Planex UE-100TX, User Manual

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Page 3: ...rence to radio or television reception which can be determined 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 and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from the one which the receiver is c...

Page 4: ...s how to connect the UE 100TX to Ethernet networks Chapter 3 Adjusting Windows98 Network Settings Describes how to setup a Windows95 98 peer to peer networking environment Appendix Troubleshooting Provides workaround information for some of the problems you may encounter while installing or using the product About Flow Control Describes what Flow Control is and how it improves network efficiency V...

Page 5: ...ures System Requirements Packing List Parts Terminology Chapter 2 Installation Driver Installation Verifying the Installation Uninstalling the Adapter and the Driver Chapter 3 Adjusting Windows98 Network Settings Enabling NetBEUI Protocol Enabling TCP IP Protocol Defining User Information UE 100TX 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 3 4 4 5 5 9 12 14 15 16 20 2 3 ...

Page 6: ...sed in 1996 USB connection scheme is of a tree structure with one host computer as its starting point root Up to 127 devices may be connected via several USB hubs In one USB bus tree USB hubs may be cascaded up to 5 levels or 6 levels including the device at the end The maximum distance between the host computer and the device at the end is 30 meters and up to 5 meters of device to device distance...

Page 7: ... be used Whenever a new USB device is added the host sets a schedule that determines at what interval data should be sent to which USB device All USB devices support Hot Swap feature that allows each device to be added or removed while the PC is online Not only that all USB devices support Plug and Play function that enables the devices without rebooting the PC Due to these two features the user c...

Page 8: ... no computer resources Fully supports Plug Play Full Duplex operation supported Complies with IEEE802 3 10BASE T and IEEE802 3u 100BASE TX standards Supports IEEE802 3x Flow Control during full duplex communications Supports Autosense the adapter automatically detects the network type of the other party 10 100Mbps Full Half Duplex Compatible with Windows NDIS driver The two LED indicators display ...

Page 9: ... printed on the product package and it is required for user registration This number is also necessary to obtain all technical support services 6 UE 100TX Upstream Port The USB Type B connector is used to link the UE 100TX to a USB host device RJ 45 Port The RJ 45 port is used to connect the UE 100TX to Ethernet networks Link LED Green The LED blinks whenever there is a valid data link on the adap...

Page 10: ...e to have the supplied driver diskette and your Windows98 98SE CD ROM or floppy disks handy 1 Attach the supplied USB cable to the USB upstream port on the UE 100TX Type B connector 2 Attach the other end of the USB cable to the USB downstream port on your PC or a USB hub Note Before connecting the UE 100TX to a USB hub verify that the USB hub is operating in Self Power mode 8 UE 100TX Chapter 2 I...

Page 11: ...em reports that the driver has been installed Click on the Finish button 10 UE 100TX 3 Windows98 will automatically detect the UE 100TX as soon as it is attached to the PC and Hardware Wizard will start 3 Select Search for the most appropriate driver for the device in use and click on the Next button 4 In the next window you can specify the location of the driver to be installed Check only Specify...

Page 12: ...es After a while it will ask you to specify the locations of several files on Windows98 98SE CD ROM or FD Set your Windows98 CD ROM or floppy disk to the system and enter e win98 for Win98 CD ROM or a for Win98 FD It is assumed that your CD ROM drive is Drive E and floppy drive is Drive A If you are using a PC preinstalled with Windows98 98SE enter c windows options cabls as driver path 9 After al...

Page 13: ...ervice a Service component if they have not been installed yet Go to Step 1 above and select Client or Service If you do not wish to install TCP IP directly proceed to Section 3 3 14 UE 100TX The UE 100TX is automatically uninstalled from your system whenever its USB cable is removed from the PC The UE 100TX is automatically enabled as soon as the USB cable extending from the UE 100TX to is reatta...

Page 14: ... Network Client a Client component and Microsoft Network Sharing Service a Service component if they have not been installed yet Go to Step 1 above and select Client or Service 16 UE 100TX 1 From the Start button select Settings and then Control Panel Double click the Network icon Next click on the Add button to open the screen below Select the Protocol item on the left and click on the Add button...

Page 15: ...ample above all PCs must have 255 255 255 0 as subnet 18 UE 100TX Assigning an IP Address to Your PC You need to assign a unique IP address to all computers and thus the network adapters attached UE 100TX cables in a TCP IP network 1 In the Network window select TCP IP UE 100TX USB Ethernet Adapter and click on the Properties button 2 Click on the IP Address tab and select Specify an IP address op...

Page 16: ...has restarted enter your password to log on to the network Double click the Network Neighborhood icon to access other 20 UE 100TX mask After NetBEUI or TCP IP protocol has been enabled you need to define the user information of each networked PC Workgroup refers to the name of the network to which the PC belongs Computer Name is the name by which the PC is identified in the network 1 From the Star...

Page 17: ...x Communications Inc Has there been any attempt to insert remove a USB cable during device installation or while the USB device is in use Although the USB standard supports hot swap you may not connect or disconnect a USB cable to a USB device during its installation or operation Before disconnecting a USB cable from the USB device please make sure that the device is not in use Always insert remov...

Page 18: ...ton to skip this process restart Windows and enter your password Can you find other PCs in the Network Neighborhood screen If you do not see other computers in this window check whether a shared folder is present in other computers To learn how to share devices over network please refer to your Windows98 User s Manual Use the Ping command TCP IP network only If you are using TCP IP and experiencin...

Page 19: ...ed network card must also support IEEE802 3x flow control as of now most of the NICs on the market do not support this standard The UE 100TX is the first USB Ethernet adapter equipped with this advanced feature If either the switch or network interface card does not support flow control the source device PC will continue to send packets to the switch even when its packet buffer is full As a result...

Page 20: ...g Humidities 0 80 non condensing Materials Used Plastic Weight 50g Dimensions 68 x 53 x 25mm EMI FCC Class B VCCI Class B CE 28 UE 100TX again and again even though most of the packets are lost continuously 1 The available space in the buffer memory decreases 2 Sends out a Pause packet to the receiving port 3 The sending party detects the Pause packet and reduces the volume of packets being transm...

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