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National Instruments Gigabit Ethernet Adapters manual

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  • Page 1

    INSTALLATION GUIDE PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethernet Adapters National Instrumen ts gigabit Ethernet adapters ar e based on the Intel 825 40-compat ible Ethern et controll er . This docum ent exp lains how t o install and troubl eshoot t he Ethernet dr iv ers for your PCI/PXI b oard. Some boards also contain additional funct ionality (for e xample, GPIB). R[...]

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    PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethe rnet Adapters In stallation G uide 2 ni.com Installing Y our PCI Board Complete the following steps to install the Ethernet adapter: 1. Shut down W i ndows, if it is r unning , by sel ectin g S tart»Shut Do wn . 2. P ower off the co mputer and unplug th e po wer cord. 3. Re move the cov er to giv e yourself access to the e xpa[...]

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    © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3 PCI/PXI Gigabit Etherne t Adapters In stalla tion Guide Caution If using less than 4-pair cabling, yo u must manually conf igure the speed and duple x setting of the adapter and the lin k partner . In add ition, with 2 - and 3-pair cab ling, the adapter can ach i e ve speeds of up to only 100 MB/s. • For 1[...]

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    PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethe rnet Adapters In stallation G uide 4 ni.com Windows M e/98 Complete the fo llowing steps to in stall the drivers: 1. Shu t down , then po w er of f the computer , as sho wn in the follo wing fig u r e. 2. In stall the hardware and cables, then po wer on the computer , as sho wn in the f oll o wing f igur e. 3. Install the PCI-P[...]

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    © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 5 PCI/PXI Gigabit Etherne t Adapters In stalla tion Guide 4. In stall the W indows Me/98 Ethernet dri vers . Window s M e W indo ws automatically detects the ne w hardware and di splays an Add New Hardware Wizard window , as shown in the following f igu re. Insert the PCI/PXI Giga bit Ethernet A dapters CD-R O[...]

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    PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethe rnet Adapters In stallation G uide 6 ni.com If W indo ws asks where to s earch for a ne w dri ver , make s ure the box next t o CD-RO M Driv e is checked and click Next , as sho wn in the follo wing figure. Tip If W indows displays a dialog box sayi ng it canno t locate the file o n the Intel PRO Adapter CD-ROM, i ns ert th e P[...]

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    © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 7 PCI/PXI Gigabit Etherne t Adapters In stalla tion Guide 5. Restart th e computer as sho wn in th e follo wing f igure, then connect to your net work . Windows 20 00/XP Complete the fo llowing steps to in stall the drivers: 1. Shu t down and po wer of f the computer , as sho wn in the follo wing fig u r e.[...]

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    PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethe rnet Adapters In stallation G uide 8 ni.com 2. In stall the hardware and cables, then po wer on the computer , as sho wn in the f oll o wing f igur e. 3. In stall the W indows 20 00/XP Ethernet dri vers. Window s 200 0 W indo ws automaticall y detects the new har dware and displays a Found New Hardware Wizard window , as shown [...]

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    © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 9 PCI/PXI Gigabit Etherne t Adapters In stalla tion Guide Window s XP W indo ws automaticall y detects the new har dware and displays a Found New Hardware Wizard window , as shown in the follo wing fi gure. Insert the PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethernet Adapters CD-R OM and follo w the instructions presented. Choose t he[...]

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    PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethe rnet Adapters In stallation G uide 10 ni.com Tip If Windows displa ys an Insert Disk di alog box or indicates it canno t locate a fi le on the Intel PRO Adapter CD-R OM, insert the PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethernet Adapters CD- ROM and tell W i ndo ws to copy files from the Win2kXP directory of t he CD-R OM driv e (typically d:Win2kXP[...]

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    © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 11 PCI/PXI Gigabit Et hernet Adapt ers Instal lation Guide 3. In stall the Windo ws NT 4.0 Et hernet dri vers. Select Start »Se ttin gs»C ont rol Pane l»Ne twor k»A dap ters and click Add , as sh o wn in the following f igure. Click Have Disk and insert the PCI/PXI Gigabit Ether net Adapters CD-R OM. Y ou [...]

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    PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethe rnet Adapters In stallation G uide 12 ni.com Note When installin g adapters on a W indo ws NT system that does no t hav e any other adapters installed, you must install Network ing support. Tip If Windows displa ys an Insert Disk di alog box or indicates it canno t locate a fi le on the Intel PRO Adapter CD-R OM, insert the PCI[...]

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    © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 13 PCI/PXI Gigabit Et hernet Adapt ers Instal lation Guide T roubleshooting Windows NT T r oubles hooting If Win dows NT re ports an err or or you cannot connect to the network, try the following suggestions fi rst. If you are still having trouble, refer to the additional topics in this sectio n. • Service P[...]

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    PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethe rnet Adapters In stallation G uide 14 ni.com WOL558.VXD Missing or N ot Foun d (Windows 98 Onl y) This error can occur in Windows 98 if an .inf file already installed on the system interf eres with the driver instal lation. Co mplete the followin g steps to manually install the Ethernet ad apter: 1. Open W indo ws Explorer . 2.[...]

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    © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 15 PCI/PXI Gigabit Et hernet Adapt ers Instal lation Guide 3. Mak e sure you are using the correct dri vers. V eri fy th at yo u are usin g the dr iver s that came with the adapter . Computer Han gs When Driver s Are Loa ded Change th e PCI BIO S interrupt settings. Refe r to the PCI/PXI Installa tion Tips sec[...]

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    PCI/PXI Gigabit Ethe rnet Adapters In stallation G uide 16 ni.com PCI/PXI Instal lation T ips PCI/PXI computers are designed to au tomatically configure add-in boards each time the computer starts. The PCI/ PXI compu ter sets the I /O address and IRQ level for the peripheral boards when the compu ter starts. The network driver s cannot change thes [...]

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