e Disk but- ton. 4. Put the Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter disk into driv e A. T ype a: into the box on y our screen and click OK . N N o o t t e e : : If you install the T T C C P P / / I I P P p p r r o o t t o o c c o o l l , refer to your system admin- istrator or your[...]

8. Click on the Pr otocols tab . Add any protocols y ou require by clicking the Add button. (Refer to y our Microsoft documentation if you ha ve any ques- tions on adding protocols.) 9. After your bindings, settings, and services are set, click the Close button. 10. Remo ve your Dri ver Disk and CD-R OM and click Ye s to restar t your PC. 11. Once [...]

3. Windo ws will displa y the W elcome to the F ound New Har dwar e W izar d box. Click Ne xt . 4. The Install Hardw are Device Driv ers dialog bo x will appear . Whe n Ethernet Contr oller is displa yed , select “Searc h for a suita ble driver f or my device (Recommended)” . Click Ne xt . Installing the Drivers for Windows 2000 Overview After [...]

6. The Driver F ile Search Results dialo g bo x will appear . Click Ne xt . 7. The Completing the F ound New Hardw are Wizard dialog bo x will appear . The follo wing adapter name will be sho wn: Linksys EG1032/EG1064 Instant Giga bit Networ k Adapter . Click Finish . 8. Remo v e the driv er disk from the floppy dri ve. The Windo ws 2000 driver ins[...]

Netw ork Addr ess: Allo ws the user to conf igure the network address of the adapter , rather than using the one in R OM. If not specif ied , the address on the adapter will be used. Netw ork Media: Specif ies the maximum speed at which the adapter will try to negotiate a connection. Offload Rx IP Checksum: Enab led Offload Rx TcP Checksum: Enabled[...]

2. The Netw ork windo w will appear (belo w). Click on the Conf iguration tab . A window similar to the one belo w will appear . There ma y be other components listed in addition to the ones sho wn belo w (for example, Dial- up Adapter ), which is normal. If an y of the components sho wn belo w are missing, ho w- ev er , you’ ll need to manually [...]

11. Optional : Choose the Access Contr ol tab . Ensure that Shar ed-level access contr ol is selected. If the setting is on User- Lev el access control and you can’ t change it, skip to the Troub leshooting section . 12. Click the OK button. Y our system ma y or may not ask y ou for your W indo ws CD-R OM or the location of the W indows installat[...]

Appendix Overview By sharing your f iles and printers, other PCs on y our network will be ab le to access the resources on your PC. Before sharing your f iles and printers, you should prepare y our computer to be used with any f ile servers that ma y be on the netw ork. If you are not using W indo ws 95 or W indo ws 98 with an NT or NetW are f ile [...]

1. Windo ws 95 will detect the Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter and displa y a New Har dwar e F ound windo w . 2. Insert the Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter Driv er Disk into driv e A. 3. Select Driver from disk pr o vided by har dw ar e manufactur er , then click OK . 4. When asked for the location of the f iles, type a:Win95 and click OK . If W[...]

If you e xperience installation diff iculties, you ma y need to re-install all of the W indo ws netw orking components from scratch. The instr uctions belo w explain ho w to gi ve your PC a clean s weep so that y ou can retr y the Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter software installation. 1. At the desktop click on the Start Button, highlight Settings[...]

5. F or PCs with Dial-Up Netw orking and/or an A OL adapter , remo ve an y instance of the name Linksys, all IPX/SPX protocols, all NetBEUI, all Clients, and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Netw orks. Do not remo ve Dial-Up Adapter , A OL Adapter , TCP/IP-Compatible Pr otocol-A OL Adapter or TCP/IP-Compatible Pr otocol-Dial-Up Adapter . 6. W[...]

1. Click the Start button, choose Settings, choose Control Panel, then double- click the System icon.The System Properties window will open. 2. Choose the Hardware tab . 3. Click the De vice Manager button. The De vice Manager windo w will open. 4. Click the plus sign (+) beside Netw ork Adapters. The EG1032 or EG1064 Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapt[...]

