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Matrox FastNIC 10/100 10574-MT-0102 manual

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  • Page 1

    Matrox FastNIC 10/ 100 Single Port F ast Ether net 10 0BaseTX NIC PCI N etwor k Int erf ace Card Installation Gu ide 10574 -MT -0102 The Matrox Fast NIC 10 /10 0 is a high-pe rformance F a st Ethe rnet adap ter card, ideal for t ypical and “power user” PC wo rkst ations. Th e F astN IC inst alls int o a standa rd bus-m asteri ng PCI slo t. Driv[...]

  • Page 2

    4. Ca refully in sert the F astNIC card into the PCI expansion slo t as shown in the follow ing d iagram: 5. Sec ure the F astNIC card in place with the bolt t hat previo usly held the bla nk panel y ou remo ved previo usl y . 6. R eplace the cov er of the PC. D Selectin g the Righ t Cable The FastNIC i s a standard Fast E thernet adapter c ard. T [...]

  • Page 3

    • SCO UNIX NOT E: Installat ion in str uction s for Windows 95, Windows N T , and Novell NetWare (DOS c lient) are pro vided below . For other netwo rk opera ting systems, ple ase consult t he docu ment ation t hat came wit h th e net work operating sys tem f or infor mation on h ow to in stall and config ure client PC drive rs. Windo ws 95 T o i[...]

  • Page 4

    3. Click on th e Have Di sk but ton : 4. In sert the driver d iskette in to the PC’s flop py dri ve. Specif y the direct ory a:win 95 and click OK: 5. By default, t he F ast NIC is config ured for Au toDete ct mod e. Ho wever , you can us e the Pr oper ties window to forc e the speed and dupl ex setting s of the card:[...]

  • Page 5

    Windows NT T o install the sof tware driver for the Windows NT operat ing s ystem, p lease perfor m the following ste ps: 1. Double-click o n the following icon s: 2. Click on th e Ad d bu tton : 3. Click on th e Have Disk b utt on:[...]

  • Page 6

    4. In sert the driver d iskette in to the PC’s flop py dri ve. Specif y the direct ory a:win nt and click OK: 5. By default, t he F ast NIC is config ured for Au toDete ct mod e. Ho wever , you can us e the Pr oper ties window to forc e the speed and dupl ex setting s of the card: Nove ll NetW are (DOS Client) T o install the driver suppo rt so [...]

  • Page 7

    F Understanding the Status Lights G Trouble shooting A diagnos tic ut ility is supp lied with t he F ast NIC t o assist y ou with troubl eshoot ing. Diagnost ic Utilit y Please t est t he F ast NIC be fore yo u call T echnical Support . T o test t he F as tNI C, inse rt the diske tte labele d “FastNIC drivers” i nto the flo ppy driv e of the PC[...]

  • Page 8

    S OLUT ION #2: The device may req uire a cr oss-over or st raig ht-t hrou gh wir e in order to connect to th e ot her d evice. Refer t o the inst ruct ions con tained in se ction D to d etermin e which ki nd of wire to use in o rder to conn ect a spe cific type of device. H Obtaining T echnical Support Plea se co mplete and m ail the reg istrati on[...]

  • Page 9

    I Specifications Standard IEEE802.3/802.3u 10BaseT/100BaseTX Bus Interface 32 bit bus master Hardware Interrupts PCI INT A Base I/O Ad dresses Assigned by BIOS Cable Conn ections RJ-45 (10BaseT) UTP C ategory 3 and higher . RJ-45 (100BaseTX) UTP Category 5. Software Support • Micro soft W indows NT • Micro soft W indows 9 5 • Microsof t Wi nd[...]

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    J Regulatory Compliance FCC Compliance Statement W arnin g Cha nge s or mod ifi cations to this u nit not e xpre ssly appr oved by the par ty responsible for the c ompliance could void t he user’s authority to operat e this equipment. Note Th is equip ment ha s been tested and found to comply with the l imi ts for a Cla ss B digital device, pursu[...]