NETGEAR GA302T manual

R eference Guide Everybody ’s connecting . ™ 1 0/1 00/1 000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet GA 30 2 T 32 bit PCI Copper Gigabit Adapter[...]

ii © 2001 by N ETG EAR, Inc. All ri ghts reserved. T rademarks N ETG EAR ® is a reg is te red trademar k of N ETG EAR, INC. in the Un ited States and in other countr ies. Microsoft ® W indows ® and W indo ws ® logo are tr ademarks or reg is tered tr ademarks of Micr osoft Corpor ation i n the Un ited States and/or the other countr ies. Other b[...]

iii T his dev ice complies with P art 15 of the FCC Rules. Operati on is subjec t to the follo win g two conditi ons: 1. T his dev ice may not cause harmful inte rference. 2. T his dev ice mus t accept any i nterfe rence received, includi ng interfe rence that may cause undesired oper ation. Note: T his equipment has been tested and f ound to compl[...]

iv Customer Support F or assistance with installi ng and conf ig uri ng y our N ETG EAR system or with ques ti ons or prob lems f ollowin g installation: • Check the N ETG EAR W eb page at http://www .NETG EAR.com. • Call T echn ical Suppor t at the phone numbe r listed on the Support Informati on Card that shipped with y our switch. • Email [...]

contents v CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Introduction Benef its 1-1 Features 1-1 CHAPTER 2 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION P ackage Contents 2-1 Requirements 2-2 Hardware Descripti on 2-5 Prepari ng to Install Y our GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapte r 2-6 Installi ng Y our GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapte r 2-7 Connecting the Network Cab les 2-8 CHAPTER 3 WINDOWS XP DRIVER[...]

contents vi CHAPTER 6 WINDOWS 98 DRIVER SOFTW ARE Installi ng the Dri ve r Software 6-1 Mo vi ng the Networ k Card to a Different Slot 6-6 CHAPTER 7 WINDOWS NT 4.0 DRIVER SOFTW ARE Installi ng the Dri ve r Software 7-1 Updatin g the Dri ver Software 7-6 Mo vi ng the Networ k Card to a Different Slot 7-7 CHAPTER 8 TR OUBLESHOOTING Checkin g the P or[...]

contents vii FIGURE Fi gure 2-1. F ront P anel of Model GA302T Gi gabit Adapter 2-5 T ABLES T able 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements 2-2 T able 2-2. GA302T LEDs 2-6 T able 2-3. GA302T (10/100/1000BASE-T) Cable Character is tics 2-8 T able 3-1. P aramete r Descripti ons 3-5 T able 4-1. P aramete r Descripti ons 4-6 T able 5-1. P aramete r Desc[...]

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intr oduction 1-1 CHAPTER 1: INTR ODUCTION Cong ratulati ons on your purchase of the N ETGEAR ® GA302T Coppe r Gi gabit Adapter . Desi gned especiall y for h igh-pe rfor mance sys tems, such as servers and hi gh-end workstations, it offers 2 g ig abits per second (Gbps) of agg regate bandwidth and opti miz ed perf ormance whi le mi n i mizi ng net[...]

intr oduction 1-2 F eatures T he key features of the GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapte r are: • Full-duple x operati on (2,000 Mbps: 1,000 Mbps each way) with DMA (Direc t Memory Access) Gigabit Ethe rnet i nterface (IEEE 802.3ab) • RJ-45 connec tor f or Category 5 unshie lded twisted pair (UTP) cable • Inter oper abil ity with e x isting F ast E[...]