8. Right-click on Linksys EG1032/EG1064 Instant Giga bit Networ k Adapter again. This time, select Uninstall . Click OK . 9. The Netw ork Adapters category should be remo ved from the De vice Manager listing. 10. Click the OK button, and restart your computer . Manually Installing the Network Components in Windows 9 5. Right-click on Linksys EG1032[...]

IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol Click the Add button. Choose Pr otocol and click the Add button. Select Manufactur er and choose Micr osoft . Under the Networ k Pr otocol box, high- light IPX/SPX-compatible pr otocol . If you are done installing components, click OK . Otherwise, choose the next component y ou want to install. When you ha ve chosen all [...]

When a PCI card is used in a computer that supports Plug-and-Play , the card is automatically conf igured each time the computer is booted. The card's IRQ, I/O address, and other operating parameters are automatically assigned. There is no easy wa y to change a Plug-and-Pla y card's IRQ and other settings outside of the BIOS menu(s) that [...]

Troubleshooting This section pro vides possible solutions to problems re garding the installation and operation of the Instant Gigabit Netw ork Adapter . If you can’ t f ind an answ er here, check the Linksys website at www .linksys.com. s 1.Windows does not detect the Instant Gigabit Network Adapter installed, or it attempts to reinstall the Net[...]

10. In Network Neighborhood you can only see computers running the same oper- ating system as your computer (i.e ., your PC is running Windo ws 95 and it can only see other Windows 95 computers and not any computer running Windows 98). • Choose Start , Find , Computer and type the name of the computer in the Netw ork Neighborhood windo w that app[...]

Glossar y 10BaseT - An Ether net standard that uses twisted wire pairs. 100BaseTX - IEEE ph ysical la yer specif ication for 100 Mbps ov er tw o pairs of Category 5 UTP or STP wire. 1000B ASE-T - pro vides half-duplex (CSMA/CD) and full-duplex 1000Mbps Ethernet ser vice o ver Category 5 links as def ined by ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A. T opology rules for 1[...]

DHCP uses the concept of a "lease" or amount of time that a giv en IP address will be valid for a computer . The lease time can vary depending on ho w long a user is likel y to require the Internet connection at a par ticular location. It's espe- ciall y useful in education and other en vironments where users change fre- quently . Us[...]

IPCONFIG - A W indo ws NT or 2000 utility that pro vides for querying, def in- ing and managing IP addresses within a netw ork. A commonly used utility for conf iguring networks with static IP addresses. IPSec - IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) is a developing standard for securi- ty at the netw ork or packet processing la yer of netw ork communi[...]

STP (Shielded T wisted Pair) - T elephone wire that is wrapped in a metal sheath to eliminate external interference. Subnet Mask - The method used for splitting IP networks into a series of sub- groups, or subnets. The mask is a binar y patter n that is matched up with the IP address to turn par t of the host ID address f ield into a f ield for sub[...]

Specifications Model EG1032 Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3x PCI 2.1, PCI 2.2, A CPI Pr otocol CSMA/CD P or ts: 1 Straight-Through 10BaseT/100BaseTX/ 1000BaseT RJ-45 P ort Interface: PCI Local Bus V ersion 2.1 or better Cab ling T ype: 10BaseT : UTP/STP Category 3 or better 100BaseTX : UTP/STP Category 5 or better 1000BaseT : UTP/STP[...]

EG1032 Dimensions 6.3” x 4.3” x 1.4” (160mm x 110mm x 35mm) Unit W eight 9 oz. (.25kg) Pow e r 3.3VDC, 3A Certif ications FCC Class B, CE Mark Commercial Operating T emp 32ºF to 131ºF (0ºC to 55ºC) Storag e T emp -4ºF to 158ºF (-40ºC to 70ºC) Operating Humidity 10% to 85% Non-Condensing Storag e Humidity 5% to 90% Non-Condensing EG080[...]

Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses below . Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T ech Support and RMA Issues 800-326-7114 949-261-1288 Fa x 949-261-8868 Email support@linksys.com We b http://www .linksys.com FTP Site ftp.[...]

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