User manual D-LINK DFE-650

[. . . ] 01 (August, 1997) 6DFE650. 01 Printed in Taiwan RECYCLABLE Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About Fast Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 About Autonegotiation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 LED Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Summary of Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Unpack and Inspect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Hardware Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Remove the PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The textbox provides for entry of a Windows filename different from the currently active Windows directory. Do not change this textbox unless you are doing a special procedure involving multiple copies of the Windows 3. 1 system software on your computer. When you choose Next>, then the ODI Driver Selection screen appears. Software Installation 25 DFE-650 Series Fast Ethernet PC Card User's Guide ODI Driver Selection Screen Disregard the "Board" textbox at the top of this dialog box. In the "Driver" section below the textbox, select the 32 bit option button, then choose the Other Boards button. The ODI Driver Path dialog box features a textbox for specification of the full path filename to the ODI driver (Open Data Interface driver module) needed for operation of the DFE-650 under DOS or Windows 3. 1 OS. That module is supplied on the D-Link DFE-650 Series Fast Ethernet PC Card Driver diskette. Insert the D-Link DFE-650 Series Fast Ethernet PC Card Driver diskette into a diskette drive of your notebook PC (here assumed to be drive A), and type in the textbox to complete the following entry: A:\NETWARE\32BITLAN\DFE650. LAN Then choose the OK button to close the ODI Driver Path dialog box. In the Select a Board dialog box which then appears, there will be just one entry: D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet PC Card Driver. Click that entry to confirm that you are installing the DFE-650, then choose the OK button to close the Select a Board dialog box. The Driver Settings dialog box appears. Driver Settings Screen This screen provides control of four settings. The Connection Type setting is an aggregate setting which includes Line Speed (10Mbps or 100Mbps) and Duplex (Half Duplex or Full Duplex). It is recommended that you deselect all line speed and duplex settings, by celecting " none" as Connection Type. 26 Software Installation DFE-650 Series Fast Ethernet PC Card User's Guide WARNING: Whenever any value is shown for either Line Speed or Duplex (i. e. , the Connection Type setting is different from "none"), then the entire autonegotiation function of the DFE-650 will be disabled (turned off). It is ordinarily best not to change either of the next two settings, Driver Retries or Frame Type, from their default values. The first of these two parameters affects the errorcorrection processing of defective data packets. The second parameter is a list of the data frame formats that the DFE-650 and the client software will be enabled to handle. That is the maximum range of frame types, and that is the most appropriate choice in most environments. The last parameter, Node Address, should ordinarily be left blank, as well. It provides for entry of an alias hardware address, which is rarely needed. This returns control once more to the ODI Driver Selection dialog box. The Additional Options dialog box appears. Additional Options Screen The Additional Options screen is the last preparatory step before starting the automatic portion of the installation procedure. This screen features a checkbox for authorizing modification of your notebook PC's AUTOEXEC. BAT file, and it also offers the option to simultaneously install several additional network software packages. If you select the Update AUTOEXEC. BAT to load NetWare Client 32 checkbox, then a STARTNET. BAT command will be added into your AUTOEXEC. BAT file. [. . . ] The product owner agrees to pay D-Link's reasonable handling and return shipping charges for any product that is not packaged and shipped in accordance with the foregoing requirements, or that is determined by D-Link not to be defective or non-conforming. What Is Not Covered: The Limited Warranty provided herein by D-Link does not cover: Products that, in D-Link's judgment, have been subjected to abuse, accident, alteration, modification, tampering, negligence, misuse, faulty installation, lack of reasonable care, repair or service in any way that is not contemplated in the documentation for the product, or if the model or serial number has been altered, tampered with, defaced or removed; Initial installation, installation and removal of the product for repair, and shipping costs; Operational adjustments covered in the operating manual for the product, and normal maintenance; Damage that occurs in shipment, due to act of God, failures due to power surge, and cosmetic damage; Any hardware, software, firmware or other products or services provided by anyone other than D-Link; and Products that have been purchased from inventory clearance or liquidation sales or other sales in which D-Link, the sellers, or the liquidators expressly disclaim their warranty obligation pertaining to the product. While necessary maintenance or repairs on your Product can be performed by any company, we recommend that you use only an Authorized D-Link Service Office. Improper or incorrectly performed maintenance or repair voids this Limited Warranty. [. . . ]