Vantec CB-U320GNA manual

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  • Page 1

    USB 3.0 T o Dual Gigabit E thernet Network Adapt er CB -U320GNA User Manual V er . 1.00 All br and names and t rade marks ar e pro perties of their resp ective owne rs.[...]

  • Page 2

    CB -U320GNA Pag e 2 Cont ent s: Chapter 1: Intr oducti on ................................................................ .... 3 1.1 Product In troduction ................................................................ .. 3 1.2 Fea tures ...................................................................................... 4 1.3 Sy stem R equire [...]

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    CB -U320GNA Pag e 3 Chap ter 1: I ntr oduction 1.1 Product Int roduction V antec int roduces the USB 3.0 T o Dual Gigab it Ethernet Network Adapter bringing you Dual Gig abit Ethernet through a single USB port. With the ease thr ough a single USB c onnection, you can g ain gig abit networ k sp eeds o f up to 1000Mb ps and be c onnected to tw o sepa[...]

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    CB -U320GNA Pag e 4 1. 2 Fea tures  Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports throug h a single USB connection  Compliant with Uni versal Serial Bus 3.0 Specification, Revisi on 1.0  Compatible with USB Sp ecification, Revision 2.0  Supports CDC-ECM  Supports crossover d etection, aut o-correction, polarity correction, adap tive equali zation, cro[...]

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    CB -U320GNA Pag e 5  Supports advanced lin k down po wer saving when Ethernet cable is un plugged  Supports ACPI, AP M, OSPM, and Wake- on -LAN  Supports jumbo fra me up to 9K bytes  USB Cable Type A & 2 x RJ45 conn ection  LED indicators f or Ethernet connection  Support Windows XP, 7, 8, 8.1 / Mac OS X 10.8 or Greater / Late[...]

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    CB -U320GNA Pag e 6  Fully compliant with IE EE 802.3 , IEEE 802.3u, IEE E 802.3ab  Supports IEEE 802. 1P Layer 2 Priori ty Encoding  Supports IEEE 802. 1Q VLAN tagging  Supports IEEE 802.3az-2 010 (Energy Effi cient Ethernet) Microso ft A OA C (Alw a ys On Alw a ys Conn ecte d)  Supports 16-set 12 8-byte Wake-Up Fra me pattern exact[...]

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    CB -U320GNA Pag e 7  Supports selecti ve suspend 1. 3 Sys tem R equir ements  Microsoft Wind ows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 / Mac OS X 10. 6 or Greater (In tel-base d Mac) / Latest Linux OS  USB 3.0 Port preferr ed to get maximum speed 1. 4 Pack age Conten ts  Vantec USB 3.0 T o Dual Gigab it Ethernet Adapter  Drivers CD  Quick Installa[...]

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    CB -U320GNA Pag e 8 Etherne t port on y our router , switch, or an y o ther networking device. 2.2 Driver Inst alla tion The f ollowing section shows you h ow to in st all the USB 3.0 T o Dual Gigab it Ethernet Network Adapte r driver on diff erent operating sy st ems. Importan t! Please connect the USB 3.0 T o Dual Port Gi gabit Ethernet Network A[...]

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    CB -U320GNA Pag e 9 2. Follow the ins tr uctions on the screen t o inst all the drivers. 2.2.2 Installa tion f or Mac OS 1. Insert the pr ovided CD into y our optical drive . Brow se to the CB -U320GNA F older a nd sel ect the Mac Folder . St art the driver inst allation by clicking on the ins tallation pkg. *Note: A ctual image may vary 2. Follow [...]

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    CB -U320GNA Pag e 10 4. Review and click continue thru the installation. Use the default setting. 5. Enter Password to continue[...]

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    CB -U320GNA Pag e 11 6. Click Continue Installation and Click Restart to finish installing the software 2.3 Hardwa re V erif y 2.3.1 V erifying for Windows 1. Click on the “ Device Manager ” tab in the Windows Control P anel. Start > Con trol Pan el > Device Manager 2. Entry “ Network adapt ers ” item, you should see the f ollowing de[...]

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    CB -U320GNA Pag e 12 2.3.2 V erifying for Mac OS X 1. Open the System Profiler by clicking the Apple symbol in the top left c orner , selecting About this Mac, then select S yste m Report 2. Expand t he “Network” section. With the c able connected , you should see the f ollowing devices in the lis t.[...]