Asante EtherPaC 2000+ Series Installation Guide

AsantéEtherPaC 2000+ Series ISA Ethernet Adapter CardsInstallation GuideASANTÉ

List of Tables Page xi Table 4-1 Status of the Activity LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2Table 4-2 Status of the Link

1 Introduction

Page 1-2 Introduction The Asanté EtherPaC 2000+ adapter is a jumperless Ethernet Network Inter-face controller (NIC) that connects a personal compute

Page 1-3 ❏ Operates in either 8- or 16-bit bus slots ❏ Provides UTP/AUI/BNC ports to comply with IEEE 802.3 10BASE-2, 10BASE-5 and 10BASE-T standard

2 Installing the EtherPaC 2000+Adapter • Installing the Adapter on page 2-2• Configuring the Adapter on page 2-4• Testing the Adapter on page 2-9

Page 2-2 Installing the EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter Installing the Adapter You should use the IEEE 802.3 standard to plan your network.Using the EtherPaC

Page 2-3 Installing the Adapter 4 Replace the computer cover. 5 Attach the network cable. The adapter provides three connec-tors for you to connect R

Page 2-4 Installing the EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter 2 Attach both ends of the T-connector to the network thin coaxial cabling. 3 If the adapter is at the

Page 2-5 Configuring the Adapter You use the Setup program to configure the adapter. The program is on the Asanté EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter Driver Disk

Page 2-6 Installing the EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter ❏ IO BASE ❏ IRQ NO ❏ INTERFACE ❏ BOOT ROM ❏ MEM. ADDR ❏ SAVE and EXIT ❏ QUIT (No Save) To change a par

Page ii Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Asanté Technol

Page 2-7 Configuring the Adapter 3 Select IO BASE and press Enter. A list of I/O base addresses appears. The list includes: ❏ 0x300 (default) ❏ 0x240

Page 2-8 Installing the EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter 6 Select an IRQ number and press Enter.This parameter is used to choose the interrupt line to transfer

Page 2-9 Testing the Adapter 11 If you’re using shared memory mode, select MEM. ADDR and press Enter.If you select shared memory mode, you must assi

Page 2-10 Installing the EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter 1 Make sure LAN drivers aren’t loaded in memory.The fastest way to ensure that drivers aren’t loaded

Page 2-11Testing the AdapterSystem Information tests your computer and determines the computer’s currently available I/O base addresses and interrupt

Page 2-12Installing the EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter1In the Main Menu of the diagnostic program, select System Infor-mation and press Enter.The diagnostic p

3 Installing Drivers • Novell NetWare 3.x on page 3-3• Novell NetWare 4.x on page 3-6• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups on page 3-13• Microsoft Workg

Page 3-2 Installing Drivers After configuring and testing the EtherPaC 2000+ adapter, you are ready to install network drivers and work with your netw

Page 3-3 Novell NetWare 3.x Novell NetWare 3.x This section shows you how to install Novell NetWare version 3.x so you can use your adapter with it.

Page 3-4 Installing Drivers 4 Remove the WSGEN or master workstation diskette from the floppy drive. 5 Insert the Asanté EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter Driver

Page iii FCC Information This equipment is classified as a Class A computing device. Class A devices may be used only in commercial, business, or ind

Page 3-5 Novell NetWare 3.x 12 Log in to your network.

Page 3-6 Installing Drivers Novell NetWare 4.x This section shows you how to install Novell NetWare version 4.x so you can use your adapter with it.

Page 3-7 Novell NetWare 4.x A message appears stating that client installation requires LASTDRIVE=Z in the CONFIG.SYS and CALL STARTNET.BAT added to

Page 3-8 Installing Drivers The Settings for the Asanté EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter window appears. 14 Press Enter to select the base I/O port.The Base I/

Page 3-9 Novell NetWare 4.x ❏ 3 (default) ❏ 4 ❏ 5 ❏ 10 ❏ 11 ❏ 12 ❏ 15 ∆ You should avoid hardware interrupt 3 if you have adevice connected to the CO

Page 3-10 Installing Drivers 22 Press the down arrow key to highlight Memory I/O Address and press Enter.The Memory I/O Address window appears.23Usin

Page 3-11Novell NetWare 4.x30Eject the NetWare Client for DOS and MS-Windows Installation Diskette #1 diskette from the floppy drive and insert the Net

Page 3-12Installing Drivers∆ The installation program creates or modifies theNET.CFG and STARTNET.BAT files in the client directory,and the WIN.INI, SYS

Page 3-13Microsoft Windows for WorkgroupsMicrosoft Windows for WorkgroupsThis section shows you how to install the drivers to use your adapter with Wi

Page 3-14Installing DriversThe Add Network Adapter window appears.10Select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter from the list.11Click the OK button or

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Page 3-15Microsoft Windows for Workgroups18If necessary, select the appropriate Base I/O Port from the popup menu.19Click the OK button or press Enter

Page 3-16Installing Drivers28Click the OK button or press Enter.29When prompted to do so, insert Disk #8 from the Workgroup for Windows disk set into

Page 3-17Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for WindowsMicrosoft Workgroup Add-On for WindowsThis section shows you how to install Microsoft Workgroup Add-On

Page 3-18Installing Drivers7Go to “Microsoft Windows for Workgroups” on page 3-13 to install the EtherPaC 2000+ driver software.

4 LED Indicators

Page 4-2 LED Indicators Figure 4-1 shows two LED indicators that indicate the presence of station Link and Activity status for installation verificati

Page 4-3 Link LED Link LED The green Link LED is located on the right of the rear bracket. It indicates whether the twisted-pair link is connected. I

5 Remote Boot ROM • Booting Your PC From a Server on page 5-2• Installing the Boot ROM on page 5-2• Setting the Boot ROM Address on page 5-3• Prepari

Page 5-2 Remote Boot ROM Booting Your PC From a Server You may want to boot up your PC from a remote server on the network. Or you may have a PC wit

Page 5-3 Setting the Boot ROM Address 5 Align the Boot ROM’s notch and pins with the socket’s notch and pins. 6 Gently press the ROM into the socket.

Page v Asking for assistance Asking for assistance To contact Asanté Technical Support:1. Please request catalog of contents.2. Download INDEX.TXT fil

Page 5-4 Remote Boot ROM 1 Insert the Asanté EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter Driver Diskette into drive A:. 2 From the DOS command line, type the following: A

Page 5-5 Preparing the Network Server and PC 10 Select an address (for example C800H) and press Enter. 11 Select SAVE and EXIT, then press Enter.The

A Specifications

Page A-2 EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter Specifications Bus Characteristics ❏ Works in 8- or 16-bit Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus. This bus is the s

Page A-3 EtherPaC 2000+ Adapter Specifications Power ❏ BNC port: +5V @ 600mA max. ❏ RJ45 port: +5V @ 540mA max. Environment ❏ Temperature: Operating 0

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Page vii Table of Contents Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iiTrademarks . . . . .

Page viii Remote Boot ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Booting Your PC From a Server. . . . . . . . . . .

Page ix List of Figures Figure 2-1 Inserting the adapter in an expansion slot. . . . . . . . . . . 2-2Figure 4-1 LED Indicators . . . . . . . . .