Gigafast GigaFast GE 2000-N, User Manual

Page 1: ...GE 2000 N User Manual 64 bit Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter 1 ...

Page 2: ...orm or by any means mechanical magnetic electronic optical photocopying manual or otherwise without the prior written permission Trademarks All products company brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies They are used for identification purpose only Specifications are subject to be changed without prior notice Copyright 2004 GigaFast Inc All Right Reserved 2 ...

Page 3: ... manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference CE Declaration of Conformity This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility EN 55022 A1...

Page 4: ...rdware Installation 8 Install on Microsoft Win 95 98 ME 9 Install on Microsoft Win NT 4 0 10 Install on Microsoft Win 2000 XP 11 Installation on Netware 5 16 Installation on Linux 16 Aftermath 18 Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions FAQ 19 Appendix B Cabling and Pin Assignment 24 Appendix C Technical Information 26 4 ...

Page 5: ...Read on this manual for further information on this 64 bit Gigabit PCI Ethernet adapter Features Complies with IEEE 802 3 10BASE T standard Complies with IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX standard Complies with IEEE 802 3ab 1000BASE T standard w CPU utilization s auto sensing capability Network drivers on the diskette for Windows 95 98 NT4 0 2000 XP ME Netware 5 and Linux Kernel 2 2x 2 4xdriver FCC CE class ...

Page 6: ...er Floppy OR Driver Compact Disc With User manual included equirements R A running operating system A motherboard that has an open 64bit PCI slot available A Pentium 1 equivalent or higher processor IBM compatible personal computers A working Ethernet cable 6 ...

Page 7: ... his her modem router switch One Ethernet cable goes from the computer connected with the GE 2000 N and out to your modem router switch Ethernet Adapter to another Ethernet Adapter Peer 2 Peer The bottom one shows how the connection works when a user wishes to do a peer to peer connection in the network Simply have both sides connected with an CAT5 crossover cable and setup both computers with IP ...

Page 8: ...ing the Card The second stage in the installation sequence is inserting the card into the PC For this stage you will need the GE 2000 N card and the screwdrivers Unplug the PC before opening it to avoid electrocution Be sure to ground yourself before handling the GigMAC card to avoid ElectroStatic Discharge ESD damage to the card 1 Shutdown the PC and disconnect the power cord 2 Open the chassis o...

Page 9: ...cable to the RJ 45 connector on the GigMAC demo card and the other end to another PC or a network hub or switch When connecting the card to another PC the cable will need to be crossover meaning that pins 1 and 2 must be swapped with pins 3 and 6 respectively between the two ends of the cable A crossover cable should not be used when connecting the GE 2000 N card to a network hub or switch The dif...

Page 10: ...e Control Panel icon 2 In the Control Panel window choose the Network icon 3 In the Network Settings dialog box choose the Add Adapter button 4 The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears 5 In the list of network cards select other Requires disk from 6 manufacturer and then press Enter button 7 Insert the Realtek driver disk in drive A enter drive and pathname 8 A Winnt for NT 4 0 which is the path...

Page 11: ...on Microsoft Win 2000 XP Step 1 After booting the Windows 2000 go to Control Panel and access Add Remove Hardware Click Next Step 2 Select Add Troubleshoot a device Click Next Step 3 Select Add a new device 11 ...

Page 12: ...Click Next Step 4 Select Yes search for new hardware Click Next Step 5 Your system is now detecting for the presence of new hardware 12 ...

Page 13: ...Step 6 Select Have Disk and access the Windows 2000 driver on the diskette A Win2k_XP net83820 inf 13 ...

Page 14: ...Step 7 The correct device name appears on the list Click Next Click Next to finish driver installation 14 ...

Page 15: ...2000 XP driver installation Step 1 Go to Control Panel System On the System Properties sheet click the Hardware tab and access the Device Manager Step 2 On the Device Manager you can see the device name appears on the list 15 ...

