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<< AmbiCom 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card >>
<< Software Driver Release Version 2.01 >>
<< April 20, 1999 >>
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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. What's New in Version 2.01 Software Driver Release
3. Disk Contents
4. Getting Started
5. Machine Specific Notes
6. Quick Installation Guide
7. Release Notes/Known Limitations
8. Technical Support
1. Introduction
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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 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card.
The AmbiCom 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card 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 CardBus PC Card 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. What's New in Version 2.01 Software Driver Release
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- Added MII support in MS-DOS diagnostics progrm.
- Added LINUX driver support.
- Added MSCLIENT NDIS2 driver support.
- All the drivers are backward and forward compatible with 5V Symbol and
new 3.3V MII AmbiCom Ethernet CardBus PC Card.
- Release new CBFIND utility V1.20.
What's New in Version 2.00 Software Driver Release
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- Added support for larger SROM (4k).
- Added code to pass Microsoft WHQL certification program and received Windows
Logo on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT.
- Change Windows 95/98 driver's INF name AMBCBNET.INF to NETAMBCL.INF.
- More robust enabler running on newer laptop machines.
What's New in Version 1.22 Software Driver Release
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- Support for using a PC Card at the same time as the AMB8100 CardBus
PC Card in Windows NT 4.0.
- Added support for newer CardBus Controllers in both DOS Diagnostic Utility
and CBFIND utility.
What's New in Version 1.21 Software Driver Release
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- Added support for SystemSoft's CardWizard for NT
- More IRQ choices are provided for Toshiba Tecra when running Windows NT 4.0.
What's New in Version 1.20 Software Driver Release
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- Fixed the problem of PC Card Hot Swapping on Windows 95 OSR2 (950B).
3. Disk Contents
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AmbiCom AMB8100 10/100Mbps Ethernet CardBus PC Card "Installation/Diagnostics
Diskette" contains the NDIS4 driver in the root directory for Windows 95 OSR2,
Windows NT 4.0 and the MS-DOS Diagnostics program. The diskette also contains
a NDIS3 driver for Windows 95 950, 950A in A:\WIN95 and Windows NT 3.51 in
A:\WINNT351. The NDIS 2.01 driver for Windows for Workgroups, 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. The LINUX driver is in A:\LINUX.
A CardBus finding utility is in A:\UTILS. For detail file names and
descriptions, please see A:\FILES.TXT.
The version number for the entire release of this driver set is version 2.01
The following drivers have their own version numbers.
OS Driver Name Version Description
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Win95 (OSR2)/Win98 A:\AMBCBL.SYS 2.00 NDIS4 driver
Win95 (OSR2)/Win98 A:\WIN98_95OSR2\AMBCBL.SYS 2.00 NDIS4 driver
WinNT 4.0 A:\AMBCBL.SYS 2.00 NDIS4 driver
Win95 (950, 950A) A:\WIN95\AMBCBL.SYS 2.00 NDIS3 driver
WinNT 3.51 A:\WINNT351\AMBCBL.SYS 2.00 NDIS3 driver
Netware 3.x/4.x A:\ODI\AMBCBL.COM 2.00 ODI driver
WFW 3.11 A:\WFW311\AMBCBL.DOS 2.00 NDIS2 driver
MSCLIENT A:\MSCLIENT\AMBCBL.DOS 2.00 NDIS2 driver
Banyan VINES A:\NDIS2\AMBCBL.DOS 2.00 NDIS2 driver
IBM LAN Server A:\NDIS2\AMBCBL.DOS 2.00 NDIS2 driver
Artisoft LANtastic A:\NDIS2\AMBCBL.DOS 2.00 NDIS2 driver
MS LAN Manager A:\MSLANMAN.DOS\...\AMBCBL.DOS 2.00 NDIS2 driver
LINUX A:\LINUX\TULIP.C 0.91 LINUX driver
Win95/NT 4.0 A:\UTILS\CBFIND.EXE 1.20 Verify CardBus Slot
MS-DOS A:\AMB8100.EXE 2.01 User installation/
Diagnostics
4. Getting Started
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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.
