Linksys HPN100 manual

HomeLink ™ Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card HPN100 HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Network PC Car d HomeLink ™ Series User Guide[...]

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Contents Intr oduction 2 About The Hard w ar e 3 Ho w to Get T echnical Support 3 Hard war e Setup 4 LED Indicators 7 About the Softwar e 8 Windo ws 98 Setup 11 Windo ws 95 Setup 19 Windo ws NT 4.0 Setup 29 No v ell NetW ar e Client32 Setup 36 Linux, Open Source and Beta OSes 38 Appendix W indows NT 4.0 Client Setup F or W indows 98 and 95 39 T wis[...]

Intr oduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Linksys HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card. This exciting new technolo gy is being offered in compliance with the standards of the Home Phoneline Netw orking Alliance (HomePN A). The Linksys HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Network PC Card no w of fers instant connectivity to multiple PC&ap[...]

Features • Build A Netw ork Using Y our Existing T elephone Line • No Additional Hubs or Cabling Needed • T ype II PCMCIA Card (16-Bit) • Card has 2 RJ-11 Modular T elephone P or ts and 1 RJ-45 10BaseT/100BaseTX F ast Ether net P ort • 1Mbps Transfer Rate Ov er T elephone Lines • Also Connects to 10/100 Netw orks with No Conf iguration [...]

P ackage Contents • One HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card • Cable Coupler with T w o RJ-11 P orts and One RJ-45 Port • One Standard T elephone Cab le • One Driv er Diskette • User Guide and Registration Card If any of the abo ve contents are missing, consult y our Linksys retailer . Sharing Y our Resources The HomeLink Phonelin[...]

Har dwar e Setup Before Y ou Begin The HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card is equipped with tw o phone wire ports, also known as RJ-11 ports, for use with a Phoneline netw ork that utilizes your e xisting telephone system. The card also has an RJ-45 10BaseT Ethernet por t for use with 10Mbps Ether net netw orks. If Y ou W ant to Use Ethern[...]

Installing the Hard ware 1. T urn off your PC and an y devices attached to it. 2. Snap the flat end of the media cou- pler into the HomeLink Phoneline +10/100 Netw ork PC Card. It should lock f irmly into place. 3. Locate your PC's card slot. The slot is usually located on the side or front of the PC. Slide the HomeLink Phoneline +10/100 Netw [...]

Continue to connect up to tw enty-f iv e PCs on one chain. If you w ant to use your telephone or fax machine, add a tw o-wa y splitter on your w all’ s phone jack or connect the device to the open telephone port on the last card in your daisy chain. If you are daisy chaining mor e than 2 PCs , you should connect modem to a different w all phone j[...]

About the Softwar e The HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card requires tw o dif ferent kinds of software in order to w ork: Socket and card ser vices are special software dri vers that allo w a PC card to communicate with your computer . Plug and Pla y operating systems like W indo ws 98 and 95 already ha ve these services built in. Netw ork[...]

Network Driver Setup F ollow these instructions carefull y . Y ou can vie w or print the setup directions from your fa vorite w ord processor , or if you prefer , use the reader that is included on the 10/100 card's disk. T o access the reader , put the HomeLink 10/100 PC Card disk into driv e A and r un the README.EXE program. T o run the pro[...]

W indows 9 8 Setup Boot up your Windo ws 98 PC with the HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 PC Card hardware installed. F ollo w the instr uctions below . 1. W indo ws 98 will automatically detect the presence of the HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card in your computer . If W indo ws 98 goes directly to the windo ws desktop and does not displa y t[...]

4. A windo w will appear asking where y ou w ould like W indo ws 98 to search for the driv er . Make sure that Floppy disk drives is selected , and click Next to continue. 5. W indo ws will begin searching y our driv es for the cor rect device dri vers. A message will appear that reads W indows f ound the Linksys HomeLink + 10/100 PC Car d driver .[...]

7. Double-click on the Netw ork icon. The Network windo w will appear . Click on the Conf iguration tab . 8. Make sure that the follo wing network components are installed: Client for Micr osoft Networ ks Linksys HomeLink + 10/100 PC Car d (PCM100TH) NetBEUI TCP/IP There ma y be other components listed in addition to the ones sho wn abo ve. This is[...]

