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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide i GN-FE605(M) 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter User’s Guide http://www .gigabyte.com.tw Rev . 1.1[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide ii Contents 1. SAFETY , CARE AND REGULA TOR Y INFORMA TION .................................. 1 2. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 5 C ONTENTS OF Y OUR S HIPMENT ....................................................................[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 1 1. Safety, Care and Regulatory Information Important safety information Read and follow all instructions marked on the product and in the documentation before you operate your sy stem. Retain all safety and operating instructions for future use. The product should be operated only from the type of power sour[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 2 Precautions for Products With Modems, Telecommunications, or Local Area Network Options Observe the following guidelines when working with options: Do not connect or use a modem or te lephone during a lightning storm. There may be a risk of electrical shock from lightning. T o reduce the risk of fire, use on[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 3 FCC part 68 (app licable to pr od ucts fitted with USA modems) The modem com plies with Part 68 of the FC C Rules. On thi s equipment is a label that contains, among other informat ion, the FCC reg istration number and Ringer Equ ivalence Number (REN) for this equipmen t. You must, upon reques t, provide thi[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 4 company cause to request the user to disconnect the equipment. Users should ensure for their own pro tection th at the electr ical ground co nnections of the power utility, telephone lines and internal met allic water pipe system, if resent are connected to gether. Th is precaution may be par ticularly impor[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 5 2. Introduction W elcome to the Gigabyte GN-FE605(M) 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter User ’ s Guide. Before start, please ch eck your Ethernet Card is GN-FE605 or FE605M. The user ’ s guide prov ides instructions for configuration software for the Gigabyte GN-FE605(M) 10/100 Fast Et hernet PCI Adapter[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 6 GN-FE605(M) Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter Indicator Description The faceplate on the 10/100 BASE-T NIC provides an RJ-45 connector for connecting the card to another network device. Fast Ethernet Port LED indicator description LED S tatus Description On 100Mbps Ethernet link active 10/100 Off 10Mbps Ethernet lin[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 7 3. Adapter Specifications Feature V alue Interfaces 10/100-T Full/Half Duplex MAC Crossover Auto MDI/MD IX (FE605 Support MDI) Controller-P rocessor VIA-VT6105(M) PCI Bus support PCI 2.2/2.1 Communication Standard IEEE 802.3 10 Base-T Ethernet IEEE 802.3u 100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Network Management WOL : W [...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 8 4. Key Features GN-FE605(M) 10/100 Fast Ethern et PCI Adapter contains the several features. These features provide respective advantag es to your system. The key features of the adapter are: GN-FE605  10/100-T Full/Half Duplex MAC  W ake on LAN  ACPI 1.0  DMI 2.0 GN-FE605M  10/100-T Full/Half[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 9 5. Installation Procedures 5.1 Insert the Networking Interface Card S tep1. Switch off the computer , unplug the power cord, and remove the computer ’ s cover . S tep2. Select an unused PCI bus-master sl ot and remove its protective bracket. S tep3. Push the Adapter into the slot until th e adapter is se[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 10 appropriate to your network operating system. Note: Before installing the networking in terface card, make sure your system meets the requirements listed for your operating system . Note: If you are installing a driver in a computer with other existing adapters, be sure to update all the adapters and ports [...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 11 6. Troubleshooting If you are facing any problems with the GN-FE605(M) 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter , use the following checklists to identify a nd co rrect the problem. 1. Make sure the adapter card is fully a nd firmly seated in the slot connector . 2. Check the length and rating of connecting cable[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 12 (B) Driver Installation For GN-FE605 Windows NT4.0 S tep1. Click the S tart button, select Setting , and Control Panel . S tep2. Double-Click on the “ Network ” icon. The Network dialog will be displayed.[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 13 S tep3. In the Network window , click on the “ Adapters ” tab. Click on the Add button. S tep4. From the list of network adapte rs, click on the Have Disk.. button.[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 14 S tep5. Insert the supplied driver CD into your CD-ROM. Enter E: (where “E” is the CD-ROM drive.) as the dr iver path and click on the OK button. S tep6. The next screen allows you to se lect a Connection T ype. Select the communication rate type and click on the OK button. S tep7. W indows will copy t[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 15 S tep8. Check the “VIA VT6105 Rhine lll Fast Ethernet Adapter” under “ Network Adapters ” and click the Close button. S tep9. Storing binding configuration…[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 16 S tep10. If the TCP/IP protocol ha s been installed, the IP address entry screen will appear . Enter the IP address, subnet mask, gateway address and other required values and click on the Apply button. Consult with your network administrator and if required, set DNS and WINS address as well. After these va[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 17 Windows 2000/XP Note: For the W i ndows 2000 and XP are the same driver . For the following instruction is for the W indows 2000. S tep1. Set the GN-FE605 to a PCI slot on your PC, and switch on the power of the computer . S tep2. The system automatically detect s the network adapter as W indows2000 start[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 18 S tep4. Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device” and click on the Next button. S tep5. In the next window , you can specify a search location then click on the Next button.[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 19 S tep6. The setup wizard reports that a driver for the device has been found. Click on the Next button to initiate driver installation. S tep7. After the file copy has completed, th e wizard reports that software for the device has been installed. Click on the Finish button.[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 20 Windows 95/98/Me Note: For the W indows 95, 98 and Me are th e same driver . For the following instruction is for the W indows 98. S tep1. Set the GN-FE605 to a PCI slot on your PC, and switch on the power of the computer . S tep2. The system automatically detects the Ethernet adapter at W indows98 startup,[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 21 S tep3. Select “ Search for the best driver for your device ” and click on the Next button. S tep4. In the next window , you can specify the location of the driver to be installed. Insert the sup plied driver CD into your CD -ROM, and click on the Next button.[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 22 S tep5. Click on the Next button. S tep6. W indows98 starts copying th e files. If it asks fo r certain files on W indows 98 CD-ROM, insert your W indows98 CD-ROM and specify a path. (If Drive E is your CD-ROM drive, enter e:win98.)[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 23 S tep7. After the file copy has completed, click on the Finish button. S tep8. Y ou will be asked to restar t the com puter . Remove the driver CD f rom the drive and click on the Ye s button to restart the computer . After the driver installation has completed, f ollow the procedure below to verify that [...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 24 (C) Driver Installation For GN-FE605M Windows NT4.0 S tep1. Set the GN-FE605M to a PCI slot on your PC, and switch on the power of the computer . S tep2. Click the S tart button, select Setting , and Control Panel . S tep2. Double-Click on the “ Network ” icon. The Network dialog will be displayed.[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 25 S tep3. In the Network window , click on the “ Adapters ” tab. Click on the Add button. S tep4. From the list of network adapte rs, click on the Have Disk.. button.[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 26 S tep5. Insert the supplied driver CD into your CD-ROM. Enter E: (where “E” is the CD-ROM drive.) as the dr iver path and click on the OK button. S tep6. The next screen allows you to se lect a Connection T ype. Select the communication rate type and click on the OK button. S tep7. W indows will copy t[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 27 S tep8. Check the “VIA VT6105M Rhine lll Fast Ethernet Adapter” under “ Network Adapters ” and click the Close button. S tep9. Storing binding configuration…[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 28 S tep10. If the TCP/IP protocol has been installed, the IP a ddress entry screen will appear . Enter the IP address, subnet mask, gateway address and other required values and click on the Apply button. Consult with your network administrator and if requi red, set DNS and WINS address as well. After these v[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 29 Windows 2000/XP Note: For the W i ndows 2000 and XP are the same driver . For the following instruction is for the W indows 2000. S tep1. Set the GN-FE605M to a PCI slot on your PC, and switch on the power of the computer . S tep2. The system automatically detect s the network adapter as W indows2000 star[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 30 S tep4. Select “ Search for a suitable driver for my device ” and click on the Next button. S tep5. In the next window , you can specify a search location then click on the Next button.[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 31 S tep6. The setup wizard reports that a driver for the device has been found. Click on the Next button to initiate driver installation. S tep7. After the file copy has completed, th e wizard reports that software for the device has been installed. Click on the Finish button.[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 32 Windows 95/98/Me Note: For the W indows 95, 98 and Me are th e same driver . For the following instruction is for the W indows 98. S tep1. Set the GN-FE605M to a PCI slot on your PC, and switch on the power of the computer . S tep2. The system automatically detects the Ethernet adapter at W indows98 startup[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 33 S tep3. Select “ Search for the best driver for your device ” and click on the Next button. S tep4. In the next window , you can specify the location of the driver to be installed. Insert the sup plied driver CD into your CD -ROM, and click on the Next button.[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 34 S tep5. Click on the Next button. S tep6. W indows98 starts copying th e files. If it asks fo r certain files on W indows 98 CD-ROM, insert your W indows98 CD-ROM and specify a path. (If Drive E is your CD-ROM drive, enter e:win98.)[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 35 S tep7. After the file copy has completed, click on the Finish button. S tep8. Y ou will be asked to restar t the com puter . Remove the driver CD f rom the drive and click on the Ye s button to restart the computer . After the driver installation has completed, f ollow the procedure below to verify that [...