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    Instant EtherFast ® Series EtherFast ® 10/100 Compact USB Network Adapter Model No.: USB100M User Guide[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant EtherFast is a register ed trade- mark 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 pr operty of their respective pr oprietors. LIMITED W ARRANTY Linksys guara[...]

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    EtherFast ® 10/100 Compact USB Network Adapter Appendix 35 Client for Microsoft Setup for Windows 98 35 Starting Over in Windows 98 35 Starting Over in Windows 2000 39 Manually Installing Network Components in Windows 98 41 Linux, Open Source & Beta Operating Systems 42 Glossary 43 Specifications 48 Environmental 49 W arranty Infor mation 50 C[...]

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    • One EtherF ast ® 10/100 Compact USB Netw ork Adapter • One USB Extension Cable • One Driv er CD • One User Guide and Registration Card (not sho wn) 2 Introduction No w you can connect to an y 10, 100, or 10/100Mbps hub or switch without ha ving to open your PC. The EtherF ast ® 10/100 Compact USB Netw ork Adapter from Linksys allo ws yo[...]

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    4 100 This LED will illuminate Green when the Compact USB Netw ork Adapter is transfer ring data at 10Mbps. ACT The A CT LED will flicker Green whene ver netw ork data is pass- ing through the Compact USB Network Adapter . 10 This LED will illuminate Green when the Compact USB Netw ork Adapter is transfer ring data at 100Mbps. The USB Icon (below) [...]

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    6 Installing the EtherFast ® 10/100 Compact USB Network Adapter The follo wing instr uctions will help you connect y our computer to your net- w ork through your EtherF ast ® 10/100 Compact USB Netw ork Adapter . After you ph ysically install the adapter , install the adapter’ s dri v er softw are onto y our computer and conf igure your compute[...]

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    8 4. Select Sear ch f or the best driv er for y our device (Recommended) and click the Next button. 5. Select Specify a location to f ind the cor rect driv er and type D: in the f ield pro vided. Then, click the Next button to continue. EtherFast ® 10/100 Compact USB Network Adapter 7 W indows 98 Installation and Setup Overview After ph ysicall y[...]

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    10 8. W indows will f inish installing the software onto y our PC. Click the Finish button to continue. 9. When asked if y ou w ant to restart your PC, remo ve the driv er CD-ROM and click the Ye s button. If W indows does not ask y ou to restar t y our PC, click the Start button. Choose Shut Do wn , select Restar t , and click the Ye s button. If [...]

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    12 3. Click the File and Print Sharing button. The File and Print Sharing win- do w will appear . 4. If y ou'd like others to be able to access the f iles on y our PC's hard drive, select I want to be ab le to give other s access to m y f iles . If you'd lik e to share your printer with other users on the netw ork, select I want to b[...]

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    14 10. From the Access Contr ol tab, you can set the le vel of access those on the netw ork will hav e to this computer . 11. Click the OK button. If your system ma y asks you for y our W indo ws 98 CD-R OM or the location of the W indo ws 98 installation f iles, direct W indows to the appropriate location, (i.e., D:win98 if y ou hav e the W indow[...]

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    16 Enabling File Sharing 1. Double-click the My Computer icon. A windo w of a v ailab le disk dri ves will appear . 2. Right click the driv e or folder that you w ant to mak e a vailab le to other users. 3. Click on the Sharing button, follo wed b y the Sharing tab. Then, click the Shar e As button. 4. In the Shar e Name f ield , enter a name for t[...]

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    Enabling Printer Sharing 1. Double-click the My Computer icon. 2. Double-click the Printer s folder . A windo w of a vailab le printers will appear . 3. Right click the printer that you w ant to share with other users. Then, click the Sharing button, follo w ed by the Sharing tab . 4. Click the Shar e As button. In the Share Name f ield , gi ve a n[...]

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    6. W indows will f inish installing the software onto y our PC. Click the Finish button. 7. When asked if y ou w ant to restart your PC, remo ve the Dri ver CD and click the Ye s button to restar t your computer . The Windo ws Millennium driv er installation is complete. Please contin ue on to the next section, which will pr o vide instructions for[...]

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    3. Click the File and Print Sharing button. The File and Print Sharing win- do w will appear . 4. If you'd lik e others to be able to access the f iles on your PC's hard dri ve, select I want to be a ble to giv e others access to m y f iles . If you'd like to share your printer with other users on the net- w ork, select I want to be [...]

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    10. From the Access Contr ol tab, you can set the le vel of access those on the netw ork will hav e to this computer . 11. Click the OK button. Y our system ma y ask for your W indo ws Millennium CD-R OM or the location of the W indo ws Millennium installation f iles. If it does, direct W indo ws to the appropriate location, (i.e., D:win9x if y ou[...]