9. In the Primary Network Lo gon box, select Client for Micr osoft Networks . 10. Click on the Identif ication tab . T ype the name of your computer in the Computer name bo x. Make up a name that is unique from all the other computers' names on the netw ork. Call it what- ev er you'd lik e, (ex: Ace, Master , etc.), as long as you keep th[...]

page 14 15. Once W indo ws is done copying the necessary f iles, the System Settings Change windo w appears. Remo ve all disks from your computer and click on Ye s to restart your PC. If y ou don't see this windo w , simpl y close do wn W indo ws 98 and restart your computer . The installation is complete. Remember to remo ve the installation [...]

Client Setup Before enabling F ile and Printer Sharing, you should prepare y our computer to be used with any f ile ser vers that ma y be on the network. T urn to the next page. If you are not using Windo ws 98 with an NT or NetW are f ile server , skip the next tw o parag raphs. Otherwise: • Connecting to a NetW are File Serv er Click on My Comp[...]

Preparing to Use File and Printer Sharing. The instructions below e xplain ho w to turn on f ile and printer sharing in W indo ws 98 so that your computer can be accessed b y others and vice-versa. 1. Start up W indows 98. If y ou are asked to lo g in, be sure to giv e your correct username and passw ord. 2. T o set up sharing for the f irst time o[...]

Use your mouse to select the type of f ile sharing access that you w ant other users to ha ve. If y ou want to assign access pass w ord(s), type them into the Pass w ord box(es). If you are sharing a cab le modem or DSL braodband connection that you will be using to access the Internet, you should protect all of your shared dri ves and printers wit[...]

W indows 95 Setup After installing the HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card hardw are in your computer , follo w the instr uctions belo w to install the HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card's W indo ws 95 netw ork driv er from the card's program disk. Please keep in mind that the installation procedure for the netw ork dri[...]

3. W indo ws will begin searching y our driv es for the cor rect device dri vers. A message will appear that reads W indows f ound the Linksys HomeLink + 10/100 PC Car d (PCM100H1) driver . Click on Finish . If W indo ws cannot f ind the driv er for the card , skip to the T roubleshooting sec- tion on page 51. 4. W indo ws 95 will begin cop ying a [...]

7. Double-click on the Netw ork icon. The Network windo w will appear . Click on the Conf iguration tab . 8. Make sure that the follo wing network components are installed: Client for Micr osoft Networ ks Client for Netw ar e Networ k Linksys HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Networ k PC Card (PCMPC100) IPX/SPX-compatible Pr otocol NetBEUI TCP/IP There m[...]

9. In the Primary Network Lo gon box, select Client for Micr osoft Networks . 10. Click on the Identif ication tab . T ype the name of your computer in the Computer name box. Mak e up a name that is unique from all the other comput- ers' names on the netw ork. Call it whate ver you'd like, (e x: T ardis, Leela, etc.) 11. T ype the name of[...]

14. Click on the OK button. Y our system ma y or ma y not ask you for y our W indo ws 95 CD-R OM or the location of the 95 installation f iles. Direct W indo ws to the appropriate location, (D:win95, C:windo wsoptionscabs, etc.). 15. Once W indo ws is done copying the necessary f iles, the System Settings Change windo w appears. Remo ve all dis[...]

Client Setup Before enabling F ile and Printer Sharing, you should prepare y our computer to be used with any f ile ser vers that ma y be on the network. If you are not using Windo ws 95 with an NT or NetW are f ile server , skip the next tw o parag raphs. Otherwise: • Using the Card to Connect to a NetW ar e File Serv er Click on My Computer , C[...]

Preparing to Use File and Printer Sharing. The instructions below e xplain ho w to turn on f ile and printer sharing in W indo ws 95 so that your computer can be accessed b y others and vice-versa. 1. Start up W indows 95. If y ou are asked to lo g in, be sure to giv e your correct username and passw ord. 2. T o set up sharing for the f irst time o[...]

