USER'S MANUAL FriendlyNET PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter Asanté Technologies, Inc San Jose, CA December 2000 06-00598-00 Rev.
CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................3 1.1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL ........................................................................................... 3 1.2. ABOUT THIS PRODUCT ........................................................................................ 3 1.3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................... 3 1.4.
INTRODUCTION 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the Asanté FriendlyNET PCMCIA adapter. This adapter will let you easily connect a PC laptop or Macintosh PowerBook to a 10 Mbps Ethernet LAN. 1.1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual will explain how to install and use your PCMCIA Ethernet card. 1.2. ABOUT THIS PRODUCT The PCMCIA Ethernet card is a credit-card-size Type II PCMCIA Ethernet adapter that complies with the PCMCIA 2.1 and IEEE 802.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. INSTALLING THE FRIENDLYNET ADAPTER When installing your FriendlyNET PCMCIA card, please remember the following: Don’t use your PC Card near water Don’t disassemble your PC Card Read the warning marked on the back of your PC Card. 2.1. INSTALLING THE PCMCIA CARD Locate the PCMCIA slot on your laptop or PowerBook computer; it will be located on the side of the computer. Insert the FriendlyNET PC Card into a free PC Card slot with the arrows on the label pointed toward the card slot.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION If you are connecting your laptop to a 10Base-2 network, connect the cable to the Tconnector provided. If this laptop will be at the end of the cable, add a terminating resistor to the T-connector.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3. INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE 3.1.1. Windows 95 Installation Insert the PCMCIA Ethernet Card into PCMCIA slot. In the New Hardware Found dialog box, select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer. Input the path, A:\ and insert the driver diskette. The driver will be installed. You may be asked for the original Windows 95 CD/disks. For a first time installation, please click the Network icon in Control Panel to add Protocols, Clients, and Services if needed.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3.1.2. Windows 98 / Me Installation Insert the PC Card into the slot. Windows will display an ADD NEW HARDWARE WIZARD dialog box. Press Next. Select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)” and press Next. Select Floppy disk drives and insert driver diskette. Then press Next.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION The driver will be installed; you may be asked for the original Windows 98 CD/disks. For a first time installation, please click the Network icon in Control Panel to add Protocols, Clients and Services, if needed. Reboot the machine and the card will be fully functional. 3.1.3. Windows NT 4.0 Installation Network Services should already be installed in Windows NT. See your operating system manual for more details.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Press Have Disk button Insert the driver disk into drive A: Specify the path to A:\ and press OK Windows will read the driver diskette and report that it has found the Asanté card. Click OK.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION A dialog box will appear to adjust the driver's settings. You must select a unique I/O address, Interrupt line, and Memory address for the card. Press OK when all setting are completed. Press Close to accept the network settings and restart Windows when you are prompted. 3.1.4. Windows 2000 Installation Insert the PC Card into the slot. Windows will display the Found New Hardware Wizard. Click Next.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended). Click Next. Select Floppy disk drives and insert the Driver Disk in the disk drive. Click Next.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Click Next to make Windows install the appropriate driver for the new device.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Windows will warn that the driver file is not signed. Click Yes to continue. Click Finish to complete the software installation. 3.1.5. Macintosh OS Installation Insert the Install Driver Disk and double-click the installer. Read the information in the next dialog box and click Continue.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Select the appropriate driver for your PowerBook and click Install. Then click “Yes” to continue. Finally, choose “Restart” to reboot your system and complete the installation.
APPENDIX 4. TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS In the unlikely event your network is not operating properly, follow the troubleshooting tips below. LEDs There are two diagnostic LEDs on the media coupler: LINK (green) – on when a network connection is made to a hub. The link indicator is not used when connecting to a 10Base-2 network. ACT (green) – shows activity on the network when traffic is being sent or received. CABLES 10Base-T The maximum distance from any node (computer, printer, hub, switch, etc.
APPENDIX 5. APPENDIX: PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS IEEE 802.3 10BaseT, 10Base2 10Mbps speed Internal buffer memory, No system memory used Operating Environment Windows 95 Windows 98 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows Me Macintosh OS 8.6 Physical PCMCIA Type II 3.37 in. x 2.128 in. x 0.197 in. 85.
APPENDIX encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
