Vantec CB-U300GNA manual

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    USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User M anual Model: CB-U300GNA All brand nam es and tradem arks are p ropert ies of their respe ctive owners All brand names and trademarks are properties of their www .van tecusa.com re spective ow ners.[...]

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    CB -U300GNA Page 2 Contents: Chapter 1: Intr oducti on ...................................................... 3 1.1 Product I ntroduction .................................................... 3 1.2 Feat ures ........................................................................ 3 1.3 Syst em Requirem ents ..........................................[...]

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    CB -U300GNA Page 3 Chapter 1: Introd uction 1.1 Product Introdu ction This USB 3 .0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter add a sin gle RJ-4 5 Ethernet networking port to a USB enabled (USB 3. 0) computer system with link speeds up to 10 00 Mbps ** . Backwards compatible with USB 2 .0 computer system an d 1 0/100 Mbps Ethernet networks, this compact and port[...]

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    CB -U300GNA Page 4  Supports advanced link down pow er saving when Ethernet cable is unplugged  Supports W ake- on -LA N  Upstream port: USB 3.0 type A  Downstream port: RJ45  LEDs indicate the status of Power status and Ethernet connection 1. 3 Syst em R equirements  W indows® XP/V ista/7 /8 (32/64 bit); Mac OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8 [...]

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    CB -U300GNA Page 5 Chapter 2 : Getting Started 2.1 Hardware I nstallation 1. Plug the USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet A dapter d irectly into an available USB 2.0 port (Recommend USB 3.0 port) on your computer . 2. Connect one end of your network cable into th e RJ45 port of USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet A dapter. 3. Connect the other end of the network [...]

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    CB -U300GNA Page 6 2.2.1 Installation for Window s 1. Insert the provided CD into your disk drive. 2. At the W in dows Desktop, click Start , then Run . 3. T ype D: CB -U30 0GNAWin dows Setup.exe , then click OK . (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter) 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 2.2.2 Installation [...]

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    CB -U300GNA Page 7 Start > Contro l Panel > Device Manager 2. Entry “ Network adapters ” item, and you can read “ ASIX AX88179 USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet A dapter ” in the Device Manager .[...]

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    CB -U300GNA Page 8 2.3.2 V erifying f or Mac OS X 1. Choose About this Mac f rom the Apple menu. 2. Click on More Info … 3. In the Contents sidebar select USB from the Hardware section. 4. Scroll the list to reveal the USB 3 .0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter information **Note: The stated transmissi on rate of this device is 1Gbps. This is the theor[...]