HomeLink™ Series HomeLink Phoneline Network Card Use this guide to install these Linksys Products: • HomeLink Phoneline Network Card (HPN100) • HomeLink Phoneline Network In a Box (HPN100SK) User Guide
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Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box Contents Introduction Introduction Your Linksys HomeLink Phoneline Network Card How Does HomeLink Networking Work? Features Package Contents Sharing Your Resources 1 1 2 3 4 5 Installing Your HomeLink Card 6 Installing Your Cabling 8 Installing Your Driver Software Windows 98 Driver Setup Windows 95 Driver Setup Windows NT 4.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box How Does HomeLink Networking Work? Features The Linksys HomeLink Phoneline Network Card utilizes a technology known as Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) which divides the data travelling over the phone lines into separate frequencies - one for voice, one for highbandwidth net access such as DSL, and one for the network data.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box Package Contents Sharing Your Resources • One HomeLink Phoneline Network Card (Network in a Box contains 2 HomeLink Cards) The HomeLink Phoneline Network Card brings the advantages of inexpensive networking to your home or office. Any networked device, including CDROM drives, hard drives, and printers, can be shared by any networked PC on a HomeLink network.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box Installing Your HomeLink Card Installing the HomeLink Card Before You Begin 1. Power off your PC and disconnect any peripheral equipment including the power cable. The HomeLink Phoneline Network Card is equipped with two phoneline ports, called RJ-11 ports, to use in a phoneline network utilizing your existing telephone line. The HomeLink Card also has an optional RJ-45 10Mbps Ethernet port for use with 10BaseT Ethernet networks.
Linksys HomeLink Series Installing Your Cabling If you are installing telephone cabling for phoneline networking, follow the instructions in the section below. If you are installing Ethernet cabling to be used with a hub or a switch, follow the instructions on page 10 . Remember, using the RJ-45 ports on your HomeLink Card will automattically disable your RJ-11 phoneline networking capabilities. The two types of connections CANNOT be used at the same time.
Linksys HomeLink Series Installing the Driver Software Installing RJ-45 Ethernet Cabling 1. Plug one end of a Category 5 UTP Ethernet cable into the HomeLink Card's RJ-45 port. The RJ-45 port is the silver port on the far left of the Card. The photo to the right shows a Category 5 UTP cable inserted into the RJ-45 port on the Card. Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box Preparing to Install the HomeLink Software Category 5 UTP Ethernet cabling with its RJ-45 connector 2.
Linksys HomeLink Series Windows 98 Driver Setup Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box 4. Select the first option, Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended) and click Next. Now that you’ve installed the HomeLink hardware in your PC, follow these instructions for installing the Windows 98 network driver. The installation procedure for the network driver will vary slightly, depending on your system configuration and what version of Windows you are running.
Linksys HomeLink Series 6. Windows will display, “Windows is now ready to install the best driver for this device” as it recognizes your HomeLink Card driver. Click Next. Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box 8. An “Insert Disk” window may ask for your Windows 98 installation files. If so, click OK and insert your Windows 98 installation CD into your CDROM drive. Or, enter the location of those files on your hard drive, (e.g., D:\win98, C:\Windows\options\cabs).
Linksys HomeLink Series 11. Now that your HomeLink driver installation is done, a window called “Linksys HomeLink” will automatically begin the Internet LanBridge installation program. Make sure that your file and printer sharing is enabled first in order to make sure that your LanBridge installation will be successful. For more on file and printer sharing, see page 45.
Linksys HomeLink Series If a “New Hardware Found” window shown below asks for the“Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer,” you are using Version A of Windows 95. Go to page 43 for Version A driver installation. Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box 4. In the “Copying Files” window, enter the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive. In most cases, the CD-ROM drive is either D:\ or E:\. Enter the appropriate drive letter and click OK.
Linksys HomeLink Series 6. Windows may ask you to supply your original installation files. If so, click OK and insert your original Windows 95 installation CD in your CD-ROM drive. Enter the location of the installation files in the Copy files from window (i.e., D:\Win95). You may have to swap between the HomeLink CD and the Windows CD a few times. In many cases, the Windows installation files may be stored on your hard drive in the c:\windows\options\cabs. Click OK.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box Windows NT 4.0 Driver Setup Installing the NT 4.0 Network Driver Now that you’ve installed the HomeLink hardware in your PC, follow these instructions for installing the Windows NT 4.0 network driver. The installation procedure for the network driver may vary slightly in your configuration, depending on what version of NT 4.0 you are using and your current system configuration. 1. Log on as the network administrator.
Linksys HomeLink Series The “Select OEM Option” window, shown below, will appear. Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box In the following steps (8, 9, 11, and 13), if you are not sure how to set up your protocols, services, DHCP, or bindings, please consult your network administrator or your NT 4.0 documentation. 7. Click the “Protocols” tab under the “Network” window and check for all protocols you need for the HomeLink Card. Click Add and OK to add protocols. 5.
Linksys HomeLink Series 10. If you use TCP/IP, a “Microsoft Windows NT Setup” window will ask you if you would like to use DHCP. Select the DHCP option, or enter an IP address. Click OK. 11. NT will copy files onto your PC, which may take a few minutes. If an error message says, “Unable to open the file D:\winnt40\pcntn4hl.SYS,” put the HomeLink CD back in the CD-ROM drive. Wait a moment, and click Retry. 12. When the “Bindings” window appears, check to see that your bindings are set up correctly.