CHAPTER 2: HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION T his chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the package contents, sys tem requirements, and installation of the N ETG EAR GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter . Package Contents T he produc t package contains: • GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter • GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter Dr ive r and Documentati on CD • GA[...]

hardware installation 2-2 Requirements Bef ore installi ng the GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapte r , verify that y our sys tem meets the oper atin g sys tem and hardware requirements ou tl ined i n T able 2-1. T ab le 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements System Requirements Windo ws XP Hardware A P entium-based workstation that meets W indows XP sof[...]

hardware installation 2-3 T ab le 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements (continued) System Requirements Windo ws Me Hardware A P entium-based workstation that meets W indows Me software requirements One open 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot Oper ating System W indo ws Me Software GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter dr ive r software for Wi ndows Me , w hich [...]

hardware installation 2-4 T ab le 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements (continued) System Requirements Windo ws NT 4.0 Hardware A P entium-based workstation or se rver that meets Wi ndows N T 4.0 software requirements One open 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot Min imum 64 MB memory Oper ating System W indo ws N T 4.0 with Service P ack 5 or abo ve. T o [...]

hardware installation 2-5 Hardware Description As i llus tr ated in F i gure 2-1, the GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter has an RJ-45 connec tor por t and three por t LEDs. Figure 2-1. F ront Panel of Model GA302T Gigabit Adapter T he front panel of the GA302T has f our LEDs: one for each port speed option (10 Mbps,100 Mbps, and 1000 Mbps) to indicate [...]

T ab le 2-2. GA302T LEDs Label Activ ity Descripti on DA T A Bli nking Brief bursts of data detec ted on the port On Streams of data detected on the por t Off No data detected on the por t 1000 On Good 1000 Mbps Gi gabit Ethe rnet l ink Off No 1000 Mbps l ink; possible l ink at d ifferent speed, possible bad cable , bad connector , or confi gur ati[...]

hardware installation 2-7 Danger: Y ou are installi ng the card in a mach ine that ope rates with v oltages that can be dange rous. Follo w the steps after this war n ing to pr otect yourself and to prevent damage to the PC components. 4. Protect yourself , the card, and your se r ve r by taking these precautions: • Shu t do wn the server softwar[...]

Connecting the Network Cab les T he GA302T has one RJ-45 connec tor us ed f or attachi ng the system to an Ethernet copper -wire s egment. T he card will automatically neg otiate the fas test connec ti on speed and duple x possible. If a specif ic speed or duple x is desired, the card can be placed into one of the supported mod es: 1000 Mbps full d[...]

W indo ws XP dri ver software 3-1 CHAPTER 3: WINDOWS XP DRIVER SOFTW ARE T his chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft Wi ndows XP dr iver software. T his chapter also describes ho w to: • Install the drive r software in the Wi ndows XP en vironment • Mo ve the card to a diffe rent slot • Remo ve the dri ver software Note: T he[...]

W indo ws XP dri ver software 3-2 T o install software f or Windows XP , perform the f ollowing procedure. 1. When you boot up he Wi ndows XP sys tem after i ns talli ng the GA302 T Gig abit Adapter , a F ound New Hardware Wizard d ialog box is d isplayed. Select “Ins tall from a l is t or specif ic location (Adv anced)” and then click Ne xt. 2[...]

W indo ws XP dri ver software 3-3 3. T he choose your search and i nstallation opti ons dialog bo x will appear . Cl ick on “Search f or the bes t dri ver i n these locations”, uncheck “Search remo vab le media (f loppy , CD-ROM...)”, check “Include this locati on in the sear ch”, type in “D: ” in the dr op down bo x. Click Ne xt. [...]

W indo ws XP dri ver software 3-4 4. T he dri ve r is copied onto your system, and XP will probab l y ask for the or i g inal W indows XP CD-ROM. P oi nt W i ndows XP to the prope r location (e.g. D:i386) 5. T he Completin g the F ound New Hardware Wizard d ialog bo x appears with the f ollowi ng adaptor name: N ETG EAR GA302T Gi gabit Adaptor . C[...]

W indo ws XP dri ver software 3-5 6. Remove the GA302T dr ive r CD from the CD-ROM dri ve. T he GA302T W indows XP dr ive rs installation is complete. T ab le 3-1. Refer to the follo wing tab le f or help to configure optional adapter properties. Prope r ties: Descr iption: 802.1p QOS T he 802.1p Qual ity of service (QOS) is an OSI laye r 2 standar[...]

