Installation and Operation Manual PENTAGRAM horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) The latest versions of manual, drivers and applications are available on www.pentagram.
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horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) INDEX INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 5 PACKAGE CONTENTS ....................................................................................... 5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................ 5 FEATURES.......................................................................................................... 6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .........
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horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) Introduction Thank you for purchasing a PENTAGRAM network interface card! We are convinced that it will meet your expectations and will provide a reliable experience. The purpose of this manual is to explain the installation and operation of the card, and to provide useful information on certain aspects of computer networks. A glossary is provided at the end of this manual to clarify any unfamiliar terms which you may encounter while reading this document.
horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) Features • • • • • • • • • • One port with automatic MDI/MDI-X switching, enabling the card to be connected quickly to a switch or another computer. Jumbo Frames support to ensure high performance in new applications which require large frame transfers (graphics and video editing applications). Auto-negotiation: speed (1000/100/10 Mbps) and full duplex/half duplex. Support for back-pressure (half-duplex) and IEEE802.
horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) Installation Installing the card in your computer Ensure that you have sufficient workspace on your desk to perform the installation, and then proceed as follows: 1. Turn off your computer (it is recommended to switch off the power supply or disconnect the power cord from the computer). 2. Open the computer’s case. 3. Select a vacant PCI slot. Port appearance Port name PCI-Express x16 AGP AGP Pro PCI 4.
horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) Driver installation The CD supplied with the card contains drivers for popular operating systems, i.e. for the Windows family of systems and for Linux-based systems (all stable 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels). Driver installation under Windows is explained below. When the system is launched for the first time after installing the card, a message will display that a new “Ethernet Controller” device has been detected.
horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) Cabling To ensure that the device can transfer data at the desired speeds, networking cables must meet appropriate standards. 1000 Mbps: Data transfer at 1000 Mbps requires Cat. 5 cables (Cat. 5e recommended) with all four wire pairs terminated in an RJ-45 connector. For a straight-through cable, both connectors must be terminated according to the EIA/TIA 568B wiring standard. For a crossover cable, one connector must follow EIA/TIA 568A and the other must follow EIA/TIA 568B.
horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) An example of the simplest usage for the command is as follows: ping computer2 where computer2 is the name of the computer with which you want to check connectivity. If everything works correctly, the system should respond with a message similar to the one below. Pinging komputer2 [192.168.2.2] with 32 bytes of data: Reply Reply Reply Reply from from from from 192.168.2.2: 192.168.2.2: 192.168.2.2: 192.168.2.
horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) Glossary of key terms The purpose of this section is to explain some of the most important concepts related to computer networks. Ethernet Ethernet is a highly popular networking system developed by Xerox. Depending on version, it supports data transfers at 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps.
horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) • Star/Bus Configuration This standard combines two topologies, where groups of workstations connected into stars are linked in the same manner as individual workstations on a bus. Protocols • TCP/IP TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) combines two protocols, i.e. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and IP (Internet Protocol).
horNET Giga PCI (P6111-1) • DNS (Domain Name Service) DNS is a service available on TCP/IP-based networks which assigns easy-to-remember names (e.g. computer.domain.com) to numeric addresses (e.g. 198.168.148.144). Programs such as Telnet, SMTP or FTP use DNS to locate an IP address on the basis of the name provided. • Gateway A gateway is used to connect networks while providing protocol, data structure format, language and/or architecture translation.
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