Use your mouse to select the type of f ile sharing access that you w ant other users to ha ve. If y ou want to assign access pass w ord(s), type them into the Pass w ord box(es). If you are sharing a cab le modem or DSL braodband connection that you will be using to access the Internet, you should protect all of your shared dri ves and printers wit[...]

W indows NT 4.0 Setup The instructions below e xplain ho w to install HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card's softw arer driv ers for an NT 4.0 ser ver/w orkstation. Y ou must know the type of PCMCIA controller that y ou ha ve in y our notebook -- PCIC compatible or CardBus. Refer to y our PC’ s user guide or contact the manufacturer [...]

Install NT Networking and the HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Network PC Car d T ogether 1. Choose W ired to the Netw or k and click Next . 2. When asked to pro vide the name of the network adapter , choose Select from list... 3. When the list appears, click on the Ha v e Disk button. 4. Put the PC Card disk into driv e A and type a: in the location w[...]

6. Setup ma y need to cop y some W indo ws NT f iles from your original W indo ws NT CD-R OM. If a windo w appears asking for your NT setup f iles, type in the location of your Windo ws NT CD-R OM. F or example, if y our CD- R OM is designated as D: , then type D:i386 . 7. Setup ma y also need driv ers from the Linksys diskette. T ype a: or the l[...]

When the Netw ork Setup W izard reappears, conf igure your bindings. See y our W indo ws NT User Guide for more information on bindings. 11. When the bindings are conf igured , click Next , follo w ed by Ne xt again to start the network. 12. When the Netw ork W izard windo w reappears, enter a name for your com- puter . Y ou can name it whate ver y[...]

Install the HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Network PC Car d (NT Networking is Alread y Installed) 1. When the Netw ork windo w appears, click on the Adapters tab . 2. Click on the Add button, follo wed b y Ha ve Disk . Put the PC Card disk into driv e A. 3. When asked to supply the path to the disk, type a: and click OK . 4. NT will ask you to suppl [...]

If Y ou Have Pr oblems If the EtherF ast card's coupler doesn't light up after you restart your computer , you ma y need to change your slot's boot setting in NT . F ollo w these instruc- tions: Click on Start , Settings , Control P anel . Double-click on the Devices icon. Scroll do wn in the De vices list to PCMCIA . Click on Star t[...]

Changing the Car d Settings F or most users, the HomeLink def ault settings will be perfect for both Phoneline and Ethernet networking. Ho w ev er , you can make an y necessary changes to your system's netw ork settings by clicking on y our taskbar's Start button, then Settings , then Contr ol Panel , and then the Netw ork icon. Note : On[...]

Ethernet Configuration This option allo ws you to choose the duple x and speed performance of the HomeLink Card’ s RJ-45 Ether net port. In order to change the por t settings, the Mode Selection option must be set at 10BaseT Only , or 10/100BaseTX Only , or the mode must be set at A uto Detect with a valid link on the 10BaseT P or t. • 10Mbps H[...]

Mode Selection Y ou can set the HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Network PC Card to default to either a 10BaseT connection or Phoneline connection. Since there are three ports, the card is set to A uto Detect an acti ve connection. Auto Detect will look f irst for a connection on the 10BaseT port, and if one is not found , the card will default to the P[...]

Phoneline Configuration Y ou can set the Phoneline por t to operate in several dif ferent modes. The phoneline port will def ault to A uto Conf ig mode. This mode automatically sets the port to High P o w er/High Speed mode. These port settings will only take ef fect if and when the Phoneline port is selected as the default por t or if the card is [...]

T wisted-Pair Cabling There are different grades, or categories, of twisted-pair cab ling. Category 5 is the most reliable and widel y compatible, and is highly recommended. Cate gory 3 is a good second choice. Straight-through cables are used for connecting computers to a hub . Crossed cables are used for connecting a hub to another hub (there is [...]

T elephone Cable The telephone cables y ou use can be either crossed o ver or straight-through. Standard telephone cables lik e the ones you use e veryday in y our home should do the job . Note : If you are onl y sharing Inter net access between 2 PCs, y ou can connect your modem directl y to your HomeLink Card using a standard telephone cable. Ho [...]