W indo ws XP dri ver software 3-6 Mo ving the Network Card to a Different Slot W indows XP automatically detec ts the i ns tallati on and remov al of hardware. T o move a GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter to a d ifferent slot i n the same system, you need to do the f ollowin g: 1. Shu t do wn the sys tem and remo ve the card from the PCI slot. 2. Ins [...]

CHAPTER 4: WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER SOFTW ARE T his chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft Wi ndows 2000 dr i ver software. T his chapter also describes ho w to: • Install the drive r software in the Wi ndows 2000 en v ironment • Mo ve the card to a diffe rent slot • Remo ve the dri ver software Note: T he GA302T Copper Gig abit Ad[...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 4-2 T o install software f or Windows 2000, perf orm the f ollowing procedure. 1. When you boot up the Wi ndows 2000 sys tem afte r installi ng the GA302T Coppe r Gi gabit Adapte r . A Found New Hardware W izard dialog bo x will appear , ind icatin g that W indo ws 2000 has f ound the adapter . Click Ne xt. 2. Inser [...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 4-3 3. T he install hardware d evice dr ive r s dialog bo x will appear . Select ”Search f or a suitable dr ive r for y our device (Recommended)”. Click Ne xt. 4. T he Locate Dri ver F i les dialog bo x will appear . Select “Specify a locati on”. Click Ne xt.[...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 4-4 5. When the F ound New Hardware Wizard d ialog bo x appears, inser t the GA302T dri ve r CD into y our CD-ROM dri ve. In the “Copy manufactures fi les from” fie ld, type “D:” and cl ick OK. (Note: W indo ws 2000 drive rs are found at D: , assumi ng that D: is the dri ve letter f or the CD-ROM drive) 6. [...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 4-5 7. T he Completing the F ound New Hardware W izard dialog bo x appears with the f ollowi ng adapte r name: Netgear GA302T Gigabit Adapte r . Click F in ish. 8. Remove the GA302T dr ive r CD from the CD-ROM dr ive. T he GA302T W indows 2000 dr ive r installati on is complete.[...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 4-6 T ab le 4-1. Refer to the follo wing tab le f or help to configure optional adapter properties. Prope r ties: Descr iption: 802.1p QOS T he 802.1p Qual ity of service (QOS) is an OSI laye r 2 standard for pr ior itizin g network tr aff ic at the data li nk sublay er . T ag is recognized by 802.1p aware switches a[...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 4-7 Mo ving the Network Card to a Different Slot W indows 2000 automatically detec ts the i ns tallati on and remov al of hard ware. T o move a GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter to a d ifferent slot i n the same system, you need to do the f ollowin g: 1. Shu t do wn the sys tem and remo ve the card from the PCI slot. 2.[...]

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W indo ws Me dri ver software 5-1 CHAPTER 5: WINDOWS ME DRIVER SOFTW ARE T his chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft Wi ndows Me dr iver software. T his chapter also describes ho w to: • Install the drive r software in the Wi ndows Me en vir onment • Mo ve the card to a diffe rent slot Installing the Driver Software A network d[...]

W indo ws Me dri ver software 5-2 T o install software f or Windows Me, perform the f ollowing procedure. 1. W indo ws Me will automatically detec t the new PCI Ether net controlle r hardware and opens a F ound New Hardware Wizard d ialog bo x. Click Ne xt.[...]

W indo ws Me dri ver software 5-3 2. When the follo wing dialog bo x opens, s e lec t “Search f or the bes t dri ver f or your device (Recommended)”. Click Ne xt. 3. Inser t the GA302 T dri ver CD i nto y our CD-ROM dri ve.[...]

W indo ws Me dri ver software 5-4 4. In the ne xt dialog bo x, check the “Specify a locati on” bo x and type in “ D: ” in the drop do wn bo x. (Note: W indo ws Me drive rs are found at D: , assumi ng that D: is the dri ve letter f or the CD-ROM dri ve). 5. T he ne xt window wi ll open saying that W indows is no w ready to install the Net[...]

