NETGEAR GA511 - Gigabit Ethernet PC Card, User Manual

Page 1: ...Version v1 0 July 2004 NETGEAR Inc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA User Manual for the NETGEAR 10 100 1000 Mbps CardBus Adapter GA511...

Page 2: ...ountries Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Information is subject to change without notice All rights reserved July 2004 Certificate of...

Page 3: ...What You Need Before You Begin 3 1 Verifying System Requirements 3 1 Preparing to Install Your GA511 Gigabit CardBus Adapter 3 2 Selecting the Network Cable 3 2 Installation Order 3 2 Basic Installati...

Page 4: ...Your Computers for TCP IP Networking B 1 Configuring Windows 98 and Me for TCP IP Networking B 1 Install or Verify Windows Networking Components B 1 Enabling DHCP in Windows 98 and Me B 3 Selecting W...

Page 5: ...phical conventions This manual is written for the GA511 Gigabit CardBus Adapter according to these specifications Table 1 Typographical conventions italics Emphasis books CDs URL names bold times roma...

Page 6: ...User Manual for the NETGEAR 10 100 1000 Mbps CardBus Adapter GA511 1 2 About This Manual...

Page 7: ...guide describes the installation and use of the GA511 for operation with a Microsoft Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows Me or Windows 98SE 2nd edition system The GA511 has demonstrated interoperability w...

Page 8: ...ttery life Bus Mastering Capability Model GA511 features leading edge bus mastering capabilities to optimize throughput while maintaining low CPU utilization Bus mastering allows the GA511 to assume c...

Page 9: ...A Direct Memory Access Gigabit Ethernet interface IEEE 802 3ab RJ 45 connector for Category 5 unshielded twisted pair UTP cable Interoperability with existing Fast Ethernet equipment compliance with t...

Page 10: ...FS726AT Modular Fast Ethernet Switch with 24 Port 10 100 Mbps 2 Gigabit Ports FS526T 24 Port Smart Switch with Gigabit Ports GS104 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch GS108 8 Port Copper Gigabit Switch GS...

Page 11: ...work Properties Configuration Tutorial PC Networking Tutorial Warranty Support information card If any of the parts are incorrect missing or damaged contact your NETGEAR dealer Keep the carton includi...

Page 12: ...on As illustrated in the figure below the GA511 Gigabit CardBus Adapter has an RJ 45 connector port and two LEDs Figure 2 1 Front Panel of Model GA511 Gigabit Adapter The front panel of the GA511 has...

Page 13: ...pter and connect Verifying System Requirements Before installing the NETGEAR 10 100 1000 Mbps Gigabit CardBus Adapter GA511 please make sure that these minimum requirements have been met You must have...

Page 14: ...and duplex possible If a specific speed or duplex is desired the card can be placed into one of the supported modes 1000 Mbps full duplex 100 Mbps full duplex 100 Mbps half duplex 10Mbps full duplex 1...

Page 15: ...let the operating system boot up completely and log in as needed b Insert the NETGEAR Adapter Resource CD into your CD ROM drive The Adapter Resource CD main page will load c From the Windows Start me...

Page 16: ...stall the software automatically setting and click Next to proceed Note If Windows XP or 2000 displays a Windows XP Logo Testing or a Digital Signature Not Found warning click Continue Anyway or Yes t...

Page 17: ...the connection icon is not visible you can change the connection properties by going to Start Control Panel Network Connections b Double click on the NETGEAR GA511 Gigabit CardBus Adapter connection...

Page 18: ...d device d Verify that one of the LEDs is on indicating that there is a good link to the card e Click the GA511 system tray NETGEAR Smart Wizard utility icon on the lower right side of the Windows tas...

Page 19: ...100 1000 Mbps Gigabit CardBus Adapter GA511 indicate the condition of link Using the GA511 Smart Wizard Utility The GA511 Smart Wizard utility provides a convenient way to check the status of the adap...

Page 20: ...Setup Figure 3 1 NETGEAR GA511 System Utility The GA511 System Utility displays the following details Link Activity MAC address IP number Speed TCP IP Transmit Receive Performance graph select to view...

Page 21: ...your particular operating system must be installed See Basic Installation Instructions on page 3 3 for more information Verify that the card status LEDs operate as described in the table below Table...

Page 22: ...User Manual for the NETGEAR 10 100 1000 Mbps CardBus Adapter GA511 3 10 Basic Setup...

Page 23: ...n of Virtual LAN VLAN Bridges that permit the definition operation and administration of Virtual LAN topologies within a Bridged LAN infrastructure Configure 802 1Q 1p VLAN tagging The 802 1p Quality...

Page 24: ...e recognized by 802 1p aware switches and routers Disabled by default Jumbo Frame Extends the default Ethernet frame size from 1500 to 3000 bytes if enabled Disabled by default Link Speed Duplex Mode...

