Linksys EG1032, User Manual

Page 1: ...A Division of Cisco Systems Inc Model No WIRED Network Adapter Gigabit EG1032 v3 User Guide 10 100 1000 ...

Page 2: ...t are presented like this Also each figure diagram screenshot or other image is provided with a figure number and description like this Figure numbers and descriptions can also be found in the List of Figures section in the Table of Contents This exclamation point means there is a Caution or warning and is something that could damage your property or the Gigabit Network Adapter word definition Thi...

Page 3: ...ing the Driver 8 Uninstalling the Adapter 10 Chapter 6 Installing the Driver for Windows Millennium or 98SE 11 Overview 11 Installing the Driver 11 Uninstalling the Adapter 13 Chapter 7 Configuring the 10 100 1000 Gigabit Network Adapter in Windows XP or 2000 14 Overview 14 Accessing the Adapter s Configuration 14 Adapter Configuration 14 Chapter 8 Configuring the 10 100 1000 Gigabit Network Adapt...

Page 4: ...dix A Troubleshooting 28 Common Problems and Solutions 28 Appendix B Windows Help 32 Appendix C Glossary 33 Appendix D Specifications 36 Appendix E Warranty Information 37 Appendix F Regulatory Information 38 Appendix G Contact Information 39 ...

Page 5: ... Figure 5 1 Welcome 8 Figure 5 2 Install Hardware Device Drivers 8 Figure 5 3 Locate Driver Files 8 Figure 5 4 Driver Location 9 Figure 5 5 Driver Files Search Results 9 Figure 5 6 Driver Installation Complete 9 Figure 5 7 Computer Management for Windows 2000 10 Figure 5 8 Confirm Device Removal 10 Figure 6 1 Add New Hardware Wizard 11 Figure 6 2 Enter Location of Driver 11 Figure 6 3 Driver Files...

Page 6: ...ield Wizard Complete 21 Figure 9 5 Power Management Tab for Windows Me or 98SE 21 Figure 9 1 The Utility s Icon 22 Figure 9 2 The Utility s menu 22 Figure 9 3 Opening the Utility from the Programs menu 22 Figure 9 4 The Utility s General screen 22 Figure 9 5 The Utility s VLAN screen 23 Figure 9 6 The Utility s Driver screen 23 Figure 9 7 The Utility s Driver 802 1p Q Tagging screen 23 Figure 9 8 ...

Page 7: ...10 100 1000 Gigabit Network Adapter Figure 9 16 The Utility s Statistics screen 26 Figure 9 17 The Utility s Cable screen 27 Figure 9 18 The Utility s Wake on LAN screen 27 ...

Page 8: ...stall the Gigabit Network Adapter in your PC install its driver and configure it These instructions should be all you need to get the most out of the Gigabit Network Adapter What s in this Guide This user guide covers the steps for installing the Adapter installing its driver and configuring it Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Adapter s applications and this User Guide Chapter 2 G...

Page 9: ...ions regarding use of the Adapter Appendix B Windows Help This appendix describes how you can use Windows Help for instructions about networking such as installing the TCP IP protocol Appendix C Glossary This appendix gives a brief glossary of terms frequently used in networking Appendix D Specifications This appendix provides the technical specifications for the Adapter Appendix E Warranty Inform...

Page 10: ... 45 port is where you will connect your Ethernet network cable Gigabit LED Green The Gigabit LED lights up when the Adapter is operating at 1000Mbps If the Gigabit LED is not lit and the PC is powered on the Adapter has automatically determined that your network is operating at a slower speed and adjusted accordingly Link Act LED Orange The Link Act LED lights up when the Adapter is connected to a...

Page 11: ...er Category 5e or better Ethernet network cabling is required for Gigabit transmission speeds 7 Connect the other end of the Ethernet network cable to your network s Gigabit switch port 8 Reconnect your PC s power cord and then power on your computer Now that the hardware installation is complete you will install the appropriate Windows driver for the Adapter Proceed to the chapter for your PC s o...

Page 12: ...automatically detect the presence of the Adapter in your computer Insert the Driver CD into your computer s CD ROM drive 3 On the Welcome screen of the Found New Hardware Wizard select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click the Next button 4 After selecting Search for the best driver in these locations on the screen that appears choose Include this location in the search and e...

Page 13: ...ard screen will appear Click the Finish button The Windows XP driver installation is complete If you want to configure the Adapter refer to Chapter 7 Configuring the 10 100 1000 Gigabit Network Adapter in Windows 2000 or XP for more information If you want to share files or printers refer to Windows Help If you need to uninstall the Adapter proceed to the Uninstalling the Adapter section Figure 4 ...

Page 14: ... XP click Start Select Settings and click Control Panel Double click System and click the Hardware tab 2 Click Device Manager and then the sign next to Network adapters Right click the Gigabit Network Adapter and click Uninstall 3 On the Confirm Device Removal screen click the OK button Figure 4 7 Confirm Device Removal Figure 4 6 Device Manager for Windows XP ...

