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<< AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) >>
<< Software Driver Release Version 1.00 >>
<< January 29 31, 2001 >>
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+ IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THIS FILE BEFORE +
+ INSTALLING THE PRODUCT!!! +
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Table of Contents
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1. Introduction
2. Disk Contents
3. Getting Started
4. Machine Specific Notes
5. Quick Installation Guide
6. Release Notes/Known Limitations
7. Technical Support
1. Introduction
============
AmbiCom Inc. is an industry leader in designing and developing mobile
networking products. This README file includes the most recent information and
is a quick reference for the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ).
The AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) is designed to work with
notebook PCs which provide CardBus slots. CardBus is new industry standard
PCI-based 32-bit wide bus that dramatically improves performance compared to
older PCMCIA 16-bit ISA-based buses. The CardBus standard maintains the 16-bit
PC card physical design and provides backward compatibility with 16-bit PC Cards.
AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) supports 10/100Mbps Ethernet
auto-negotiation connectivity that provides much higher network bandwidth. In
addition, no user or system administrator intervention is required to link at
10 or 100 Mbits speeds.
Please remember to complete your Product Registration card and mail it to AmbiCom
to receive information about software upgrades and new products releases.
2. Disk Contents
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The AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) "Installation/Diagnostics
Diskette" contains the NDIS4 driver for Windows NT 4.0, NDIS5 driver for Win98/ME/2000
and the MS-DOS Diagnostics program in the root directory . Under A:\WIN95A subdirectory,
is the NDIS3 driver for Windows 95A. Under A:\WIN95B, is the NDIS4 driver for Windows
95B(OSR2). Under A:\WIN98, is the NDIS5 driver for Win98/WIN98SE. Under A:\WINME , is
the NDIS5 driver for WinMe. UNDER A:\WIN2000, is the NDIS5 driver for Windows 2000. The
diskette also contains a NDIS3 driver for Windows NT 3.51 in A:\WINNT351. The NDIS 2.01
driver for Windows for Workgroups is in A:\WFW311. The NDIS 2.01 driver for Banyan VINES,
IBM LAN Server 4.0 for DOS, and Artisoft LANtasic 6.0 is in A:\NDIS2. The NDIS 2.01 driver
for Microsoft LAN Manager is in A:\MSLANMAN.DOS. The NetWare ODI Workstation driver
is in A:\NWCLIENT. For detail file names and descriptions, please see A:\FILES.TXT.
The version number for the entire release of this driver set is version 1.00
The following drivers have their own version numbers.
OS Driver Name Version Description
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Win2000 A:\WIN2000\CB100N5.SYS 1.00 NDIS5 driver
WinMe A:\WINME\CB100N5.SYS 1.00 NDIS5 driver
Win98 A:\WIN98\CB100N5.SYS 1.00 NDIS5 driver
Win95(OSR2) A:\WIN95B\CB100N4.SYS 1.00 NDIS4 driver
Win95 (950, 950A) A:\WIN95A\CB100N3.SYS 1.00 NDIS3 driver
WinNT 3.51 A:\WINNT351\CB100N3.SYS 1.00 NDIS3 driver
WinNT 4.0 A:\WINNT40\CB100N4.SYS 1.00 NDIS3 driver
LINUX A:\LINUX\LINUX 0.92L LINUX driver
Netware 3.x/4.x A:\NWCLIENT\CB100.COM 1.00 ODI driver
WFW 3.11 A:\WFW311\CB100.DOS 1.00 NDIS2 driver
Banyan VINES A:\NDIS2\CB100.DOS 1.00 NDIS2 driver
IBM LAN Server A:\NDIS2\CB100.DOS 1.00 NDIS2 driver
Artisoft LANtastic A:\NDIS2\CB100.DOS 1.00 NDIS2 driver
MS LAN Manager A:\MSLANMAN.DOS\...\CB100.DOS 1.00 NDIS2 driver
MS-DOS A:\CB100.EXE 1.00 User installation/Diagnostics
3. Getting Started
===============
1) Make sure the notebook PC supports CardBus slots BEFORE attempting
installation. If a 32-bit CardBus PC Card is inserted into 16-bit PC
Card (16-bit PCMCIA card) slots, it may DAMAGE the notebook PC and the
CardBus PC Card.
2) Connect one end of the PC Card Cable to AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet
CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) and another end to the twisted-pair cable
(not included in the product package) connected to the network.
