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Chapter 6 PCI Bus Ethernet Interface6.1 Introduction
The board is equipped with a high performance 32-bit Ethernet chipset
which is fully compliant with 802.3u 100BASE-T or 802.3z/ab
1000BASE-T. It is supported by major network operating systems. It is
also both 100Base-T and 10Base-T compatible.
The Ethernet port provides a standard RJ-45 jack. The network boot fea-
ture can be utilized by incorporating the boot ROM image files for the
appropriate network operating system. The boot ROM BIOS files are
combined with system BIOS, which can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS
setup.
6.2 Installation of Ethernet driver
Before installing the Ethernet driver, note the procedures below. You
must know which operating system you are using in your board Series,
and then refer to the corresponding installation flow chart. Then just fol-
low the steps described in the flow chart. You will quickly and success-
fully complete the installation, even if you are not familiar with
instructions for MS-DOS or Windows.
6.2.1 Installation for Windows XP
Note: The windows illustrations in this chapter are
examples only. Follow the steps and pay atten-
tion to the instructions which appear on your
screen.