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    i ENet2.book Page i Monday, May 4, 1998 9:53 AM[...]

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    ii I ntel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controller User’s Guide Notices Copyrigh t © 1998 Gateway 2000, Inc. All Rights Reserved 610 Gateway Drive N. Sioux C ity , SD 57049 U SA All Rights Reser ved This publicati on is protected b y cop yright an d all righ ts are reser ved. No part of it may be reproduced or transm itted by any means or in [...]

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    iii Contents Introduction................................................................ .............................. 1 Connect the Network Cable ...................................... .............................. 2 Configure the Contr oller and Install Drivers .......................................... 3 Windows 95 .................... ......[...]

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    Introduction 1 Intr oduction The OnBoard Ethernet Controller ( O BEC) is an In tel 82558 ethernet controller device and ma y be detected b y softw are as either and Int el EtherExpress PR O/ 100+ or an Intel 82558 ethernet controller . The OBEC ma y be enabl ed or disable d through the BIOS Setup utility . If you ne ed to change the setting, r efer[...]

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    2 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide Connect t he Netw ork Cab le 1. Connect a single n etw ork cabl e to the ethernet port as sho wn belo w . F or 100B ASE-TX, y our netw ork cab le must be Category 5, twisted- pair wiring. If you plan to run the controller at 100 Mbps, it must be connected to a 100B ASE-TX hub or sw[...]

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    Configure the Controller and Install Drivers 3 Configur e the Contr oller and Instal l Drivers Windows 95 A utomatic Configuration This PCI computer automat ically detects and conf igures the onboard PCI- compliant ethernet contr oller . The BIOS auto maticall y sets the control ler’ s IRQ le vel and I/O addre ss. If y our computer displa ys an e[...]

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    4 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide Install the PROSet Softw are (Op tional) PR OSet is a n enhanced utility y ou can use to easil y conf igure and test y our OBEC in W indo ws 95. PR OSet also displ ays the computer resources tha t are assigned t o each adapter y ou install. 1. Insert the Conf igurat ion and Driv er[...]

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    Configure the Controller and Install Drivers 5 6. Select Netw ork Ada pters and click OK. 7. Click Ha ve Disk. I nser t the Conf iguration and Dri vers disk an d click OK. 8. F oll ow any prompts f or W indo ws 95 installati on disks and restart w hen prompted. T roubleshooting If y ou can’ t connect to a server or if W indo ws 95 r epor ts an er[...]

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    6 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide Install Networ k Dr iv ers - Wind o ws NT V ersion 4.0 Only After enab ling the ehternet controller in the computer and starting W indo w s NT , you need to ins tall the correct driv ers. 1. Doub le-click the Netw or k icon in the Control P anel. 2. Click the Ada pters tab . 3. Cli[...]

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    Configure the Controller and Install Drivers 7 Install Networ k Dr iv ers - Wind o ws NT V ersion 3.51 Only After enab ling the OBEC in the computer a nd star ting W indo ws NT , you need to in stall the correct driv ers and test the controller . 1. Doub le-click the Netw or k icon in the Control P anel. 2. Click Add Adapter . 3. When the lis t of [...]

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    8 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide • Check the W indo ws NT Eve nt V iew er for er ror messages. • If y ou are attachin g to a NetW are netw ork, check y our frame type and v erify that NetW are client softw are has been installe d. • T est the controll er with PR OSet. After insta lling the controller you can[...]

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    Configure the Controller and Install Drivers 9 2. Insert the Conf igurat ion and Driv ers disk in a fl opp y driv e, swi tch to that dri ve, and at the DOS prompt, type SETUP E NTER 3. If y ou hav e more than one PCI adapte r in your computer , an adapter selection menu app ears on the screen. Se lect the adapter y ou w ant by noting the Ethernet a[...]

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    10 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide • T est the adapter b y r unning di agnostics in Setup. Additional t esting is a v ailab le by using a responder (see t he next section) . • Check the readme f iles. Responder T estin g on the Network (Optional) Setup can test the OBEC more thoroughly i f there is a responder [...]