4. Machine Specific Notes
======================
AmbiCom has done a tremendous amount of detailed work to ensure that our PC
Cards are compatible with the widest range of notebook PCs possible. Since
Windows NT 3.51, 4.0, NetWare ODI in MS-DOS and other platforms using NDIS 2
drivers does not automatically support CardBus PC Card, the AmbiCom EzPort
Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) comes with all the drivers needed to support
the above-mentioned platforms. The default IRQ setting is 10. However, for the
notebook PCs listed below, IRQ should be set as follows:
a) Micron Transport XPE: 5
1) For Toshiba notebook PCs with CardBus support, make sure the BIOS is set
to CardBus mode before installing any drivers for different OS
platforms. Reboot the machine into MS-DOS mode. At the DOS prompt, run
the Toshiba setup program TSETUP, inside the program menu, find an item
titled "PC Card Controller Mode", press space bar to change the mode to
CardBus/16-bit if the mode is set to PCIC Compatible.
2) For AcerNote Light, to enable CardBus Support, go to System Security in
BIOS setup and set to ENABLE.
3) To install/run any drivers/programs in MS-DOS mode, make sure
Plug and Play O/S in BIOS in the machine is set to NO as in the
Gateway 2000 Solo.
5. Quick Installation Guide
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If any difficulties are encountered after installing the AmbiCom CardBus PC
Card driver, please read SECTION 5 Machine Specific Notes in this file, or run
MS-DOS Diagnostics Program to determine the correct setting. If the proceeding
actions fail to resolve the problem please review the Troubleshooting section
in the User Manual.
1) MS-DOS Diagnostics Program
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CB100.EXE is a DOS diagnostics program for the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet
CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ). Before running the program, insert CB100-EZ PC Card
into a CardBus slot and connects the PC Card to 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Ethernet
Hub/Switch. To use CB100.EXE, simply run it on the DOS prompt by
typing A:\CB100.EXE or A:\RUNDIAG.BAT and press [Enter].
The main menu, as follows, will be shown on the screen.
Main Menu
1 - Auto Installation
2 - Configuration
3 - Diagnostics
4 - Echo Test
5 - Exit
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+ IMPORTANT NOTES +
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Select 3 and run Diagnostics, it will automatically configure system and
test the hardware and its function. If all the tests in Diagnostics mode
pass, you can select 2 and run Configuration to get correct setting
for IRQ, I/O base, and Memory base. This is important configuration
information if difficulties are encountered after installing the drivers
on Windows NT 4.0, 3.51 etc. You can use this configuration information
to change the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) default
settings. Please refer to Windows NT 4.0 TROUBLESHOOTING
in User Manual to modify the Properties of AmbiCom CardBus PC Card.
Select 4 and run Echo Test, make sure there are only TWO test stations
connects to Hub/Switch.
2) Windows 95 (4.00.950 and 4.00.950A) Installation
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Please do not insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC
Card(CB100-EZ) at this time. To determine if you have Windows 95,
complete the following steps:
- Click on Start button in the lower left corner of the screen.
- Select Setting and Click Control Panel.
- In the Control Panel dialogue box, double click on the System icon
- When the system Properties dialogue box appears, the version of
Windows 95 should be displayed. You have Windows 95 if it displays:
Microsoft Windows 95
4.00.950
or
Microsoft Windows 95
4.00.950A
To install AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) driver,
complete the following two major steps:
a) Disable PC Card Support
- Please do not insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC
Card(CB100-EZ) at this time.
- In the Control Panel, double-click the System icon.
- System Properties window will appear, click the Device Manager tab.
- Double-click PCMCIA Socket.
- Click PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller.
- Click Remove.
- The Remove Configuration windows will appear. Click OK and System
Settings Change window will appear.
- Click Yes when prompted to restart the computer.
b) Installing the driver
- Insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ).
- When you restart the computer the first time after removing the
PCIC device, you will be prompted to select a driver. Choose DO NOT
install a driver. This prompt will not be shown again.
- Click the Start button in the lower left corner of the screen.
- Choose Settings and click Control Panel.
- In the Control Panel window, double-click the Network icon.
- In the Network dialog box, click Add.
- In the Select Network Component Type window, double-click Adapter.
- In the Select Network Adapter, click Have Disk. Insert the AmbiCom
EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) User Installation/Diagnostics
diskette into the floppy drive and click OK.
- Select the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) for
Win95A and then click OK.
- In the Network window, click OK. (The AmbiCom dialog box appears
and displays various settings. An asterisk in any field indicates
that the current setting is being used. Use the Up or Down arrow to
adjust the setting until the asterisk disappears.)
- Click OK and the Copying Files window will appear.
- Insert your original Windows 95 CD and click OK. (If Windows 95 was
pre-installed on your computer, the necessary files are located in
the following directory C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS.)
- Click Yes when prompted to restart the computer.
3) Windows 95 (4.00.950B) OSR2 Installation
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To determine which version of Windows 95 on the computer, see the
instructions in 2) Windows 95 (4.00.950 and 4.00.950A) installation
section.
