Linksys USB300M manual

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    USER GUIDE USB Ether net Adapter Model: USB300M[...]

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    About This Guide i USB Ethernet Adapter About This Guide Icon Descriptions While reading through the User Guide you may see various icons that call attention to specific items. Below is a description of these icons: NO TE: This check mark indicates that there is a not e of in terest and is something that you should pay special attention to while us[...]

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    T able of Contents ii USB Ethernet Adapter Chapter 1: Product O v er view 3 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 P or ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Installing the Adapter . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Chapter 1 Produc t Overview 3 USB Ethernet Adapter Chapter 1: Pr oduc t O v er view Thank y ou for choosing the Linksys USB Ethernet Adapter . This Adapter lets you easily connect any device with a USB port—such as your computer , game console, or DVR—to a wired network . Small and light yet rugged enough for travel , the A dapter helps keeps y[...]

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    Chapter 2 Configuration 4 USB Ethernet Adapter Chapter 2: Driver Installa tion This chapter will take you through all the steps necessary to install the driver for the USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapter . After physically connecting the Adapter to your computer ’ s USB por t or hub, follow these instructions to install the hardware device driver . The inst[...]

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    Chapter 2 Configuration 5 USB Ethernet Adapter The Wizar d installs the dr iver sof tware onto your 6. computer . When the installation is completed, click Next . Installing the Soft ware The 7. Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears. Click Finish to exit the W izard. Then remove the Installation CD from the CD-ROM drive. Completin[...]

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    Chapter 2 Configuration 6 USB Ethernet Adapter Click the 11. Po wer Management tab. S elect Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power . Click OK to save the pr oper ty settings. F ast Ethernet Adapter Properties—Pow er Management tab Congr atulations! The installation of the USB Ethernet Adapter is c omplete. F or more informa tion[...]

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    Chapter 2 Configuration 7 USB Ethernet Adapter Click 5. Star t , click C ontrol P anel , and then double -click Device Manager . The Device M anager opens and displays a list of your c omputer ’ s devices. Device Manager Double -click 6. Network adapters , and then double - click ASIX AX88772 USB2.0 to Fast Ethernet Adapter to display the A dapte[...]

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    Chapter 2 Configuration 8 USB Ethernet Adapter Driver Installa tion for Mac OS X NO TE: D o not click Cancel at any time during the installation process. Doing so will prevent your driver from being properly installed on your computer . If you have not y et done so, start your computer . 1. Connect the Adapter to your computer . Refer to 2. Install[...]

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    Appendix A T roubleshooting 9 USB Ethernet Adapter Appendix A: T r oubleshooting Y our computer does not recognize the Adapter . Make sure that the Adapter is properly inser ted into the USB slot. The Adapter does not work properly . Remove the A dapter , and then r einser t it into the computer’ s USB slot. WEB: If y our questions ar e not addre[...]

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    Appendix B Configuration 10 USB Ethernet Adapter Appendix B: C onfiguring the Adapter for U se with Nintendo W ii This chapter describes how to connect and configur e the Adapter f or use with N intendo Wii. NO TE: Throughout this user guide, it is assumed that “D” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. Connect the USB Ethernet Adapter to one of t[...]

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    Appendix C S pecific a tions 11 USB Ethernet Adapter Appendix C: Specifications Model USB300M USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapter Standards USB 1.0, USB 1.1, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u USB 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 Ports One USB Type-A Male Connector, One RJ-45 Port Cabling Type CAT 5 Ethernet Cable LEDs Link/Activity Environmental Dimensions* 7.96" x 1.00[...]

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    Appendix D Warranty Inf ormation 12 USB Ethernet Adapter Appendix D: W arran ty Informa tion Limited W arrant y Linksys warrants this Linksys hardwar e product against defects in materials and work manship under normal use for the W arranty Period , which begins on the date of purchase by the original end-user purchaser and lasts for the period spe[...]

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    Appendix D Warranty Inf ormation 13 USB Ethernet Adapter rejected. Do not include any other items with the pr oduct you are returning to Linksys. D ef ective product cov ered by this limited warranty will be repaired or replaced and returned to you without charge. C ustomers outside of the United States of America and Canada are responsible for all[...]