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    Installing Multiple Adapters 11 Instal ling Multiple Adapter s All users: The system’ s 12-digit, he xadecimal Ether net address is printed on a stick er placed on the system board. The Ether net address is so metimes called the node address or the MA C address. Note that t he onboard PCI ethernet controller shares the PCI inte r r upt with PCI s[...]

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    12 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide Select Duple x Mode (Optional) Duplex ing is a performance option that l ets you choose ho w the ethernet controller sends and recei ves dat a packets o v er the netw ork. The ether net controller can operate at full dupl ex onl y when co nnected to a full duplex 10B ASE-T , 100BA[...]

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    Select Duplex Mode (Optional) 13 DOS ODI, NDIS 2.01 Clients Edit the NET .CFG or PR O T OCOL.INI f ile. Add these keyw ords t o the Link Dri ver s ection: FORCEDUPLEX 2 SPEED 100 (or 10 if 10B ASE-T) NetW are Ser ver In A UT OEXEC.NCF , load E100B.LAN and add t he follo wing statement (yo u must include the equal sign for servers): FORCEDUPLEX=2 SP[...]

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    14 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide Windows 95 1. In the Control P anel, doub le-click the Sys tem icon. 2. Go to the De vice Manager tab and sele ct the controller . 3. Click Properties, then click OK to use the setup pro g ram (PR OSet). 4. PR OSet e xamines y our system and displa ys th e Adapter Setup windo w . [...]

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    Choose Ethernet Controller Teaming Options 15 Choose Ethernet Co ntr oller T eaming Options The onboard PR O/100+ et her net control ler pro vides se ver al options for increasing t hroughput and fault tolerance when running W indo ws NT 4.0 or NetW are 4.1x or ne w er: • Ada pter F ault T oleran ce (AF T) - pro vides automatic red undancy for y [...]

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    16 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide T o use Adapter F ault T olerance, y ou must ha ve at least tw o PR O/100+ adapters inst alled in yo ur W indo ws NT 4.0 or NetW are 4.x w orkstation or server and the y must be link ed to the same netw ork. Setting up Adapter F ault T olerance in Windows NT 4.0 1. Doub le-click t[...]

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    Choose Ethernet Controller Teaming Options 17 Setting up Adapter F ault T olerance in NetW are 1. Cop y the follo wing li nes from the EXAMPLES.TXT f ile (on the Conf iguration and Dri ve rs disk) and paste them int o the appropriate f iles. These commands assume the AFT .NLM and E100B .LAN f iles are in the sys tem directory of your w or kstation.[...]

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    18 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide 2. Modify the lines t o match your wor kstation or server’ s requirements. 3. Sa ve the ST AR TUP .NCF and A UT OEXEC.NCF f iles and rest ar t your server . Deleting a T eam T o remo ve a team in AFT , ALB or FEC mode, edit out t he lines abo v e. Or , temporaril y remo ve the t[...]

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    Choose Ethernet Controller Teaming Options 19 4. Click OK w hen prompted. Y ou’ ll see the Adapter T eaming Conf iguration windo w . 5. F oll ow the instr uctions to ass ign adapters to a team. ALB supports up to tw o adapte r teams, with t w o, three, or four adapter s per team. 6. Select Load Balanci ng in the T eam Function area. 7. Click OK a[...]

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    20 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide Cop y these lines into t he A UT OEXEC.NCF f ile ;- Load LAN driver on 1st controller load e100b slot=7 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=pri_802.2 ;- Load LAN driver on 2nd adapter load e100b slot=8 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=sec_802.2 ;- Bind ipx to 1st controller bind ipx pri_802.2 net=[...]

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    Choose Ethernet Controller Teaming Options 21 Setting -Up F ast EtherChannel F ast EtherChannel (FEC) is a performance technolo g y dev eloped b y Cisco to increase y our w orkstation or ser ver ’ s throughput . Unlike ALB, you can conf igure FEC to incr ease both transmission and r eception channels betw een y our w orkstation or server and swit[...]