- Start Windows 95.
- Insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ).
- Allow the Plug and Play facility to install the AmbiCom EzPort Fast
Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ).
- Insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ)
User Installation/Diagnostics diskette.
- Windows 95 will start the Update Device Driver Wizard. Click Next
to start the installation.
- The Update Device Driver Wizard will detect the AmbiCom EzPort Fast
Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ).
- Click Other Location, the system will pop up a dialog, then type the
A:\Win95B in and click OK.
- Click Finish to complete the installation.
Note: If your system asks for the original Windows 95 CD, please insert
the Windows 95 CD into your CD-ROM drive.
4) Windows NT 3.51 Installation
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- Insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ).
- Double-click Control Panel.
- In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon.
- In the Network Settings window, select Add Adapter.
- In the Add Adapter dialog box, scroll to select Other. You will
need to have a disk from the manufacturer.
- Click Continue.
- Insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ)
User Installation/Diagnostics diskette into the floppy disk drive.
Type "A:\WINNT351" and click OK.
- In the Select OEM Option window, click OK
- Choose the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ)
from the list and click OK.
- Click OK to accept the default settings for the AmbiCom EzPort Fast
Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ).
- Select the Transport Protocol.
- Click OK.
- Remove the diskette and click Restart Now.
5) Windows NT 4.0 Installation
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Note: Please login as administrator, or any user login name with
network administrator privilege.
- Insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ).
- Click Start at the lower left corner.
- Choose Settings, then select Control Panel.
- In the Control Panel dialog box, double-click the Network icon.
- In the Network Settings window, click Adapters.
- In the Network Adapters window, click Add.
- In the Select Network Adapter window, click Have Disk.
- Insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) User
Installation/Diagnostics diskette, and click OK.
- From the Select OEM Option window, select AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet
CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) and click OK.
- AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) Setup screen will
appear. Click OK to save.
- In the Network Settings dialog box, click Close.
- Microsoft TCP/IP Properties window will pop up. Configure your network
setting, and click OK to continue.
- Click Yes to reboot your computer.
6) Windows 98 Installation
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- Start Windows 98.
- Insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ),
and the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) User
Installation/Diagnostics diskette.
- The Add New Hardware Wizard window will pop up and detects card as PCI
Ethernet Controller. Click Next to continue.
- Select Search for the best driver for your device [Recommended], then click Next.
- Choose Floppy disk drive, and specify a location options. Type a:\, and
click next to continue.
- Window will find a driver for this device. Click Next to continue.
Note: Insert the Window 98 CD-Rom when you were asked, then click Next.
- Click Finish to complete the installation.
7) Windows 2000 Indstallation
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- Start your computer and Windows 2000
- Insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) and
the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) User
Installation/Diagnostics diskette.
- The Found New Hardware Wizard window will pop up. Click Next to continue.
- Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device [Recommended]"
radio button, then click "Next" to continue.
- Select the "Floppy disk drives" option, then click Next.
- Window will find a driver for this device. Click Next to continue.
- The Digital Signature Not Found window will pop up. Click Yes to continue
the installation.
- Click Finish to complete the installation.
8) Windows Me Installation
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- Start your computer and Windows Me.
- Insert the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ)
and the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ)
User Installation/Diagnostics diskette.
- Windows Me will detect the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus
PC Card(CB100-EZ) as PCI Ethernet Controller.
- From the Add New Hardware Wizard window, select Automatic Search
for a better driver [Recommended]. Click Next to continue.
- Click Finish to complete the installation.
9) Linux Installation
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- See Install.txt in directory LINUX.
6. Known Limitations
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a. If you double click the PC Card (PCMCIA) icon from Control Panel
window when a PC card is used at the same time as the AmbiCom EzPort
Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) in Windows NT 4.0, you will
see the status of the PC Card on one socket and a RED cross mark on
the other socket for the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet CardBus PC
Card(CB100-EZ). This is a limition of Windows NT 4.0 because it can
only support Plug-and-Play for 16-bit PC Cards, so it cannot detect
any 32-bit CardBus PC Cards.
b. If you are running Windows 95 OSR2 (950B or 950C), Windows 98
Windows Me or Windows 2000, you can use the AmbiCom EzPort Fast Ethernet
CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ) with a second PC Card in your notebook PC.
However, since some other operating systems do not support this feature,
you can only use the PC Card by itself for now.
7. Technical Support
=================
If you encountered any problems during the installation of AmbiCom EzPort Fast
Ethernet CardBus PC Card(CB100-EZ), please review this README.TXT file thoroughly
before you contact AmbiCom at:
URL: http://www.ambicom.com
E-MAIL: support@ambicom.com
PHONE: (510) 249-0581
FAX: (510) 249-0583
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.