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    HomeLink™ Series HomeLink Phoneline Network Card Use this guide to install these Linksys Products: • HomeLink Phoneline Network Card (HPN100) • HomeLink Phoneline Network In a Box (HPN100SK) User Guide[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2000 Linksys, All rights reserved. HomeLink is a r egistered trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e register ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names ar e the property of their respective pr oprietors. LIMITED W ARRANTY Linksys guarantees that e[...]

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    Introduction Y our Linksys HomeLink Phoneline Network Card Congratulations on purchasing your ne w Linksys HomeLink Phoneline Netw ork Card(s). This exciting ne w technology is being of fered in compli- ance with the standards of the Home Phoneline Netw orking Alliance (HomePN A). The Linksys HomeLink Phoneline Network Card no w offers instant conn[...]

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    Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box 3 How Does HomeLink Networking Work? The Linksys HomeLink Phoneline Netw ork Card utilizes a technolo gy kno wn as Frequenc y Di vision Multiplexing (FDM) w hich di vides the data tra v elling o v er the phone lines into separate frequencies - one for voice, one for high- bandwidth net access such as DS[...]

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    Sharing Y our Resources The HomeLink Phoneline Netw ork Card brings the adv antages of inexpensi v e netw orking to y our home or of f ice. Any netw orked de vice, including CD- R OM dri ves, hard dri v es, and printers, can be shared b y an y netw orked PC on a HomeLink netw ork. Sharing Y our Inter net Connection with Y our Network The Linksys Ho[...]

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    Installing the HomeLink Card 1. P o wer of f y our PC and disconnect any peri- pheral equipment including the po w er cab le. 2. Remo v e your computer's outside co ver . 3. Locate an open PCI expansion slot on the motherboard , and determine which PCI slot is a Master slot . If y ou ha ve diff iculties locating a PCI Master slot, consult your[...]

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    If se veral of y our PCs can onl y access one phone jack, you can connect those PCs to gether using the Daisy Chain method. Just plug the cabling from y our f irst PC with its HomeLink Card into the phone jack, then use the second RJ- 11 port on the same Card to connect to your second PC’ s Card. One phone jack can support up to twenty-f ive PCs [...]

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    Installing the Driver Software Preparing to Install the HomeLink Softwar e Setting up the HomeLink Card's softw are in v olves installing a netw or k driv- er onto your computer . The driver will allo w the card to communicate with your Windo ws software package. Before attempting to install a netw ork dri v er for the HomeLink Card , W indows[...]

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    4. Select the f irst option, Sear ch f or the best driver f or your device (Recommended) and click Next . 5. Make sure the HomeLink CD is still in the CD-R OM drive, and click CD- RO M d r ive to prompt W indows to search for the dri v ers there. Click Next . Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box 13 Windows 98 Driver Setup No w that y ou’[...]

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    8. An “Insert Disk” window ma y ask for your W indo ws 98 installation f iles. If so, click OK and insert your W indo ws 98 installation CD into your CD- R OM dri ve. Or , enter the location of those f iles on your hard dri ve, (e.g., D:win98, C:W indo wsoptionscabs). T o do so, enter the hard dri ve location of the W indo ws f iles in the [...]

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    Windows 95 Driver Setup No w that y ou’ ve installed the HomeLink hardware in y our PC, follo w these instructions to install the W indows 95 netw ork driver . The installation proce- dure for your netw ork driv er will vary slightl y depending on your system con- f iguration and what v ersion of W indo ws you are running. The type of netw ork bu[...]

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    4. In the “Cop ying Files” windo w , enter the dri ve letter of y our CD-R OM dri ve. In most cases, the CD-R OM drive is either D: or E: . Enter the appro- priate dri ve letter and click OK . Netw ork f iles will be copied onto your PC, which ma y take a few minutes. D D O O N N O O T T hit C C a a n n c c e e l l or S S k k i i p p F F i i [...]

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    8. After the setup is complete,choose a user name and passw ord if you ha v e not already done so and enter them in their f ield and click OK to access the netw ork. 9. The Internet LanBridge installation program will r un automatically , but you can use y our netw ork f irst and come back to the LanBridge installation at any time in the future if [...]

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    Installing the NT 4.0 Network Driver 1. Lo g on as the netw ork administrator . From the W indows NT Desktop, click Start , Settings , Control P anel . Click on the Networ k icon. If you already ha ve NT Netw orking installed , click Adapter , then click Add, and skip to step 3. Otherwise, a message will ask you, “ W indo ws NT networ king is not[...]

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    7. Click the “Protocols” tab under the “Netw ork” windo w and check for all protocols you need for the HomeLink Card. Click Ad d and OK to add proto- cols. 8. Click the “Services” tab under the “Network” windo w and check that you ha ve all necessary services for the HomeLink Card. Click Add and OK to add items, and click Close when[...]

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    Internet LanBridge Internet LanBridge Over view Acotec’ s Internet LanBridg e Inter net sharing software allo ws you to share your dial-up or ISP connection across y our entire netw ork using only one modem and one ISP account. Do not install LanBridge before making sure that your HomeLink Card has been successfull y installed. Y ou must also mak[...]

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    7. When you are ask ed if you w ant to reboot y our PC, click OK . Y our Internet LanBridge ser ver PC installation is no w complete. Installing Internet LanBridge on Client PC(s) 1. Insert the LanBridge Installation CD into your CD-R OM dri ve. When the pop-up menu appears, click on the Internet LanBridg e button. 2. Y ou will be given the option [...]

