NETGEAR FA310TX manual

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de Instruct ions in this guide are for user s of W indo ws ® 95 who are install ing the Model F A310TX Netwo rk Card. F or ins tructions on install ing and v erifyi ng the Win do ws 95 n etwork dri v er , refer to “ Install t he W in dows 95 Ne twor k Dri ver” on the other s ide of this gui de. The[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de Unpack the cont ents of the pa ckage and mak e su re tha t you ha ve e v erything. V erif y PC Requir em ents The instruct ions giv en in this guide are for using the NETGEAR™ Model F A310TX Netw ork Card i n a P C that has a Microso ft ® W indo ws 95 ope rating system. Y ou must hav e a PC with a[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de 1. T urn the p ower off and u np lug th e po wer co rd from your c om put er . 2. Remo ve th e PC co ver . 3. Choose an a vaila ble PCI slot (PCI slots ar e the shorter slot s) and remove th e corres pond ing ba ck pla te from t he P C c has sis. 4. In sert th e n etwo rk car d in to the P CI exp ans[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de Using the appr opriate UTP cable, connect a ny por t on a netw ork hub to t he por t on the network card. Note: One of the ports on NETGEAR hubs is switchabl e between Normal (MDI- X) and Up link (MDI) with a Nor mal/Uplink pus h button. If you are using this swit chable por t on a NETGEAR hub to con[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de This guide provi des inst ructions f or ins tallin g the W indows 95 Network Dr i ver . All version s of W indo ws 95 might not resp ond with the same screens. The refo r e, w indows t hat are differen t fro m those s hown in t hes e instru cti ons might open b ut prom pt you for the s ame informatio[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de 1. T urn on the power to the comp ut er a nd sta rt Wi ndow s 95. The ne w har dware is f ound, a nd the dri v er is aut omatically loade d. 2. Select “Driv er fr om disk pr ovi ded b y hard ware manufact ure r ,” and then click on “OK.” If a di f ferent “ Ne w Hardware Fo und” windo w op[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de 4. Click on “Finish. ” 5. T ype A: in th e “Copy f iles from” entr y f ield a nd clic k on “ OK.” 6. Remove t he Driv ers and Diagn ostic s Disk fr om the flop py dri v e, r emov e the Wi ndow s 9 5 C D -R O M from th e CD dr ive (i f you h av e ins ert ed i t), an d the n cl ic k on “[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de 1. Doub le -c li ck o n “My Com put e r” on the des kto p, d oub le - cl ic k o n “Contr ol Pan el,” and the n double-c lick on “Syste m.” 2. Click on “Devic e Manager . ” V e r ify Insta lla tio n[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de 3. Doub l e -c li ck on “ N etw o rk a dap te r s. ” 4. If ther e is a pr oblem with the install ation of the dri ve r , an exclamat ion point appears next to “NETGEAR F A310TX F ast Ethern et PCI Ad apt er .” If th ere i s an excla ma tio n p oint, d oub le -cli ck on “N ET G EAR F A310TX [...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de Mo del F A31 0T X Ne twor k Ca rd St anda rd s C omp atib il it y IEEE 80 2.3u, 100BAS E-TX F as t Ether net IEEE 80 2.3i, 10B ASE-T Et her ne t Ne tW are t ested a nd app ro ved Mic ro s of t W i n dow s , Wind ow s 95, W in d ow s N T ® com p at ible P CI Pl ug- and-Pl ay comp ati ble DC operating[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de Thank you for selecting NETGEAR produc ts. Subject to the pr ovision s describe d belo w , this NETGEAR product is pr otecte d by a limit ed li fetime w arran ty from defects in materia l and workmans hip. Should a pr oduct fa il to pe rform as d escribed a bove within t he f irst year follo wing the[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de IMPOR T ANT! Pl ease reg ister on line. YOU M U ST REG ISTE R TO O BT AIN T ECH NI CA L SUP POR T . PLEASE RET AIN PR OOF OF PURCHASE and this w arra nty inf ormation . T o get product su pport, or to obta in product inf ormati on and NETGEAR product doc umentat ion, di rect your W e b bro wser to th[...]

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    Model FA310TX Network Ca rd I nstallation Gui de NE T GE A R , In c . A Bay Net works Company 4401 G reat America P arkw ay Santa Cl ar a, CA 95054 USA Phone: 888 -NETGEAR *M-FA3105XNA-3* Defect ive or Dama g ed Mer chandi se Defe cti ve or dam aged mer chandi se can be ret ur ned t o your poi nt-o f-pur cha se rep resen ta ti v e. In te r net /W o[...]