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    Enabling File Sharing 1. Double-click the My Computer icon. A windo w of a v ailab le disk dri ves will appear . 2. Right click the driv e or folder that you w ant to mak e a vailab le to other users. 3. Click the Sharing button, follo wed b y the Sharing tab. Then, click the Shar e As button. 4. In the Share Name f ield , enter a name for the dri [...]

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    28 Windows 2000 Installation and Setup Overview After connecting the Compact USB Network Adapter to your computer , follo w these instructions to install the hardware de vice dri ver . If at any time during the installation you encounter prob lems, consult the T roubleshooting section. Installing the Compact USB Network Adapter’ s Driver 1. If yo[...]

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    5. In the “Cop y manufacturer’ s f iles from” f ield , type D: and click the OK button. 6. When W indows asks y ou to search for a digital signature, click Ye s to con- tinue your installation. 7. The Driver F ile Searc h Results dialo g screen will appear . Click the Next but- ton. 30 EtherFast ® 10/100 Compact USB Network Adapter 29 3. Th[...]

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    32 T roubleshooting 1. Windows doesn't detect new hardwar e with the Compact USB Network Adapter hardware connected, or it continues to detect the adapter each time I restart the PC. • Y ou might not hav e cor rectly or securel y installed the adapter into your computer . Check that the adapter is securely inserted into the appropriate USB P[...]

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    • Click on the NetBIOS tab . Put a check next to I want to ena ble NetBIOS o ver IPX/SPX and click OK . Click OK again. • After W indo ws f inishes copying the appropriate f iles, restar t your comput- er . When y ou’ ve retur ned to the desktop, open Netw ork Neighborhood or m y network places and look for the other PCs on y our network. 8. [...]

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    36 3. If the Conf iguration box has a component called Dial-Up Adapter , skip for- ward to step 5. If it doesn’ t, continue with step 4. 4. Remo ve any instance of the name Linksys in the bo x. This includes IPX/SPX…Linksys , NetBEUI…Linksys , and TCP/IP…Linksys . Also remo ve Client for Micr osoft Networks , Client f or NetW ar e Networ ks[...]

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    38 7. Return to the W indo ws Control Panel. Double-click the System Icon. The System Properties window will appear . Click on the Device Manager Ta b . 8. If Networ k Adapters is listed , then expand it by clicking on the plus [+] sign and remo ve all de vices with the name Linksys in its description. (If at any point y ou are asked to restart the[...]

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    40 5. Right-click on Linksys EtherF ast 10/100 Compact USB Networ k Adapter . A context menu should open (see the e xample belo w). 6. Select Uninstall... from the menu that appears and click the OK button. 7. The Networ k Adapters category should no longer be listed. 8. Click the OK button and restart your computer . Go to the Windo ws 2000 Instal[...]

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    42 IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol Click the Add button. Choose Pr otocol and click the Add button. Select Manufactur er and choose Microsoft . Under the “Netw ork Protocol” box, highlight IPX/SPX-compatible pr otocol and click the OK button. If y ou’ ve added all the components you require, click the OK button again. The com- puter will begin co[...]

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    Ethernet - IEEE standard netw ork protocol that specif ies ho w data is placed on and retriev ed from a common transmission medium. Has a transfer rate of 10 Mbps. F or ms the underl ying transport vehicle used by se veral upper-le vel protocols, including TCP/IP and XNS. F ast Ethernet - A 100 Mbps technolo gy based on the 10Base-T Ethernet CSMA/C[...]

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    Po r t - A pathwa y into and out of the computer or a network de vice such as a switch or router . F or example, the serial and parallel por ts on a personal com- puter are external sockets for plugging in communications lines, modems and printers. RJ-45 (Registered Jack-45) - A connector similar to a telephone connector that holds up to eight wire[...]

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    48 Specifications Standards: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, USB Spec. v1.1 Protocol: CSMA/CD P orts: 1 10BaseT/100BaseTX RJ-45 Port 1 USB T ype A Connector Connection Speed: 10Mbps or 100Mbps Auto-Sensing T ransfer Rate: Up to 12Mbps Memory Buffer: 32KB Cabling: Network : UTP Category 5 or better 100 meters (328 feet) Maximum USB : Standard Shielded USB [...]

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    W arranty Information BE SURE T O HA VE Y OUR PR OOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE 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 CONSEQUENTIA[...]

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    © Copyright 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reser ved. http://www .linksys.com 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 949-26[...]