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    Instant EtherFast ® Series Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Bo x Use this guide to install : Model No.: FESWSK05 v3 User Guide[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. EtherFast ® is a register ed trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names ar e the property of their respective pr oprietors. LIMITED W ARRANTY Linksys guarantees tha[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Instant EtherFast ® Series T able of Contents Introduction 1 The Linksys Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 1 Package Contents 2 Getting to Know the Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 3 The EtherFast ® 10/100 LAN Card 3 The EtherFast ® 10/100 5-Port Workgroup Switch 4 Install[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Package Contents • T w o EtherF ast ® 10/100 LAN Cards • One EtherF ast ® 10/100 5-P ort W orkgroup Switch (version 2) • T w o Category 5 Netw ork Cables • One 3.5” Driv er Disk • One A C Adapter • One User Guide • Quick Installation Guides for all W indo ws Operating Systems Introduc[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 4 Instant EtherFast ® Series 3 100 The 100 LED will illuminate if the port is operating at (per port) 100Mbps. The LED will be of f if the port is r unning at 10Mbps. LINK/A CT The LINK/A CT LED will illuminate if the port has an (per port) activ e netw ork connection. The LED will flicker if the port[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 5. Replace y our PC's co ver . 6. Reconnect your PC’ s po wer , then po w er on y our computer . Y our com- puter will automatically reco gnize the LAN Card and assign it a unique IRQ ("inter r upt") and I/O address. The LAN Card installation is complete. Next, you m ust conf igure y o[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Installing the Drivers for Windows 95 Overview After installing the EtherF ast ® hardw are in y our computer , follo w these instructions for installing the network dri ver . The installation procedure for the netw ork driv er will vary slightl y depending on the version of W indo ws 95 you are using [...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 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 LAN Card’ s driver 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. 10 Instan[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 12 Instant EtherFast ® Series 11 Installing the Drivers for Windows 98 Overview After ph ysically installing the LAN Card in y our computer , follo w these instructions to install the network dri ver . The installation procedure for the net- w ork dri ver will v ar y slightly depending on w hich versi[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 14 Instant EtherFast ® Series 13 6. A windo w will open sa ying that W indo ws is no w ready to install the EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card dri ver . Click Next . 7. Windo ws will be gin cop ying the LAN Card’ s driv er f iles to your PC. At this point, the installation ma y require f iles from your W in[...]

  • Page 11

    Instant EtherFast ® Series 4. Select Sear ch for the best driv er f or y our device (Recommended) and select Specify a location . Then, type “ A:WINME” in the drop-do wn box and click Next . 5. A windo w will open, notifying you that W indo ws is searching for the Linksys LNE100TX F ast Ethernet Adapter dri ver . When the windo w notif ies yo[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Windows NT 4.0 Installation & Setup Overview The follo wing instructions will set up the EtherF ast ® 10/100 LAN Card in a computer running W indo ws NT 4.0 server/w orkstation. Y ou should ha ve y our original W indo ws NT CD-R OM handy during the installation, as you might be asked to suppl y it[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 20 Instant EtherFast ® Series 19 6. The LAN Card will be added to the list of installed adapters. Click Ne xt . 7. Place check marks beside each listed netw ork protocol that you wish to install. See your Microsoft W indo ws NT user guide or talk to your netw ork administrator for more informa- tion a[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 22 Instant EtherFast ® Series 21 11. W indo ws NT will copy the necessary netw ork driv ers to your PC. When the cop ying is complete, you will see a list of installed bindings. Change the bind- ings settings if needed and click Next . Click Next again. 12. Choose either W or kgroup or Domain , depend[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 24 Instant EtherFast ® Series 23 Installing the LAN Card Driver if Networking is Alr eady Installed The follo wing steps will install the EtherF ast © 10/100 LAN Card’ s driv er soft- ware on y our PC, enabling y our PC to properl y communicate with the card. Remember that y ou must be lo gged on a[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 26 Instant EtherFast ® Series 25 6. W indo ws NT will probabl y ask you to suppl y your original W indo ws NT CD-R OM or setup disks. Direct W indo ws NT to the proper location (most likel y D:i386 ). 7. When W indo ws NT asks y ou for the media type. Choose the A utoSense option. When f inished , cl[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 28 Instant EtherFast ® Series 27 Windows 2000 Installation & Setup Overview After ph ysically installing the EtherF ast ® 10/100 LAN Card in your computer , fol- lo w these instructions to install the net- w ork driv er . The installation procedure for the netw ork dri ver will depend on your cur[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 30 Instant EtherFast ® Series 29 5. When the F ound New Hardwar e Wizard bo x appear s , inser t the Linksys EtherF ast ® 10/100 Driver Disk into your flopp y driv e. In the “ Copy man- ufactur er’ s f iles fr om “ f ield , type “ A:W in2000 ”. Click OK . 6. The Driv er F ile Search Result[...]

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    Instant EtherFast ® Series 7. The Completing the F ound New Hardw are Wizar d dialog bo x will appear , indicating that the dri ver has been successfull y installed. Click Finish . 8. Remo v e the driv er disk from the floppy dri ve. The Windo ws 2000 driv er installation is complete. If you w ant to share f iles or printers, refer to y our Windo [...]

