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Package Contents
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The ISA PnP Ethernet Adapter package contains the following items:
* One Ethernet Adapter
* One Utility Diskette
* One BNC T-connector (provided optionally)


Features Overview
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* Conforms to IEEE 802.3 10BASE2 and 10BASE-T standards
* Supports Full-Duplex Ethernet to double the bandwidth
* Fully compatible with Novell NE2000
* Supports LAN Manager, Banyan Vines, DECnet, NetWare, IBM LAN Support
  Program, and others directly
* On-board socket for an optional remote Boot ROM
* On-board LED indicator to monitor network status
* Supports automatic polarity detection and correction
* Jumperless architecture allows for easy software configuration via a
  sophisticated setup program


LED Indicators
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GREEN [LED ON] to indicate the link integrity between the adapter and the
               twisted-pair hub. The LED remains on while the network cable's
               link integrity is good.

Hardware Installation
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< Thin Ethernet Cable >
1. Connect the T-connector to the card's BNC connector.
2. Connect the Thin coaxial cable to the T-connector.

Note: If you are installing a station at the end of a cable segment,
      you need 50-ohm cable terminators at both ends of the cable segment
      (one end must be grounded).


< Twisted-Pair Cable >
1. Insert the RJ-45 connector into the UTP jack on the adapter.
2. Connect one end of the UTP cable to a 10BASE-T HUB.


Utility Diskette
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< SETUP.EXE >

SETUP.EXE is provided for you to view or change the configuration of your
Ethernet card, you can perform setup program on the distributed diskette.


< README.DOC >

Updates to this user guide are described in the README.DOC file found on
the diskette provided. Please take a few minutes to print and read this
file so that you don't miss any important changes to this guide.


< Device Drivers >

The Utility Diskette contains several device drivers. These drivers are
described below. The utility diskette also contains more updated information
on configuring and installing these drivers with the network operating
system of your choice.

ODI      The ODI drivers are used when the Card is installed in a Novell
         NetWare network.
NDIS     The NDIS driver is used by Microsoft LAN Manager, Windows for
         Workgroups, OS/2, Banyan VINES, DECnet Pathworks, WIN/TCP PathWay
         Access, IBM LAN Support Program and 3Com's 3+Open, etc.
NDIS3    The NDIS 3.X drivers are used by Microsoft Windows for Workgroups,
         Windows NT and Windows 95/95B.
NDIS4    Used by Windows NT4.0 and Windows98.
TCP/IP   The TCP/IP Packet Driver is used by FTP PC/TCP, Beame & Whiteside
         BW-NFS, Wollogong Pathway Access, Sun PC-NFS, PC/IP of MIT, CMU and
         Harvard, CUTCP of Clarkson University, Phil Karn's KA9Q TCP/IP
         package and NCSA Telnet.
LINUX    Used for Linux OS.
SCO UNIX Used for SCO UNIX 4.x/5.0


Federal Communications Commission
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< Frequency Interference Statement >

This equipment generates, uses and radiate radio frequency energy. If not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may
cause interference to radio communications. This equipment has been tested
and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant
to Part 15 of the FCC rules, which are designed to provide reasonable
protection against radio interference when operated in a commercial
environment. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to
cause interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will be
required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference.


< CE Declaration of Conformity >

This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic
compatibility, EN 55022 class A for ITE and EN 50082-1, the essential
protection requirements of Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation
of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility.


< Trademarks >

* Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation.
* IBM, PC/XT/AT are trademarks of International Business Machines
  Corporation.
* NE1000, NE2000 and NetWare are trademarks of Novell Corporation.
* Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation.

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