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 36 (D) SNMP ONLY FOR GN-FE605M  Introduction Network statistics and contro l inform ation are easily retrieved by using standard SNMP protocol. Network admi nistrator could us e MIB browser to get the information f rom remote host if it is SNMP protocol a vailable. GN-FE605M 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI Ada[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 37  SNMP service operation Install SNMP servic e in Windows 2000/XP In Microsoft windows 2000 and XP, SNMP service installation procedure is listed as the following: 1. Click Start , point to Settings , click Control Panel , double-click Add/Remove Programs , and then click Add/Remove Windows Components .[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 38 6. In the System Setting Change dialog box, click OK to restart the system and finish the installation. Note: 1. SNMP starts automatically after sys tem restart. Install SNMP service in Windows NT4 In Microsoft windows NT4, SNMP service installation procedure is listed as the following: 1. Click Start , poi[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 39 2. In the console tree, click Services . 3. In the details pane, click SNMP Service 4. On the Action menu, click Start , Stop , or Restart .  SNMP extension agent operation Install SNMP extension agent in Windows 2000/XP In Microsoft windows 2000 and XP, SNMP service installation procedure is listed as[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 40 extension agent. 2. In the folder contains SNMP extension agent package, there are two version of setup program. 3. A Self-Extracting EXE and the VSNM P subfolder contains uncompressed setup program. 4. Double Click on the Self-Extracting EXE or the setup.exe in the VSNMP subfolder to launch the setup progr[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 41 Install SNMP extension agent from Gigabyte CD You can also install SNMP servic e directly from the Gigabyte CD. 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM dr ive. The C D autorun program starts. Click FE605M Install SNMP Service Driver . 2. The Setup Winzard will be displayed.[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 42 3. click Next . 4. Click Next .[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 43 5. Click Finish to complete Setup. Remove SNMP extension agent in Windows platform 1. Click Start , point to Settings , and click Control Panel . Double-click Add/Remove Programs. 2. In the list of installed program , choose SNMP . 3. Click Add/Remove button to remove SNMP extension agent.[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 44  MIB-II and RMON counter support MIB-II counters Currently, GN-FE605M 10/100Mbps Fast Et hernet PCI Adapte r support most of the standard MIB-II counters. The table below lists the MIB-II interface group supported OIDs.[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 45 RMON counters Currently, GN-FE605M 10/100Mbps Fast Et hernet PCI Adapte r support some of the standard RMON counters. The ta ble below lists the RMON Ethernet Statistics, History, Alarm a nd Event group supported OIDs.[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 51 (E) NIC Control Set for GN-FE605(M)  Introduction Overview NIC Control Set is a Windows platform applica tion. It provides inform ation, setting, statistics and diagnosis functions for the NIC. Add itionally, it provides multiple VLAN function for the m anagement NIC. A Snapshot of NIC Control Set[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 52  Installation Hardware Requirements As the minimal configuration for a ll W indows operating systems, you must have: A PC with a 486 processor or higher and speed of at least 33 MHz, a minimum of 16 MB memory support. Windows Platform Supports Fundamental Functions: Fundamental Functions are supported if[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 53  Fundamental Functions My Computer Display the network information of th is com puter. In “Network Component” area, all network adapters will be disp layed in it. In “Manag ement NIC” area, only NIC with management functions (e.g. FE605M) will be displayed in it. NIC: All NIC drivers currently [...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 54 Service : All network services curren tly installed in this computer Client : All network clients currently insta lled in this computer[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 55 General Display the basic information of th e NIC. (e.g. MAC Address, Link Speed, Duplex Mode, …) Setting Display and set the parameters for the NIC (e.g. Connection Type…). Note: Some of the functions are only for FE605M. (e.g. 802.1p/Q T agging, Checksum Of fload, VLAN ID)[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 56 Statistics Display all the statistics information of the NIC (e.g. counter of frames with Tx OK, counter of frames with Rx OK…). Diagnostics Diagnose the hardware functionality. (e .g. MAC registers read/write test, PHY registers read/write test, …)[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 57 About Manufacture contact information.  Advanced Management Functions(Only For FE605M) VLAN settings VLAN setting in NIC Control Set only supported in management adapters (e.g. FE605M). Add/Remove VLAN[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 58 Setting for add/remove VLAN User should specify VLAN ID and VLAN name in the dialog box. VLAN01 (VLAN ID = 1) added VLAN01 (VID = 1) will be displayed in VLAN area in NIC Control Set.[...]

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    GN-FE605( M) PCI Adapter Us er’s Guide 59 Driver setting changed by NIC Control Set NIC Control Set will enable 802.1p/Q Tagging automatically if VLAN is created in VT6105M: Remove VLAN/Change VLAN property[...]

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    GN-FE605(M) PCI Adapter User’s Guide 60 8. Limited Warranty 1-Y ear W arranty Gigabyte warrants to the original consumer /purchaser that the adapter prod uct free from defects in material and workmans hip for no limited tim e from the original manufactory shipment date. This warranty does not cover the adapter product if it is damaged in the proc[...]