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    9. T ype the name of your w orkgr oup in the W orkgr oup box. The W orkgroup name should be the same W orkgroup Name in use by all of the other PCs on the netw ork. Use the same W orkgroup Name that is in use on your other computers for ease of use. Do NO T click OK when y ou are done. 10. Enter a description of y our computer in the Computer Descr[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 36 Instant EtherFast ® Series 35 Novell NetW are Ser ver Setup Overview The EtherF ast ® 10/100 LAN Card dri ver will be automaticall y installed dur- ing all of the follo wing NetW are installation procedures. During the setup you ma y want to refer to y our NetW are Installation Manual for help. In[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 38 Instant EtherFast ® Series 37 Installing a 5.x Server 1. On the PC in which y ou installed the EtherF ast card , simultaneously press CTRL and ESC . 2. When the next screen pops up, select the number for System Console and press Enter . 3. In the System Console prompt, load NWCONFIG b y typing nwco[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 40 Instant EtherFast ® Series 39 T roubleshooting T roubleshooting hints for W indo ws can be found belo w . If y ou are using W indo ws NT , NetW are, or another netw ork operating system, skip to the LAN Card’ s Diagnostics section. T roubleshooting for Windows 95, 98 and Millennium 1. Windows doe[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 42 Instant EtherFast ® Series 41 10. In Network Neighborhood you can only see computers running the same operating system as your computer (i.e ., your PC is running Windows 95 and it can only see other Windows 95 computers and not any computer running Windows 98 or Windows Millennium). • Choose Sta[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 44 Instant EtherFast ® Series 43 Running the LAN Card’ s Diagnostics If you suspect that there ma y be a prob lem with the EtherF ast ® LAN Card , or if you need to identify the LAN Card’ s MA C address, you can use the DIA G diagnostic program on the EtherF ast ® 10/100 LAN Card Driver Disk. T [...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 46 Instant EtherFast ® Series 45 6. If you w ant to assign access pass w ords, type the passw ords into the Pass w ord box es. 7. When you're done, click on the A pply button, follo w ed b y OK . Repeat steps 1-7 for an y driv e or folder you desire to share on the netw ork. Y ou ha ve successful[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 48 Instant EtherFast ® Series 47 Novell NetW are 3.x Client Setup for Windows 95, 98 or Millennium These instructions explain ho w to set up the regular No v ell NetW are 3.x client for use on a W indo ws 95, 98 or Millennium PC. 1. F ollo w the W indo ws 95 setup instructions or the W indo ws 98 setu[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 50 Instant EtherFast ® Series 49 Starting Over in Windows 95, 98, Millennium or 2000 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 instructions belo w explain ho w to gi ve y our PC a clean sw eep so that y ou c[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 52 Instant EtherFast ® Series 51 5. F or PCs with Dial-Up Netw orking and/or an A OL adapter , remo ve any 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-Compati[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box 54 Instant EtherFast ® Series 53 Starting Over in Windows 2000 1. Click the Star t button, choose Settings, choose Control Panel, then dou- ble-click the System icon.The System Properties windo w will open. 2. Choose the Hardware tab . 3. Click the Device Manager button. The De vice Manager windo w wi[...]

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    8. Right-click on the EtherF ast 10/100 LAN Card again. This time, select Uninstall.... Click OK . 9. The LAN Cards category should be remov ed from the Device Manager listing. 10. Close the Device Manager , click the System Proper ties window’ s OK but- ton, and restart your computer . Instant EtherFast ® Series 55 5. Right-click on EtherF ast [...]

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    IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol Click on the Add button. Choose Pr otocol and click on the Add button. Select Manufactur er and choose Micr osoft . Under the Netw ork Protocol box, highlight IPX/SPX-compatib le pr otocol . Click OK .The computer will begin cop ying f iles to your system. When the installation is complete, you will be asked if y ou want[...]

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    About Plug-and-Play PCI T echnology The EtherF ast ® 10/100 LAN Card is designed to run in a 32-bit desktop com- puter equipped with PCI expansion slots. The card is built to the PCI 2.1 standard. Short for P eripheral Components Inter connect , PCI is a technology that allo ws special Plug-and-Pla y expansion cards to be automaticall y conf igure[...]

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    Glossar y 10BaseT - An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs. 100BaseTX - IEEE ph ysical la y er specif ication for 100 Mbps o v er tw o pairs of Category 5 UTP or STP wire. Adapter - Printed circuit board that plugs into a PC to add to capabilities or connectivity to a PC. In a netw orked en vironment, a netw ork interface card (NIC) is t[...]

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    Motherboard - A motherboard is the physical arrangement in a computer that contains the computer's basic circuitry and components. Netw ork - A system that transmits an y combination of voice, video and/or data betw een users. NIC (Netw ork Interface Card) - A board installed in a computer system, usu- ally a PC, to pro vide network communicat[...]

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    66 Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box Specifications Model No: LNE100TX ver .5 Standards: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, PCI 2.1, A CPI, PC99 Pr otocol: CSMA/CD P orts: One 10BaseT/100BaseTX RJ-45 P ort Cab ling T ype: UT Category 5 or better Speed (Mbps): Full Duplex: 20Mbps or 200Mbps Half-Duplex: 10Mbps or 100Mbps W OL Support P o w er Man[...]

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    67 W arranty Information BE SURE T O HA VE Y OUR PR OOF OF PURCHASE AND A B ARCODE FR OM THE PR ODUCT'S P A CKA GING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNO T BE PR OCESSED WITHOUT PR OOF OF PURCHASE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LINKSYS’ LIABILITY EXCEED THE PRICE P AID FOR THE PR ODUCT FR OM DIRECT , INDIRECT , SPECIAL, INCIDEN- T AL, OR CONSEQUE[...]

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    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 . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T ech Support 888-793-4632 RMA Issues 949-261-1288 Fa x 949-261-8868 Email support@linksys.com We b http://www .linksys.com FTP Site ft[...]

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    © Cop yr ight 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. http://www .linksys.com[...]