Linksys HomeLink Series Installing Internet LanBridge on Your Server PC Your server PC must have Internet access already configured and fully functional before beginning the LanBridge installation. You should install the LanBridge software on your server PC first, before you install LanBridge on any client PCs. 1. Make sure the HomeLink Installation CD is into your CD-ROM drive. When the pop-up menu appears, click on the first icon, Internet LanBridge.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box 6. When you click Finish on the next screen, the LanBridge Installation program will install Internet LanBridge Client on your client PC’s hard drive. Uninstalling Internet LanBridge 7. When you are asked if you want to reboot your PC, click OK. The Internet LanBridge client PC installation is now complete. To uninstall the Internet LanBridge software, follow these instructions starting with your server PC.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box WinGate and Other Internet Sharing Software Troubleshooting There are numerous Internet sharing software (also known as proxy server software) packages on the market, most of which will not work with each other.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box Problem 4 In Network Neighborhood, I only see my own PC and no other PCs on the network. Problem 6 I no longer want to share a certain drive or printer, or I want to physically remove a drive or printer from my network. Solutions - Make sure your cable to each PC is connected correctly. - Check your Link/Activity LEDs on your HomeLink Cards (and your hub, if you are using one) to see if they are lit.
Linksys HomeLink Series Problem 8 A PC with an AMD processor can only see itself in Network Neighborhood, but the workgroup, protocols, cabling and drivers are all working properly. Solutions - Some PCs with AMD processors are assigned an IRQ by the BIOS (as it gets listed on the bootup screens of most PCs) that does not match the IRQ assigned by Windows. In this case, disable the IRQ holder for “PCI Steering” in the Windows Device Manager.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box Connecting to an Existing Ethernet Network Appendix If you want to add your HomeLink PC to an already existing Ethernet network, you must use the HomeLink Card’s RJ-45 port to connect your PC to that Ethernet network. It is not possible to connect the HomeLink Card via the RJ-11 port directly to an Ethernet network.
Linksys HomeLink Series Mode Selection About Plug-and-Play PCI Technology You can set the HomeLink Card to default to either a 10BaseT connection or a phoneline connection. Since there are three ports, the card is set to auto detect an active connection. Auto Detect will first search for a connection on the 10BaseT port, and if one is not found, the card will default to the phoneline connection. The Card can only be configured to use one connection type at a time.
Linksys HomeLink Series 2. When using NT, make sure your BIOS settings for your operating system are not set for a Plug-and-Play operating system. Since NT is not a Plug-andPlay operating system, it will not usually recognize LAN cards if they are set to be automatically detected and configured.
Linksys HomeLink Series After Windows finishes copying files onto your PC, it may ask you to restart your PC. Click Yes. When your PC restarts, click Start, Settings, Control Panel, and click on the Network icon. Click on the Identification tab. Make sure your workgroup name is “Workgroup” and that your computer name is complete.
Linksys HomeLink Series • If you want others to have access to the files on your PC's hard drive, select I want to be able to give others access to my files. • If you want to share your printer with other users on the network, select I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer. Click on the OK button. File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks should now appear in your list of installed components. Click OK. When asked to restart your PC, choose to do so.
Linksys HomeLink Series Starting Over in Windows 95 & 98 If you experience installation problems, you may need to reinstall all your Windows networking components from scratch. The instructions below explain how to give your PC a clean sweep so you can start the HomeLink Card’s software installation over. If you need to remove LanBridge Internet sharing software, see page 31. Note: The following screen shots on the next three pages should be considered guides only. The screen shots may differ on your PC.
Linksys HomeLink Series Changing Computer Names or Workgroup Names 1. To change your PC’s Computer or Workgroup name, click Start, Settings, then Control Panel. Phoneline Network Card and Network in a Box Manually Installing Windows Network Components Sometimes you may need to manually install missing Windows networking components. To do so, follow the instructions below: 2. Double click the Network icon. 1. Click on Start, Settings, then Control Panel. 3. Choose the Identification tab.
Linksys HomeLink Series Adding NetBEUI Linux, Open Source and Beta Operating Systems Click on the Add button. Select Protocol, then click on Add. Under Manufacturer, highlight Microsoft. Under Network Protocol, highlight NetBEUI. Click OK. Linksys does not provide technical support for Linux, FreeBSD, or other freeware or open source operating systems.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card and Network in a Box References Types of Cabling Straight Through Ethernet Cabling Ethernet Cabling There are different grades, or categories, of twisted-pair cabling. The most highly recommended type of network cabling is Category 5 UTP Ethernet cabling, since it is the most widely used and the most reliable. Category 3 is an acceptable alternative cabling. Straight-through cables are used for connecting computers to a hub.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box HomeLink Telephone (RJ-11) Cabling Specifications The telephone cables you use should be standard telephone cables like the ones you use every day in your home. The RJ-11 cabling has RJ-11 tips and four colored wires. Model Numbers Standards Note: If you are only sharing Internet access between 2 PCs, you can connect your modem directly to your HomeLink Card using a standard telephone cable.
Linksys HomeLink Series Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box Customer Support For help with the installation or operation of your HomeLink Phoneline Network Card or HomeLink Network In a Box, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below. Customer Support Fax Email Web FTP Site 58 800-326-7114 949-261-1288 949-261-8868 support@linksys.com http://www.linksys.com ftp://ftp.linksys.
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