Page 16: ...s as required Alternately driver can be loaded from the command line e g load a dp83820 lan passing the required parameters This will display the available slot options for the NIC The DP83820 LAN may also be configured at OS install time and can be used in conjunction with the auto detect feature on NetWare Install The different options for speed and duplex mode can be configured using NWConfig a...

Page 17: ...me down eg ifconfig eth0 down Please note that it may appear to hang on doing an ifconfig but it is just momentary and it will soon come out of that The link becomes active only after about 20 seconds since the ifconfig 7 Now we are all set to go with the driver 8 To make the driver load when the system boots up the following lines needs to be put in any of the startup scripts like etc rc d rc loc...

Page 18: ...people might have trouble connecting to the internet right after the installation of the card That is because the computer requires a reboot or the user might need to disconnect the power off the modem for few minutes so the ISP can do a refresh on the user s account Again the FAQ guide explains some of the most commonly asked questions Please take advantage of our guide and if you need further as...

Page 19: ...pcfg 3 Scroll down the list of network adapters and high light the Gigabit Network card 4 If an IP address is listed besides 169 xx xx xx then it should be getting a connection through your ISP Internet Service Provider 5 If the IP doesn t seem to appear or wrong then click on Release and then Renew after A new IP should be listed after the process is finished For Windows 2000 and up 1 Start Run 2...

Page 20: ...ot go to system properties than to device manager 4 Check under device manager check to see if the NIC was installed properly with no symbols next to it 5 If you see the network card there just simply go into the property and reinstall or install the driver for the network adapter 6 If you did not see anything under device manager turn the computer off and try to place the network card into a diff...

Page 21: ...ble and make sure its working The light will only lit when the cable is plugged into the card The ACT stands for Activity and the Link is for it to determine if there is a hard connection going through the card Q What is an IRQ conflict A An IRQ error occurs when one device is sharing the same source with another device on the motherboard To prevent this put the network card into another PCI slot ...

Page 22: ...utomatically should be bubbled in by default Bubble Specify an IP address and put in 192 168 0 1 for the first computer and 192 168 0 2 for the second vise versa 3 Mask addresses should be 255 255 255 0 on all systems within the network 4 After the changes have made make sure you do a ping test to see if the computers are communicating with each other Q Is there a way to boost the speed of my Ethe...

Page 23: ...in XP 1 2 3 Install Gigabit NIC first Device Manage Gigabit NIC Properties Network Address Æ Manually key in Mac Address The Mac Address is located on the sticker on the back of the unit Command Prompt ipconfig all http www realtek com tw downloads downloads1 3 aspx series 16 Software True 23 ...

Page 24: ...gh cable instead A 1 1 RJ 45 pin assignment There are 8 thin color coded wires inside run from one end of the cable to the other All 8 wires are used Table 0 1 RJ 45 Color Chart Wire 1 White with an Orange stripe Wire 2 Orange Wire 3 White with a Green Stripe Wire 4 Blue Wire 5 White with a Blue Stripe Wire 6 Green Wire 7 White with a Brown Stripe Wire 8 Brown Pin 1 Note To determine which wire is...

Page 25: ...ugh cable is used to connect the NIC card and the hub Table 0 2 Straight Through Cabling Wire Becomes 1 1 2 2 3 3 6 6 Connection between Hub and Hub In a crossover cable the orders of the wires change from one end to the other Wire 1 becomes 3 and 2 becomes 6 The crossover cable is used in connecting hubs directly Table 0 3 Crossover Cabling Wire Becomes 1 3 2 6 3 1 6 2 25 ...

Page 26: ...TX UTP CAT 5 1000Base T UTP CAT 5 Transfer Rate Full Half duplex 10 100 Mbps Full duplex only 1000 Mbps LED Indicators LNK ACT FUDUP Link Activity Full Duplex Bus Interface PCI 64 Bit Operating Temperature 0 50 C Humidity 10 90 Certifications FCC Class B CE Mark Driver Support Windows 95 98 ME NT4 0 2000 XP Netware 5 X Novell Netware Server 5 Linux 2 2 X and 2 4 X Warranty One Year Free Technical ...