Asante FriendlyNET PC Card Instrucciones de montaje
FriendlyNet
PC Card
CardBus
Dual Platform
for Macintosh™ and PC notebooks
Installation Guide
and User’s Manual
Asanté Technologies, Inc.
821 Fox Lane
San Jose, CA 95131
March 1999
Rev A
FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus Installation Manual
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Installation Guide for the FriendlyNET
10/100 CardBus
Package Contents
❑
FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus Adapter
❑
Media coupler
❑
Driver diskette (3 1/2”)
Hardware Description
The FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus is a credit-card size Ethernet
Adapter for connecting a notebook PC or Macintosh to an
IEEE802.3 or 802.3u Ethernet network. The notebook PC or Mac-
intosh must be equipped a with Cardbus (32bit) extension bus and
Type II or Type III PC Card slot(s). The FriendlyNET 10/100 Card-
Bus is supplied with a media coupler which plugs into the back end
(15-pin) of the adapter. The other end of media coupler has one RJ-
45 connector that connects to UTP network cable. The media cou-
pler has two LED indicators that make it easy to monitor data trans-
mitting, link status, and network speed to assist in troubleshooting.
Table 1:
LED Function Color Description
Link/Act Green Lit: Indicates link
Blinking: Data is being
Transmitted or
Received
100 Green Lit: Indicates that link
is established at
100Mbps
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Hardware Installation for the FriendlyNET 10/100 Card-
Bus
1. Open the Type II or Type III PC Card slot on your notebook
computer.
2. Insert the front end of the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus (Black
triangle on top right hand side) into the CardBus slot
3. Slide the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus all the way into the slot
until it reaches a firm stop.
4. Attach the media coupler to the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus.
Keep the media coupler triangle mark on top when you plug the
media coupler into the CardBus Adapter.
5. Attach the UTP cabling to connect the Ethernet CardBus
Adapter to your network (hub/switch) (The 100Base-TX maxi-
mum length is 100 meters.)
6. Install the network drivers.
▼
Make sure you have the correct wiring.To reliably operate your net-
work at 100Mbps, you must use Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP) Cate-
gory 5 Data Grade wire.
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Removing the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus
1. To remove the media coupler plug from the FriendlyNET 10/
100 CardBus, it is necessary to unlatch the hooks by depressing
the two small latch wings of the plug.
2. Use thumb and forefinger to squeeze the latch wings into the
plug body, gently pull the plug out of media coupler.
3. Firmly press the notebook computer’s eject button to disengage
the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus from the slot connector.
4. Grip the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus’s protruding end
between your fingers and withdraw it from PC Card slot.
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Software Installation - Macintosh
1. Insert the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus disk into the disk
drive.
2. Open the Power Book folder.
3. Double click the FriendlyNet 10_100 Installer icon.
4. Click
Yes
when asked if you wish to continue.
5. Click
Restart
.
Software Installation for Windows 95 OSR2
1. Insert the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus into the CardBus slot.
Windows detects the PCI Ethernet Controller.
2. Insert the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus disk and click
Next
.
3. Windows displays it found the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus.
Click
Finish
.
4. Click
OK
when asked to insert the disk labeled FriendlyNET
10/100 CardBus driver disk.
5. Specify
A:
and click
OK
6. After all files are copied restart the computer.
▼
The driver works on Windows 95 OSR2 or later version.If your sys-
tem is an older version please upgrade to latest version of Windows
95. MSWindows 95 old versions (ver:950, 950a) cannot support plug
& play for the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus.
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Software Installation for Windows 98
1. Insert the FriendlyNet 10/100 CardBus into the CardBus slot.
Windows detects the PCI Ethernet Controller and searches for
new drivers for
PCI Fast Ethernet DEC 21143 Based
Adapter.
2. Insert the FriendlyNet 10/100 disk and click
Next
.
3. Select “Search for the best driver for your device” and click
Next
.
4. Specify
A:
and click
Next
.
5. Click
Next
on the next window when Windows finds the
FriendlyNet 10/100 CardBus.
6. Click
OK
when asked to insert the FriendlyNet 10/100 CardBus
driver disk.
7. Specify
A:
then click
OK
.
8. Click
Finish
and restart the computer after files are copied.
Software Installation for Windows NT 4
1. Insert the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus into the CardBus slot.
2. Double click the
Network
icon in the “My Computer” ->
“Control Panel”
3. Click the
Adapters
tab then click the
Add
button.
4. Insert the FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus disk and click the
Have Disk
button.
5. Specify
A:
then click
OK
.
6. Windows displays “FriendlyNET 10/100 CardBus”. Click
OK
.
7. Accept the default settings for the Connection Type
(AutoSense), I/O Base Address (0x3000), Interrupt Level (9),
and Store and Forward mode (Enabled).
8. After all files are copied click the
Close
button and restart the
computer.
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Table 2: Product Specifications
Standard IEEE802.3/802.3u 10Base-T/
100Base-TX standards
Host Interface PC Card 95 CardBus Standard
Ethernet Data Rate 10Mbps and 100Mbps via Auto-
Negotitation
I/O base address/Interrupt
Number assigned Plug & Play system
Cable Connections RJ-45 (10Base-T) UTP Category 3 or
higher.
RJ-45(100Base-TX) UTP Category 5
or higher
Software Drivers Microsoft Windows NT v4.x, Win-
dows 95/98, Macintosh OSVer 8.5 or
higher
LED Indicators Link/Act - Green
100Mbps - Green
Physical Specifications Type II size
Operating Environment 0 to 55 C°
Certification FCC Class B, CE Mark Class B,
VCCI Class B, C-Tick Class B
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Technical Support
Contacting Technical Support
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Telephone (800) 622-7464
Fax (801) 566-3787
Bulletin Board Service (BBS) (408) 432-1416
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Technical Support Hours
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