Specifications

3.Connect your adapter to the network.

Connect the adapter to the network using twisted-pair cabling with an RJ-45 connector.

4.Power on the PC.

After hardware installation has been completed, power on the computer.

5.Change your computer's BIOS setup to enable Bus Master mode and select an IRQ setting.

The setup procedure and the terminology used when referring to Bus Master mode and IRQ parameters may vary with your computer's BIOS. Some BIOS have Bus Master mode enabled for all the motherboard's PCI expansion slots, while others provide the option to turn this feature on or off. Refer to your computer's installation manual for more information. Please see the following section on Adapter configuration for related information.

6.Install the software driver.

For related topics see the section on Software Drivers later in this chapter.

System Configuration Transmission Technique: Base band Topology: Star

Transmission Rate: 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps (Auto-negotiation)

Full-Duplex Operation: 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps

Media Type Supported: Cat. 3, 4 and 5 UTP for 10BASE-T Cat. 5 UTP for 100BASE-TX

Hub-to-Workstation Distance: 100m

Cable Connections: One RJ-45 (socket) for 100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T

Standards Conformance: IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T, and IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX

End-User Devices Supported: PCI local bus-compliant PCs

Data Bus Width: 32-bit

Bus Access: Bus Master

I/O Address: Automatically determined by configuration space

Interrupt: INT A on PCI slot pin assignment, which is mapped to the BIOS IRQ setup