W indo ws Me dri ver software 5-5 6. T he dri ver is copied onto y our sys tem, and W indows Me wi ll probabl y ask f or the ori g inal W indo ws Me CD-ROM. P oint Wi ndows Me to the prope r location(e.g. D:win9x).T he ne xt W indows appears with the f ollowi ng adapte r name: N ETGEAR GA302 T Gi gabit Adapter . Click F in ish.[...]

W indo ws Me dri ver software 5-6 7. Once the drive r is ins talled, W indows Me wi ll ask if you want to restar t your PC. Remo ve the GA302 T dri ver CD fr om the CD-ROM dri ve and click Y es to reboot. T he GA302 T W indows Me i ns tallation is complete. T ab le 5-1. Refer to the follo wing tab le f or help to configure optional adapter properti[...]

W indo ws Me dri ver software 5-7 Mo ving the Network Card to a Different Slot W indows Me automatically detec ts the i ns tallati on and remov al of hard ware. T o mo ve a GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapte r to a different slot i n the same sys tem: 1. Shu t do wn the sys tem and remo ve the card from the PCI slot. 2. Ins tall the card in its new PCI [...]

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CHAPTER 6: WINDOWS 98 DRIVER SOFTW ARE T his chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft Wi ndows 98 dr iver software. T his chapter also describes ho w to: • Install the drive r software in the Wi ndows 98 en vir onment • Mo ve the card to a diffe rent slot Installing the Driver Software A network dr ive r mus t be installed before [...]

W indo ws 98 software 6-2 T o install software f or Windows 98, perf orm the f ollowing procedure. 1. W indo ws 98 will automatically detec t the new PCI Ether net controlle r hardware and opens a F ound New Hardware Wizard d ialog bo x. Click Ne xt. 2. When the follo wing dialog bo x opens, s e lec t “Search f or the bes t dri ver f or your devi[...]

W indo ws 98 software 6-3 3. When the ne xt dialog bo x opens, insert the GA302T drive r CD into y our CD-ROM dri ve , check the “Specify a locati on” box and ente r “D: ” in the drop do wn box. Cl ick Ne xt. (Note: W indo ws 98 drive rs are found at D: , assumi ng that D: is the dri ve letter f or the CD-ROM dri ve).[...]

W indo ws 98 software 6-4 4. When W indo ws returns its sear ch results in the f ollowi ng d ialog bo x, click ne xt to star t install the GA302T adapter dri ver .[...]

W indo ws 98 software 6-5 5. T he dri ver is copied onto y our sys tem, and W indows 98 wi ll probabl y ask f or the ori g inal W indo ws 98 CD-ROM. P oint Wi ndows 98 to the prope r location(e.g. D:win98). T he ne xt W indo ws appears with the follo wing adapte r name: N ETGEAR GA302T Gi gabit Adapter . Cl ick Fi n ish. 6. Once the drive r is ins[...]

W indo ws 98 software 6-6 T ab le 6-1. Refer to the follo wing tab le f or help to configure optional adapter properties. Prope r ties: Descr iption: 802.1p QOS T he 802.1p Qual ity of service (QOS) is an OSI laye r 2 standard for pr ior itizin g network tr aff ic at the data li nk sublay er . T ag is recognized by 802.1p aware switches and routers[...]

CHAPTER 7: WINDOWS NT 4.0 DRIVER SOFTW ARE T his chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft Wi ndows N T 4.0 dri ver software. T his chapter also g ives d irections f or perf ormi ng the follo win g procedures: • Installi ng the dri ver software • Updatin g or reinstalli ng the dr ive r software • Mo vi ng the networ k card and re[...]

W indo ws N T 4.0 software 7-2 3. T he network d ialog bo x opens, w hich d isplays a l is t of i ns talled components. Click on the adapter tab , and then click the Add bu tton. 4. T he select network adapter d ialog bo x opens, click the Have Disk button.[...]

W indo ws N T 4.0 software 7-3 5. T he insert dialog bo x opens, inse r t the GA302T dri ver CD i nto your CD-ROM dr ive T ype “D: ” into the dialog bo x and click OK. (Note: W indo ws N T 4.0 drive rs are found at D: , assumi ng that D: is the dri ve letter f or the CD-ROM drive). 6. T he select OEM Option d ialog bo x opens, hi gh l ight th[...]