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    22 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide Deleting a T eam 1. Doub le-click the Netw or k icon in the Control P anel. 2. On the Adapters tab, s elect the FEC team to delete . 3. Click Remo ve. Y ou’ ll see a c onf ir mation dialo g. Click Y es. 4. Click Close. Re star t w hen prompted. Setting up FEC in N etW are 1. Cop[...]

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    Choose Ethernet Controller Teaming Options 23 Where: slot= the slot in which your PR O/100+ adapter i s installed , such as 7. If y ou don’ t kno w the number , load t he driv er without it. NetW are will prompt y ou with a vai lable PCI de vice numbers. frame= the frame type of th e netw ork segment t he computer is on. 7 is the pri mar y contro[...]

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    24 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide T r oublesh ooting and F A Qs If the OnBoard Ether ne t Control ler Can’t Connect to the Network Make Sure the Cab le i s Installed Proper ly The netw ork cab le must be s ecurely at tached at both RJ-45 connect ions (controlle r and hub). The maximum allo w able dist ance from [...]

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    Troubleshooting and FAQs 25 Make Sure Y ou are Using the Cor rect Drivers Make sure y ou’ re usi ng the dri vers that come with this compute r . The driv er f ile name contai ns the letter B (for e xample, E100BODI.DOS). Driv ers that support pre vious versi ons of the Intel PRO 10/ 100 controller do not suppor t this v ersion of the cont roller [...]

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    26 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide F requently Ask ed Questions (F A Qs) SETUP .EXE r epor ts the controller is “Not enabled b y BIOS”. • The PCI BIOS is not conf iguring the contr oller cor rectly . T r y “PCI Installat ion Ti ps” on page 28. The computer hangs when the driv ers are loaded. • Change th[...]

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    Troubleshooting and FAQs 27 The controller stopped working when another adapter was added to the computer . • Make sure the cable i s connected to the contr oller . • Make sur e your PCI BIOS is current. See “PCI Installat ion Ti ps” on page 28. • Make su re the other adapter supp or ts shared interr upts. Also, mak e sure y our operating[...]

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    28 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide T echni cal Info rmation PCI Installation Tips PCI computers a re designed to automatical ly conf igure add-in cards each time the computer s tar ts. Y our PCI computer sets the I/ O address and IRQ le vel for your netw or k controller w hen the computer starts. These v alues cann[...]

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    Technical Information 29 • Conf igure the slot for le vel-tri ggered inter rupts. The slot the controller is using must be conf igured for le vel-t riggered inter rupts rather than e dge-triggere d inter r upts. Check y our PCI BIOS Setup pro g ram. Here are some example PCI BIOS setup pro g ram parameters: The ex act w ording of these paramet er[...]

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    30 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide Shared hubs In a shared net work e n vironment, computers are c onnected to hubs called repeaters. All por ts of the repeate r hub share a f ix ed amount of bandwidth, or data capaci ty . On a 100 Mbps shared hub, all nodes on the hub must share the 100 Mbps of ba ndwidth. As stat[...]

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    Network Software License Agreement 31 Netw ork Softwa re Licens e Agreement PLEASE R EVIEW THE LICENSE AGREEME NT BELO W . BY OPENI NG THIS SOFT W ARE OR P ACKA GE OR O THER WISE DO WNLO ADING OR COPYING T HIS SOFTW ARE, Y OU AR E A GREEING T O BE BOUND BY THE TER MS OF T HIS AGREEMENT . DO NOT USE THI S SOFTW A RE UNT IL Y OU HA V E CAREFU LL Y RE[...]

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    32 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ TX PCI LAN Controll er User’s Guide EXPOR T LA WS: Y ou agree that the distribution and export/re-export of the Softwar e is in compliance with the la ws, regulatio ns, orders or other restrictions of the U .S. Expor t Administration Regulation s. Some products may c ontain encryption technolo gy . U .S. Department [...]

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