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    Uninstalling Internet LanBridge T o uninstall the Inter net LanBridge software, follo w these instructions start- ing with your server PC. These instr uctions apply to y our server PC as w ell as your client PCs. Mak e sure that all of your PCs are disconnected from the Internet before you begin. 1. Close do wn Internet LanBridge, your email client[...]

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    33 T roubleshooting T roubleshooting Hints for Windows PCs Problem 1 Windows doesn't detect new hardwar e when I plug in my HomeLink Card, or it detects the card each time I restart my PC. Solutions - Check your HomeLink Card to see that it is inserted into the appropriate PCI slot all the w a y , and that all the pins are making full contact [...]

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    34 Linksys HomeLink Series Problem 4 In Network Neighborhood, I only see my own PC and no other PCs on the network. Solutions - Make sure y our cable to each PC is connected correctly . - Check your Link/Acti vity LEDs on y our HomeLink Cards (and y our hub, if you are using one) to see if the y are lit. - Switch your cab le out with another cab le[...]

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    36 Linksys HomeLink Series Problem 8 A PC with an AMD processor can only see itself in Network Neighborhood, but the workgroup, protocols, cabling and drivers are all working properly . Solutions - Some PCs with AMD processors are assigned an IRQ by the BIOS (as it gets listed on the bootup screens of most PCs) that does not match the IRQ assigned [...]

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    38 Linksys HomeLink Series Connecting to an Existing Ethernet Network If you w ant to add y our HomeLink PC to an already existing Ethernet net- w ork, y ou must use the HomeLink Card’ s RJ-45 port to connect your PC to that Ethernet network. It is not possib le to connect the HomeLink Card via the RJ-11 port directly to an Ethernet netw ork. Thi[...]

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    41 About Plug-and-Play PCI T echnology Introduction The HomeLink Netw ork Card is designed to run in 32-bit desktop PCs that are PCI V ersion 2.1 compliant or higher . Most bus mastering PCs such as P entium 166 and higher meet this standard. PCI , or P eripheral Component Interconnect , is a technolo gy that allo ws special Plug-and-Pla y expansio[...]

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    Windows 95 V ersion A Driver Setup 1. Start your W indo ws 95 PC, which will detect the HomeLink Phoneline Netw ork Card and displa y a Ne w Hardw are F ound windo w . 2. Make sure the HomeLink CD is in y our CD-R OM dri ve. Select the “ Driver fr om disk pr ovided by har dwar e manufactur er” option on the screen, then click OK. When asked for[...]

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    45 44 File and Printer Sharing Preparing to Use File and Printer Sharing These instructions explain ho w to turn on f ile and printer sharing in W indows 95 and W indo ws 98 so that your netw orked PCs can access each other . Start W indows 95. When ask ed to log in, be sure to gi ve your correct user name and passw ord. T o set up f ile sharing fo[...]

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    47 46 Enabling File Sharing on Y our Network Upon completing the preparation instructions, double-click on your My Computer icon. A window of a vailab le disk driv es will appear . Using your right mouse button, click once on the dri ve or folder that y ou w ant to make a v ailable to other users. Click on Sharing . Click on Shar e As . In the “S[...]

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    49 48 8. The “System Properties” window will appear . Click on the De vice Manager tab . 9. Scroll do wn to the item “Netw ork Adapters” and expand it b y clicking on the plus [+] sign next to it. 10. Remo v e all de vices with the name Linksys in its description. (If at any point you are ask ed to restart the PC, click No ). 11. Scroll do [...]

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    Phoneline Network Card and Network in a Box 51 50 Manually Installing Windows Network Components Sometimes you ma y need to manually install missing W indo ws netw orking components. T o do so, follow the instructions belo w: 1. Click on Start , Settings , then Control P anel . 2. Click on the Netw ork icon to bring up the Netw ork window . 3. It i[...]

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    Phoneline Network Card and Network in a Box 53 52 Linux, Open Source and Beta Operating Systems Linksys does not pro vide technical support for Linux , F reeBSD , or other freew are or open source operating systems. Many Linksys products ha ve pro v en to perform well under Linux and other free w are operating systems, but technical support for set[...]

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    Straight Through Ether net Cabling Crossover Ethernet Cabling Phoneline Network Card and Network in a Box 55 54 References T ypes of Cabling Ethernet Cabling There are dif ferent grades, or categories, of twisted-pair cabling. The most highly recommended type of netw ork cabling is Cate gory 5 UTP Ether net cabling, since it is the most widel y use[...]

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    HomeLink T elephone (RJ-11) Cabling The telephone cables y ou use should be standard telephone cab les like the ones you use e v ery day in y our home. The RJ-11 cabling has RJ-11 tips and four colored wires. F orcing the HomeLink Card to supply modem data from the Internet to multi- ple computers ma y result in a failed or unstable netw ork connec[...]

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    Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box 59 Customer Support F or help with the installation or operation of your HomeLink Phoneline Netw ork Card or HomeLink Netw ork In a Box, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses below . Customer Support 800-326-7114 949-261-1288 F ax 949-261-8868 Email support@[...]

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    © Cop yright 2000 Linksys, All Rights Reser ved. Printed in the USA. http://www .linksys.com[...]