W indo ws N T 4.0 software 7-4 7. T he dri ver is copied onto y our sys tem, and NT 4.0 wi ll probabl y ask f or the ori g inal W indows N T 4.0 CD-ROM. P oi nt W indows N T 4.0 to the proper locati on (e.g. D:i386). Adapter pr operty dialog bo x opens, click Conti nue to accept the default parameters. 8. If other cards in y our sys tem use TCP/IP[...]

W indo ws N T 4.0 software 7-5 9. When prompted to restar t y our compu ter , remo ve your dr ive r CD from the CD- ROM dri ve and cl ick OK. T he GA302T W indows N T 4.0 dri ver i ns tallati on is complete. T ab le 7-1. Refer to the follo wing tab le f or help to configure optional adapter property . Prope r ty: Descr iption: Speed & Duple x A[...]

W indo ws N T 4.0 software 7-6 Updating the Driver Software T o replace old dri ver software with a newe r versi on: 1. Star t y our W indo ws N T 4.0 sys tem and log in. Y ou mus t have Network Adm in is trator pr iv i leges to install the dri ver software. 2. On the W indo ws taskbar , click the Start bu tton, point to Setti ngs, and then click C[...]

W indo ws N T 4.0 software 7-7 Mo ving the Network Card to a Different Slot Bef ore mov ing y our GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter to a d ifferent slot i n the same system, you must f irs t remo ve the card dri ver software. After remo vin g the dri ver software , you can mo ve the card to a diffe rent slot and reinstall the dri ver software. T o rem[...]

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troub leshooting 8-1 CHAPTER 8: TR OUBLESHOOTING T his chapter pr o vi des troub leshooting i nf ormati on for the N ETGEAR GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter . Checking the P ort LEDs GA302T Copper Gigabit Adapter T he front panel of the GA302T has f our LEDs: one for each port speed option (10Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1000Mbps) to indicate which l ink is ac[...]

troub leshooting 8-2 Using a T roub leshooting Checklist If y ou need to tes t the network card further , check the follo wing items: • Inspect all cables and connec ti ons. Check the length and ratin g of the cable. Make sure that the cab le segment is compliant with the requirements shown i n T able 2-3 on page 2-8. • Connect the network card[...]

troub leshooting 8-3 • T r y inserting the networ k card in anothe r slot. If the new position wor ks, the ori g inal slot i n y our sys tem may be defec ti ve. • Replace the failed networ k card with one that is known to work prope r ly . If the second card works in the slot where the f irs t one fai led, the ori g inal card is probab ly defec[...]

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specif ications A-1 APPENDIX A: SPECIFICA TIONS T his appendix pr o vi des specif icati ons for the N ETG EAR GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter . Cab le Specifications GA302T (10/100/1000BASE-T) P or t T ype Connector Media Max imum Dis tance 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 CA T 5 UTP/CA T 5e UTP 325 feet (100 meters) Note: 1000BASE-T signal ing requires f ou[...]

Gener al Specif ications N ETG EAR GA302T Copper Gi gabit Adapter Oper ating T emper ature 0º to 55º C Storage T emper ature -10º to 70º C Oper ating Hum idity 10% to 90% noncondensing Agency Compl iance FCC Class B, CE mark, VCCI, C-Tick specif ications A-2[...]

B benef its 1-1 C customer support iv F features 1-1 H hardware descripti on 2-5 requirements 2-2 I inte rope rabi lity 1-2 installati on instructions 2-7 network cab les 2-8 preparati on 2-6 requirements 2-2 W indo ws 2000 software dri ver 4-1 W indo ws 98 software dri ver 6-1 W indo ws Me software dri ver 5-1 W indo ws N T 4.0 software dri ver 7-[...]

NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Phone: 1-888-NETGEAR E-mail: support@NETGEAR.com www .NETGEAR.com September 2001 *SM-GA622NA-0* SM-GA302NA-0[...]