PLANET ENW-3504FC
10/100Mbps CardBus Ethernet Adapter
- 10/100Mbps Auto-Negotiation
- 32-bit CardBUS Interface
- Plug & Play
User's Guide
About This Guide
Thank you for purchasing PLANET ENW-3504FC, high performance CardBus Fast Ethernet PC Card. This guide is to provide the installation and usage of the card for network installers or users. ENW-3504FC complies with the latest CardBus specifications, Type II PCMCIA and comes jumperless to simplify installation. Extensive driver supports for commonly used network operating systems including NetWare, Windows 95/98, Windows NT Windows 2000, and TCP/IP Packet driver are available. The following summarizes the contents of the chapters and appendix.
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Section Contents
Chapter 1 Gives an overview of the hardware characteristics and benefits
Chapter 2 Describes the physical installation of the ENW-3504FC adapter, specifying adapter settings, software setting, and installing a network driver.
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Appendix B Product Specification
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FCC Warning
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the Instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
CE mark Warning
This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
Revision
PLANET Ethernet Adapter Driver Disk
For Models: ENW-3504FC
Version 1.0
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1 Introduction
1.1 Hardware Overview
ENW-3504FC 10/100 network adapter complies to CardBus 1995 specification and supports half/full duplex feature which can double network bandwidth. Supports both 10Mbps and 100Mbps network speed, 100Base-TX operates on two pairs of category 5 UTP cable and 10Base-T operates on Category 3,4,5 UTP cable. And with the Auto-Negotiation technology, network speed is auto detected. When you connect the adapter to 10Base-T hub via UTP cable, the network speed becomes 10Mbps. Similarly, if you connect the adapter to 100BaseTX hub, the network speed is 100Mbps. If the hub is a switching hub which supports full duplex function, then the speed will be doubled to 20Mbps/200Mbps through its auto-negotiation.
Real hassle free installation is achieved by conforming to PCMCIA Type II slot. Just plug in the card and all setup is done automatically. This adapter supplies many drivers including ODI driver for NetWare 3.x/4.x, NDIS driver for Microsoft LAN Manager, Windows 95/98, Windows NT Windows 2000, and a Packet Driver for TCP/IP software. Whatever your requirements are ease of installation, superior performance or responsive support backed up by unlimited technical support, this adapter is the superior choice.
1.2 Features & Benefits
* Supports 32-bit CardBus for high performance and low processor utilization.
* Complies with the IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD, 100Base-TX and 10Base-T standard.
* Full duplex design to double the performance to 20Mbps/200Mbps.
* One STP connector for 100Mbps or 10Mbps network speed.
* Support Auto-negotiation function.
* Supports ODI driver for NetWare 3.x/4.x; NDIS driver for LAN Manager, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000; Packet Driver for TCP/IP software.
* Provides two LEDs to indicate network link and activity situation.
* Support ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) for Web View software
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2 Installation
2.1 General Informaion
The ENW-3504FC is encased in a stainless compact frame that is easily transportable. It has a 68-pin connector and a 15-pin flat connector for attaching to the Notebook and Ethernet adapter cable respectively
Please take note that the hardkey of a CardBus card is different from that of the traditional 16-bit PCMCIA card. This mechanism can protect the 3.3V CardBus card from mis-insertion to 5V 16-bit PCMCIA slot.
2.2 Hardware Installation
a. Turn off the computer.
b. Insert the card into one of the free PCMCIA slots.
c. Connect the Media Coupler to the PC Card with care.
d. Then, connect to the network using a straight UTP/STP cable ( 100 meters or 328 feet, maximum, Category 5 for 100Mbps, Category 3, 4, 5 for 10Mbps)
Power on the PC and install the driver.
2.3 Driver Installation
For detailed information, please refer to the readme.txt on the OS's directory in this disk provided with the product.
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A Troubleshooting
If you experience any problems with the adapter, first make sure the appropriate driver is loaded, and the proper cable is connected to the adapter port. (Cat. 5 UTP for 100Mbps, Cat. 3,4,5 for 10Mbps) Then the hub should comply with the adapter specification, such as 10Mbps 10Base-T or 100Mbps 100Base-TX, then check the LED. Secondly, most common factors that cause an adapter to fail are configuration conflicts and cabling problems. PCI cards shouldn't have any conflict problem due the plug and play specification. Use the adapter LED indicators and Diagnostic Program. For information on the Diagnostic Program, please see Setup program. If the problem persists, call your dealer for help.
The adapter provides two LED indicators to indicate network status.
Lnk -> Link
A Green LED indicates if the UTP has been LINK ok or not. When the light is OFF, it indicates that the UTP port has not been connected or LINK not ok. When the light is ON, it indicates that the UTP port LINK ok.
ACT -> Activity
A green LED indicates if there is traffic flow on the network. When the light is BLINKING, it indicates that there is traffic flow on the network the adapter is connected to.
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B Product Specification
Standard : IEEE 802.3u, 100Base-TX, 10Base-T
Transmission Rate : 10 /20, 100/200Mbps, Auto-Negotiation
Hardware : CardBus 32-bit bus width
PCMCIA Type II, 68-pin connector
Media Coupler : 15-pin Honda flat connector
LED Indicators : 2; LNK, ACT
Driver Support : Novell NetWare3.x ,4.x DOS ODI, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows 95/98, TCP/IP, and, Linux, etc.
Temperature: 0 to 55 degree C(operating)
Power : 3.3V DC, 450 mWatts (max)
Emission : FCC class B; CE
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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.