If you're unsure if the notebook PC has CardBus slots, AmbiCom
provides the CBFIND.EXE utility to help you. CBFIND.EXE, is a WIN32
based program running on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, used to identify
if CardBus slots are in the notebook PC. CBFIND.EXE can be found in
A:\UTILS. After running CBFIND.EXE, if you want to install the AmbiCom
10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card driver for Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0,
you need to shutdown and restart the computer before installing the new
driver.
2) Connect one end of the PC Card Cable to AmbiCom 10/100 Ethernet CardBus
PC Card and another end to the twisted-pair cable (not included in the
product package) connected to the network.
3) Please refer to the Section 6 Quick Reference Guide in this file
for installation.
5. Machine Specific Notes
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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 10/100
Ethernet CardBus PC Card 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
b) AcerNote Light383: 9
c) Chicony 9780: 5, 7, or 9
d) Featron 8850: 9
e) FIC StepNote SE: 11
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.
6. 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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AMB8100.EXE is a DOS diagnostics program for the AmbiCom 10/100 Ethernet
CardBus PC card. Before running the program, insert AmbiCom PC Card into
a CardBus slot and connects the PC Card to 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Ethernet
Hub/Switch. To use AMB8100.EXE, simply run it on the DOS prompt by
typing A:\AMB8100 and press [Enter]. INSTALL.BAT is also provided on the
diskette to invoke the program.
The main menu, as follows, will be shown on the screen.
Main Menu
1 - Installation
2 - Configuration
3 - Diagnostics
4 - Echo Test
5 - Installation Help for Windows 95/OSR2/98
6 - Installation Help for Windows NT4.0/3.51
7 - Installation Help for Netware ODI driver
8 - Installation Help for DOS NDIS2 driver
9 - 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 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card default settings.
Please refer to SECTION 3.3.3 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 CardBus PC Card 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 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card driver, complete the
following two major steps:
a) Disable PC Card Support
- Please do not insert the AmbiCom 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card 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 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card.
- 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 AMB8100
User Installation/Diagnostics diskette into the floppy drive. Type
"A:\WIN95" and click OK.
- Select the AmbiCom 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card Manual Load for
Win95 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 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card.
- Allow the Plug and Play facility to install the AMB8100 PC Card.
- When prompted for a disk, insert the User Configuration/Diagnostics
diskette.
- Follow the instructions shown on the screen to finish the
installation.
4) Windows NT 3.51 Installation
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- Insert the AMB8100 PC Card.
- 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 AMB8100 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 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card from the list
and click OK.
- Click OK to accept the default settings for the AMB8100 CardBus
PC Card.
- Select the Transport Protocol.
- Click OK.
- Remove the diskette and click Restart Now.
5) Windows NT 4.0 Installation
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- Insert the AMB8100 PC Card.
- 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 AMB8100 User Installation/Diagnostics diskette, and
click OK.
- From the Select OEM Option window, select AmbiCom 10/100 Ethernet
CardBus PC Card and click OK.
- AmbiCom 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card Setup screen will appear.
Click OK to save.
- In the Network Settings dialog box, click Close.
- Click Yes to reboot your computer.
6) Windows 98 Installation
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- Start Windows 98.
- Insert the AmbiCom 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card.
The "New Hardware Found window" will be diaplayed.
- Click Next in the Add New Hardware Wizard window. The installation
options will be displayed.
- Insert the AMB8100 User Installation/Diagnostics diskette.
- Select the "Search for the best driver for your device
(Recommended)" clicks Next to continue.
- Choose "Floppy disk drive" option and specify a location such as
a:\, then clicks Next to continue.
- Select "The updated driver" option, then clicks Next to continue.
- Follow the instructions shown on the screen to finish the
installation.
7. 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 AMB8100 CardBus
PC Card 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 AMB8100.
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) or Windows 98,
you can use the AmbiCom 10/100 Ethernet CardBus PC Card 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.
c. Hot-swapping for CardWizard for NT does not work yet at the time of
this release. A newer driver will be posted on the web site whenever
it is ready.
8. Technical Support
=================
If you encountered any problems during the installation of AmbiCom 10/100
Ethernet CardBus PC Card, please review this README.TXT file thoroughly, and
refer to SECTION 5.4 Important Notes for Technical Support in User Manual
before you contact AmbiCom at:
URL: http://www.ambicom.com
FTP: ftp.ambicom.com
E-MAIL: tech@ambicom.com
PHONE: (408) 727-6877
FAX: 408-727-6966
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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.
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