Page 25: ...y or not function 4 Select the Property to configure then click the drop down arrow to set the Value 5 Click OK when you have finished changing the configuration Troubleshooting Use the information be...

Page 26: ...1 Gigabit CardBus Adapter Symptom Cause Solution The Adapter LED lights are not lit The GA511 is not inserted into the slot properly or the GA511 software is not loaded Make sure the notebook is fully...

Page 27: ...rk adapter with one that is known to work properly If the second adapter works in the slot where the first one failed the original adapter is probably defective Install the network adapter in another...

Page 28: ...ts Alternatively you can check the interface type in Windows by accessing the Device Manager as described below To access the Device Manager 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel System For Windows 200...

Page 29: ...for additional performance using testing procedures defined in TIA EIA TSB95 Standards Compatibility IEEE 802 3ab 1000Base T Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802 3 10Base T E...

Page 30: ...User Manual for the NETGEAR 10 100 1000 Mbps CardBus Adapter GA511 A 2 Technical Specifications...

Page 31: ...s well Most operating systems include the software components you need for networking with TCP IP Windows 95 or later includes the software components for establishing a TCP IP network In your TCP IP...

Page 32: ...ient for Microsoft Networks If you need to add TCP IP a Click the Add button b Select Protocol and then click Add c Select Microsoft d Select TCP IP and then click OK If you need to add the Client for...

Page 33: ...s information is to allow the PC to obtain the information from a DHCP server in the network You will find there are many similarities in the procedures for different Windows systems when using DHCP t...

Page 34: ...g Your PCs for Network Access Verify the following settings as shown Client for Microsoft Network exists Ethernet adapter is present TCP IP is present Primary Network Logon is set to Windows logon Cli...

Page 35: ...s in the LAN Internet Configuration screen and click Next 6 Proceed to the end of the Wizard Verifying TCP IP Properties After your PC is configured and has rebooted you can check the TCP IP configura...

Page 36: ...ion process you may need to install and configure TCP IP on each networked PC Before starting locate your Windows CD you may need to insert it during the TCP IP installation process Install or Verify...

Page 37: ...rough the configuration process for each of these versions of Windows DHCP Configuration of TCP IP in Windows XP Locate your Network Neighborhood icon Select Control Panel from the Windows XP Start Me...

Page 38: ...Status window This box displays the connection status duration speed and activity statistics Administrator logon access rights are needed to use this window Click the Properties button to view detail...

Page 39: ...w to configure TCP IP with DHCP for Windows 2000 Verify that Obtain an IP address automatically radio button is selected and that the Obtain DNS server address automatically radio button is selected C...

Page 40: ...hecked are used by this connection Client for Microsoft Networks and Internet Protocol TCP IP Click OK With Internet Protocol TCP IP selected click on Properties to open the Internet Protocol TCP IP P...

Page 41: ...on and then click Run The Run window opens 2 Type cmd and then click OK A command window opens 3 Type ipconfig all Your IP Configuration information will be listed and should match the values below if...

Page 42: ...User Manual for the NETGEAR 10 100 1000 Mbps CardBus Adapter GA511 B 12 Preparing Your PCs for Network Access...

Page 43: ...andard defining the hardware layer and transport layer of a variant of Ethernet The maximum segment length is 500m and the maximum total length is 2 5km The maximum number of hosts is 1024 The maximum...

Page 44: ...e plus one of a number of predefined top level suffixes such as com edu uk etc For example in the address mail NETGEAR com mail is a server name and NETGEAR com is the domain DSL Short for digital sub...

Page 45: ...protocol used in the Internet Used in conjunction with the Transfer Control Protocol TCP to form TCP IP LAN A communications network serving users within a limited area such as one floor of a buildin...

Page 46: ...d destinations Subnet Mask A mask used to determine what subnet an IP address belongs to Subnetting enables a network administrator to further divide an IP address into two or more subnets TCP IP The...

Page 47: ...ws based computer names to IP addresses If a remote network contains a WINS server your Windows PCs can gather information from that WINS server about its local hosts This allows your PCs to browse th...

Page 48: ...User Manual for the NETGEAR 10 100 1000 Mbps CardBus Adapter GA511 6 Glossary...

Page 49: ...1 Ethernet frame size 2 3 F Fast Ethernet 2 1 features 2 3 Full duplex operation 2 3 G Gigabit Ethernet 2 1 H Hardware Description 2 6 I IEEE 802 1Q 2 2 IEEE 802 1Q VLAN 2 3 IEEE 802 3 Ethernet 2 3 I...

Page 50: ...ffload 4 2 LargeSend offload 4 2 Transmit and Receive Statistics 3 8 Transmit Receive Performance graph 3 8 TCP IP properties verifying for Windows B 5 Technical Support 1 ii traffic prioritization 2...