Abocom RE450 manual

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    10M Ethernet PC Card Adapter Quick Installation Guide[...]

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    FCC REGULATORY S TATEMENTS Part15, Class B This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditio ns: 1. This device may not cause harmful interface, and 2. This device must ac cept any int erface received, including interface that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to[...]

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    - 1 - INTRODUCTION The PCMCIA Ethernet card is a cr edit-card-size T ype II PCMCIA Ethernet ad apter that comp lies with the PCMCIA 2.1 and IEEE 802.3 standards. It works with computers that inco rporate a compatible interface. The d rivers associated with this card allow you to use the most popular Network Operating System (NOS) in the PC environm[...]

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    - 2 - • Windows 95 • Windows 98 • Windows ME • Windows 2000 • Windows XP • Lantastic 6.0 • IBM OS/2 Warp Version 3 Physical Speci fication • PCMCIA Type II • 3.37 in. x 2.128 in. x 0.197 in. • 85.6mm x 54mm x 5mm • Weight: 35 g • Power: +5V ± 5%, @150mA[...]

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    - 3 - INSTALLATION Hardware Connections 1. Insert the PCMCIA Ethernet card into the PCMCIA slot with the 68 pin con nector toward your notebook’s PCMCIA slot and the label facing up. 2. Connect the media coupler to the PC card’s 15-pin connector. 3. Connect one end of an Ethern et cable to the coupler media. Plug the oth er end of the cable int[...]

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    2. Pleas e input the path, A: and insert driver diskette. The driver will be inst alled and you may be asked for the original Windows 95 CD/disks. 3. For the first time instal lation, please click Network icon in Control Panel to add Protocols, Client and Service if you needed 4. Reboot the mach ine and the card will be fully functional. Windows [...]

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    2. Select Search fo r the best… and press Next. 3. Select Floppy disk drives and insert driver diskette. Then press Next , the driver will be installed. 4. Click Next to continue . Windows will start to copy the appropriate driver to your system. I f Windows asks you to supply your origin al Windows 98 installation CD-ROM, load it in the CD-ROM d[...]

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    Windows ME Installation 1. Once the PC Card is connected to your computer, Windows will automatically detect the new device. Insert the device Driver Disk into the floppy disk drive of your system. Select Automatic search for a better dr iver (Recommended) and click Nex t . 2 Windows will copy the appropriate driver to your system. If Windows ME as[...]

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    - 7 - Windows NT 4.0 1. Make sure that the Network Services already installed in the NT 4.0 system. 2. Insert the Ethernet Adapter into one of the system's PCMCIA Slots 3. Power up Windows NT 4.0 4. Open My Computer 5. Open Control Panel 6. Run the Network 7. Select Adapters page 8. Press Add to add network adapter 9. Press Have Disk button 10[...]

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    2. Select Search for a su itable driver for my device (recommende d) . Click Next. 3. Select Floppy disk drives and insert the disk associated with t he PCMCIA Ethernet card in the disk drive. Click Next. - 8 -[...]

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    4. Click Next to make Windows install the appropriate driver for the new d evice. 5. Click Yes to continue. - 9 -[...]

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    6. Click Finish to complete the softwar e installation. Windows XP Installation 1 Once the device is connected, Windows will automatically detect the new device. Insert t he device Driver Disk into the floppy disk drive of your system. Click Install the software automatically (Recommended) and click N ext. - 10 -[...]

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    2. Click Continue Anyway to proceed. 3. Wait while Windows c opies the appropriate driver to your system. 4 Click Finish to complete the software installation. - 11 -[...]

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