10/100Mbps PCI Ethernet Hub Card
With switch Feature
User's Manual
Switch.HC v2.1 May 00
Item Number: 509961
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Features & Benefits
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32-bit high performance Ethernet card.
Support Plug & Play function.
Using turbo drivers to enhance transfer rate.
Support multi-card drivers in Plug & Play mode.
Configuration by software or mainboard s BIOS.
Plug and play, auto-setup IRQ and I/O address.
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Support one PCI 10/100Mbps LAN card, and 4 TP
ports .
Compliance with IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD, 100Base
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and 10Base-T standard, Full-duplex data
transfer rate.
Supports Netware ODI & IPX, NDIS Driver for LAN
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Manager, Microsoft Windows for
Workgroups,
Microsoft NT, WIN 95/98/2000, SCO UNIX driver
and Packet Driver for TCP/IP.
Provides diagnostic software and LEDs for any port
to indicate network activity.
Supports smart remote boot ROM.
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Hardware Installation
To insert a card into your computer, do the following:
1.Turn off the computer and remove its cover.
2.Insert the Hub card into a PCI slot which is assigned
slave
or auto mode by the BIOS. If needed, refer to your
PCI
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computer s setup and installation guide.
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3.Secure the card to the rear of the computer chassis
and
put back the computer cover.
4.Connect the product to other 10Mbps or 100Mbps
network card using twisted-pair cables.
5.The hub provides a switch for port 4 optional normal
or
uplink function. The uplink is making it easy to link
two
hubs together.
LED Indicators
The Hub card is equipped with LED indicators to
provide for display of the card status and enable
diagnosis of system problems.
Link/Activity status LED : Green .
When a link window is detected, this LED will light up,
showing that the link is good. If this indicator is OFF,
check RJ-45 twisted pair cabling connections. This
LED will blink whenever a packet is transmitted or
received.
PWR/Power/Activity : Green.
Upon power on, this LED is ON. It is flashing at certain
time intervals, to show network activity.
Software Configuration & Driver Installation
Please refer to the readme.txt or driver.txt provided in
the diskette for detail description in running the
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software.
Appendix A : Technical Specification
Topology
Protocol
: Star/Bus.
: CSMA/CD
(Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision
Detection).
Connector
Standard
Trans Rate
Hardware
Cable
: RJ45 .
: IEEE 802.3 10Base/100Base
:10Mbps or 100Mbps (STP only ).
: PCI Bus compliant PCs.
: AWG 22-26 STP or UTP cable.
: UTP or STP cable 100 meters for
link segments.
Distance
600 meters for multiple hubs.
: INTA on PCI slot ,
IRQ Line
(which is mapped to the BIOS s IRQ setup)
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I/O Address
: Automatically decided by
configuration space.
Boot ROM Address
: Automatically decided by
configuration space.
Software
: Refer the disk
Temperature
Humidity
: 0 to 55 ( Operating ).
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10% to 90% (Non-
condensing ).
Power
Certification
: 3.5 Watts (Max).
: FCC Part 15 Class A.
CE approved.
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Copyright
Copyright 2000 by the manufacture of the prduct.
ALL rights reserved. No part of this manual may be
reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system,
translated into any language or computer language, or
transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior
written consent of the manufacturer.
All brand names and models mentioned in this manual
are for reference only and are considered to be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners.
No statutory claims or warranties are expressed or
implied herein as to the fitness or merchant ability of
this product for any particular purpose. The
manufacturer reserves the right to change or modify
the specifications of any one or all of these products
as deemed necessary at any time without prior
notification. The manufacturer further
reserves the right to delete, change, modify, or append
any detail or section of this manual at any time without
prior notification.
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