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    Appendix E Regula tor y Inf ormation 14 USB Ethernet Adapter Appendix E: Regulat or y Informa tion FCC Sta tement This produc t has been tested and complies with the specifications for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful inter fer ence in a reside[...]

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    Appendix E Regula tor y Inf ormation 15 USB Ethernet Adapter User Inf ormation f or Consumer Produc ts Cov ered by EU Directive 2002/96/EC on W aste Elec tric and Electronic Equipment ( WEEE) This document contains impor tant information for users with regards to the proper disposal and recycling of Linksys products. Consumers are required to compl[...]

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    Appendix E Regula tor y Inf ormation 16 USB Ethernet Adapter Eesti (Estonian) - Keskkonnaalane informatsioon Euroopa Liidus asuv atele klientidele Euroopa Liidu direktiivi 2002/96/EÜ nõuete kohaselt on seadmeid, millel on tootel või pakendil k äesolev sümbol , keelatud kõrvaldada koos sor teerimata olmejäätmet ega. See sümbol näitab, et t[...]

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    Appendix E Regula tor y Inf ormation 17 USB Ethernet Adapter Lietuvškai (Lithuanian) - Aplink osaugos informacija, skir ta Eur opos Sąjungos vartotojams Europos dir ekt yva 2002/96/EC numat o, kad įrangos, kuri ir kurios pakuotė yra pažymėta šiuo simboliu (įvesk ite simbolį), negalima šalinti k artu su nerūšiuotomis komunalinėmis atlie[...]

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    Appendix E Regula tor y Inf ormation 18 USB Ethernet Adapter Português (Portuguese) - Informação ambiental para clientes da União Eur opeia A Directiva Europeia 2002/96/CE exige que o equipamento que exibe este símbolo no produto e/ou na sua embalagem não seja eliminado junto com os resíduos municipais não separados. O símbolo indica que e[...]

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    19 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter Appendix F : Sof tware License A greement Soft w are in Linksys Produc ts This product from Cisco-Linksys LL C or from one of its affiliates Cisc o Syst ems-Linksys (Asia) Pte Ltd. or Cisc o- Linksys K .K. (“Linksys ”) contains sof tware (including firmware) originating from Linksy[...]

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    20 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter your Linksys product and/or the Software is being used in accordanc e with the terms of this Agreemen t; (iii) to provide improv ements to the way Linksys delivers technology to you and to other Linksys customers; (iv) to enable Linksys to comply with the terms of any agreements it has[...]

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    21 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter GNU General Public Lic ense is intended to guarantee y our freedom to share and change free software–to make sure the software is free for all its users. This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software F oundation’ s software and to any other program whose authors [...]

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    22 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter If the modified program normally reads commands c. interactively when run, y ou must cause it, when started running for such int erac tive use in the most ordinary way , to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty[...]

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    23 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter If, as a consequence of a court judgmen t or allegation 7. of patent infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order , agreement or otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License , they do not excuse [...]

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    24 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V ersion 2.1, February 1999 Copyright ( C ) 1991, 1999 F ree Software F oundation, Inc. 51 Fr anklin Street, Fifth Floor , Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA Everyone is per mitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing i[...]

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    25 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter freedom and the wher ewithal to run that pr ogram using a modified version of the Library . The precise terms and conditions f or c opying, distribution and modification follow . Pay close attention to the differenc e bet ween a “ w ork based on the library ” and a “work that use[...]

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    26 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather , the intent is to exercise the r ight to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Library . In addition, mere aggregation of another[...]

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    27 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter Use a suitable shar ed library mechanism for linking b) with the Library . A suitable mechanism is one that (1) uses at run time a copy of the library already present on the user ’ s computer syst em, r ather than copying library functions into the executable, and (2) will operate pr[...]

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    28 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that syst em; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing to distribute sof tware through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that choice . This section is intended to make th[...]

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    29 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter OpenSSL License Copyright © 1998-2007 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binar y forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following c onditions are met: Redistributions of source code must retain the above 1. copy[...]

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    30 Appendix F Sof tw are License Agreement USB Ethernet Adapter DIREC T , INDIREC T , INCIDENT AL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY , OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMA GES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO , PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; L OSS OF USE, DA T A, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER C A USED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILIT Y , WHE THER IN CON[...]