Page 15: ...ter Make sure you have administrative rights on your computer otherwise you cannot install the driver 2 Windows 2000 will automatically detect the presence of the Adapter in your computer Insert the Driver CD into your computer s CD ROM drive 3 On the Welcome screen of the Found New Hardware Wizard click the Next button 4 On the Install Hardware Device Drivers screen select Search for a suitable d...

Page 16: ... the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen will appear Click the Finish button The Windows 2000 driver installation is complete If you want to configure the Adapter refer to Chapter 7 Configuring the 10 100 1000 Gigabit Network Adapter in Windows 2000 or XP for more information If you want to share files or printers refer to Windows Help If you need to uninstall the Adapter proceed to th...

Page 17: ...ct Settings and click Control Panel Double click Administrative Tools and then double click Computer Management 2 Click the Device Manager tab and then the sign next to Network adapters 3 Right click the Gigabit Network Adapter and click Uninstall 4 On the Confirm Device Removal screen click the OK button Figure 5 7 Computer Management for Windows 2000 Figure 5 8 Confirm Device Removal ...

Page 18: ...ennium or 98SE will automatically detect the presence of the Adapter in your computer Insert the Driver CD into your computer s CD ROM drive 3 On the first screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard select Specify the location of the driver Advanced Then click the Next button 4 Select Search for the best driver for my device Recommended Select Specify a location If your computer is running Windows Mill...

Page 19: ... installation click the Yes button If you want to restart your computer later click the No button After you have restarted your computer the Windows Millennium or 98SE driver installation will be complete If you want to configure the Adapter refer to Chapter 8 Configuring the 10 100 1000 Gigabit Network Adapter in Windows Millennium or 98SE for more information If you want to share files or printe...

Page 20: ... Click the Gigabit Network Adapter and click the Remove button 4 On the Confirm Device Removal screen click the OK button 5 The System Settings Change screen will appear and ask you if you want to restart your computer If you want to restart your computer now to finish removing the Adapter click the Yes button If you want to restart your computer later click the No button Figure 6 7 Confirm Device...

Page 21: ...Hardware tab Proceed to step 2 If you are using Windows 2000 click Start Select Settings and click Control Panel Double click Administrative Tools and then double click Computer Management 2 Click the Device Manager tab and then the sign next to Network adapters Right click the Gigabit Network Adapter and click Properties 3 The General tab will appear Make changes to the Adapter s configuration us...

Page 22: ...e OK button to save your changes Driver On this tab click the Driver Details button to view details about the driver files Click the Update Driver button to update the driver If the Adapter fails after you upgrade its driver click the Roll Back Driver button to roll back to the previously installed driver the Roll Back Driver feature is not available in Windows 2000 To uninstall the driver click t...

Page 23: ...own the Adapter for energy saving purposes click the checkbox next to Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power If you want to allow the Adapter to bring the computer out of standby mode then click the checkbox next to Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby If this feature is enabled and your computer is using Windows XP another feature will be available click the ch...

Page 24: ...ng the Adapter s Configuration 1 On your desktop right click My Computer and click Properties 2 Click the Device Manager tab and then the sign next to Network adapters Click the Gigabit Network Adapter and click the Properties button 3 The General tab will appear Make changes to the Adapter s configuration using this and three additional tabs Adapter Configuration The Adapter offers four configura...

Page 25: ...ck the Update Driver button to update the driver When you have finished click the OK button Resources To change the setting of a resource select a Resource type Then click the Change Setting button Select the new setting and click the OK button If you want to use the automatic setting click the checkbox next to Use automatic settings and click the OK button Figure 8 4 Resources Tab for Windows Me ...

Page 26: ...er down the Adapter for energy saving purposes click the checkbox next to Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power If you want to allow the Adapter to bring the computer out of standby mode then click the checkbox next to Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby When you have finished click the OK button to save your changes Figure 8 5 Power Management Tab for Windows...

Page 27: ...w seconds a screen will appear showing the Utility s files Select LinksysDiag_98_ME exe if you are running Windows 98 or Window Me Select LinksysDiag_2k_XP if you are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP If this screen does not automatically appear after a few seconds select Run from the Start menu and enter d winutility in the field if D is the letter of your CD Rom drive 3 The Welcome screen will ...

Page 28: ...e Destination Location screen will appear To install the files in the default location click the Next button To install the files in a different location click the Browse button to select the location 5 When installation is complete click the Finish button to close the InstallShield Wizard Figure 9 3 Destination Location Figure 9 4 InstallShield Wizard Complete ...

Page 29: ...electing Programs selecting Linksys selecting GigaUtility and clicking LinksysDiag This will open the Utility s main screen Click the Adapter Linksys 1032 v3 to display the Adapter s general information The main Utility screen will provide seven choices General VLAN Driver Diagnostics Statistics Cable Wake on LAN General The General screen will display the Adapter s current functions and settings ...