T r oubleshooting T r oubleshooting Hints for Windows Pr oblem : W indo ws doesn't detect ne w hardware with the HomeLink Card hardware installed , or it continues to detect the card each time I restart the PC. Solutions Y ou might not hav e inser ted the PCMCIA card cor rectly or securel y into the appropriate slot of your computer . Check th[...]

V erify that the HomeLink Card’ s Phoneline conf iguration is set to Auto Conf iguration. See the chapter entitled Changing the Card Settings on page xx for instructions on how to do this. T ry connecting your PCs using only the phone wire pro vided with the HomeLink card. Disconnect your PCs from an y phone jacks and remov e any telephone, modem[...]

If all computers are using the same protocol(s) and W orkgroup name, and W indo ws 95 computers can't see W indo ws 98 computers, enable NetBIOS on all the computers using W indo ws 95 and 98. IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol should be installed on all computers. Bring up the properties of the IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol. T o do this, click on Star[...]

Multiple Network PC Car ds The follo wing information is supplied to you f or r efer ence only . Linksys does not pro vide technical suppor t on the setup or troubleshooing of multiple Netw ork PC Cards or enabling or setup of routing in an operating sys- tem. Please refer to the documentation of your operating system in order to f ind out more on [...]

Using a Cable Modem or DSL Modem and the HomeLink PC Car d If you are currently using a HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card with a cable or DSL modem, it is recommended that y ou connect your cab le modem to a 10BaseT/100BaseTX hub for faster access speeds. Keep in mind that some cable modems ma y not be connected to a hub and require a di[...]

Linux, Open Sour ce and Beta Operating Systems Linksys does not pro vide technical suppor t for Linux , *BSD , or other freew are and open source operating systems. Although many Linksys products ha ve been pro ven to perfor m w ell under Linux and other freew are OSes, technical support for setup and troubleshooting is not pro vided. F or infor ma[...]

Manually Installing the Network Components in W indows There ma y be times when y ou might need to manually install missing Windo ws netw orking components. 1. Click on Start , Settings , then Control P anel . 2. Double-click the Netw ork icon. The Network windo w appears. 3. Click on the Conf iguration tab . Linksys recommends that the follo wing [...]

Adding Client f or Netware Networks If you plan on connecting to a No vell NetW are w orkstation, click on the Add button. Highlight Client and click on Add . In the Netw ork Client window , select Manufactur er and choose Micr osoft . Click OK . Adding IPX/SPX-compatible Pr otocol Click on the Add button. Choose Pr otocol and click on the Add butt[...]

How to Use the HomeLink 10/100 Notebook Netw ork Card's Generic Services Under DOS-Based Systems The software disk pro vided with the HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card includes generic socket and card services that can be used to enable the card. The card's hardware-specif ic client enabler will only enab le the HomeLink Phonel[...]

Enabling PCMCIA Services in Windo ws NT T o enab le card and socket services in NT , click on Start , Settings , Contr ol P anel . Double click on De vices . Scroll do wn the list until you f ind PCMCIA . Highlight it and click Startup and choose Boot from the options. After you are done click on Close and restart your computer . After the PC is re[...]

Specifications Standards IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.3u, HPN A 1.0, 1.1 T ransfer Rate Phone Line Half Duplex: 1Mbps 10BaseT Half Duplex: 10Mbps 10BaseT Full Duplex: 20Mbps (Aggregate) 100BaseTX Half Duplex: 100Mbps 100BaseTX Full Duplex: 200Mbps (Aggregate) LEDs Link/Act, 10/100, Phone Line Po r t s 1 Auto-Sensing 10Mbps/100Mbps RJ-45 P ort 2 Standard Mod[...]

Customer Support F or help with the installation or operation of your HomeLink Phoneline + 10/100 Netw ork PC Card , contact Linksys Customer Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below . Customer Support 949-261-1288 F ax 949-261-8868 Email support@linksys.com W eb http://www .linksys.com FTP Site ftp.linksys.com page 49[...]

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