Skyworks EN-9120 user manual Introduction

1	Introduction
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Thanks you for purchasing our 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Adapter. This guide is to provide the installation and usage of this adapter for network installers and users. The 10/100 network adapter complies to PCI 2.1 specification and supports half/full duplex feature which can double network speed.

This adapter supports both 10Mbps and 100Mbps network speed, 100BaseTX operates on two pairs of category 5 UTP cable and 10BaseT operates on Category 3,4,5 UTP cable.

With the Auto-Negotiation technology, network speed is auto detected. When you connect the adapter to 10BaseT 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.

Real hassle free installation is achieved by conforming to PCI bus. Just plug in the card and all setup is done automatically. No more software to run !

This adapter supplies many drivers including ODI driver for NetWare 3.x/4.x, NDIS driver for Microsoft LAN Manager, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT, 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.

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