Page 30: ... number when it was installed as well as other information By clicking the symbol to the left of Driver in the menu you can open the Advanced Settings screen The Advanced Settings screen is intended for Advanced users only and contains the following settings 802 1p Q Tagging Flow Control Jumbo Frame Linksys Speed Duplex Mode Network Address Offload Checksum Offload TCP_Large Send 802 1p Q Tagging ...

Page 31: ...7 Kbits and is disabled by default The Adapter must be connected to a switch port that allows for larger frame sizes To save your modifications of this feature click the Modify button Link Speed Duplex Mode This allows you to choose the speed at which your network is running If connecting to an auto sensing network where data is transmitted at different speeds select Auto Negotiation To save your ...

Page 32: ...ave your modifications of this feature click the Modify button Offload Checksum This feature allows the Adapter to perform all TCP Checksum handling allowing for fast data transfer To save your modifications of this feature click the Modify button Offload TCP_Large Send Performs some or all of the TCP processing for large files To save your modifications of this feature click the Modify button Fig...

Page 33: ...uilt in loopback address By clicking the symbol to the left of Diagnostics in the menu you can open the Send and Receive screen The Send and Receive test can only be run by two PCs each equipped with a 10 100 1000 Gigabit Network Adapter and each running the Utility Select which is the Initiator and which is the Responder Then click the Start button to start the test Click the Stop button to stop ...

Page 34: ...or not functioning properly Short There is a short in the cable The Cable screen provides information about the Cable analysis is invalid in 10 Mbps speed Wake on LAN Wake on LAN allows you to remotely wake up your PC after it has gone into Sleep Mode from anywhere on the network The Wake on LAN screen allows you to perform Wake on LAN on any PC equipped with the Adapter and using the Utility Ente...

Page 35: ...lternate PCI slot You may have previously aborted a new hardware setup Go to Windows Help to learn how to reinstall all of your Windows networking components The motherboard in your system might not be Plug and Play compatible your PC s Plug and Play settings may not be enabled or the motherboard may have Plug and Play options not supported by Windows 98SE If you are not sure contact the manufactu...

Page 36: ...ft Networks Your personal web server PC or Microsoft Front Page may require you to choose a user level for security reasons 6 In Network Neighborhood I can only see my own computer and no other computers on the network Go through this checklist until your problem is solved Make sure all the cables are connected correctly Make sure the Link Act LEDs are active on both the Adapter and your network s...

Page 37: ... the same protocol s and workgroup name on the computers 1 Click Start Settings and Control Panel on two computers running different Windows operating systems 2 Click the Network icon choose the Configuration tab and click the Identification tab for the Workgroup name Compare the protocols on both computers and make sure they are the same If any protocols are missing refer to Windows Help to insta...

Page 38: ...nager Refer to your PC s documentation for instructions or follow the suggested instructions below Keep in mind that this procedure will vary depending on your computer s configuration 1 Click Start Settings and Control Panel 2 Double click the System icon 3 Click the Device Manager tab 4 Open System Devices and PCI Bus 5 Click the IRQ Steering tab Remove the checkmark from Use IRQ Holder and clic...

Page 39: ... or protocol all PCs follow to communicate over a network This is true for wireless networks as well Your PCs will not be able to utilize wireless networking without having TCP IP enabled Windows Help provides complete instructions on enabling TCP IP Shared Resources If you wish to share printers folder or files over your network Windows Help provides complete instructions on utilizing shared reso...

Page 40: ...s Domain A specific name for a network of computers Download To receive a file transmitted over a network DSL Digital Subscriber Line An always on broadband connection over traditional phone lines Dynamic IP Address A temporary IP address assigned by a DHCP server Ethernet An IEEE standard network protocol that specifies how data is placed on and retrieved from a common transmission medium Full Du...

Page 41: ...devices connected for the purpose of data sharing storage and or transmission between users NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol The protocol used to connect to Usenet groups on the Internet Packet A unit of data sent over a network Ping Packet INternet Groper An Internet utility used to determine whether a particular IP address is online POP3 Post Office Protocol 3 A standard protocol used to retr...

Page 42: ...ces in a network so data can be shared at full transmission speeds 2 A device for making breaking or changing the connections in an electrical circuit TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol A network protocol for transmitting data that requires acknowledgement from the recipient of data sent Telnet A user command and TCP IP protocol used for accessing remote PCs TFTP Trivial File T...

Page 43: ...0 1000Mbps RJ 45 Port Cabling Type Cat5e Dimensions 4 72 x 0 71 x 6 65 W x H x D 120 mm x 18 mm x 169 mm Unit Weight 2 12 oz 0 06 kg Power 5 W Maximum Certifications FCC Class B CE Mark Operating Temp 32ºF to 122ºF 0ºC to 50ºC Storage Temp 4ºF to 158ºF 20ºC to 70ºC Operating Humidity 10 to 85 Non Condensing Storage Humidity 5 to 90 Non Condensing ...

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Page 45: ...ent does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which is found by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment or devices Connect the equipment to an outlet other than the receiver s Consult a dealer or ...

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