ESL-835-T is a 32-bit high performance Ethernet PCI Local Bus adapter to be used with IBM PC/AT and compatible with PCI local-bus slave slot. It supports the jumperless bus and media configuration. The ESL-835-T software drivers are backwards-compatible to the existing Novell NE2000 adapters for all the leading network environments.

* ESL-835-T Adapter

* ESL-835-T Driver Diskette

* ESL-835-T User Guide

The Panel

* ESL-835-T Card Layout

Refer to the figure below for LED placement:

There is one LED indicator on the rear bracket for tracking network operation and diagnosing problems with the network cable.

GREEN (Link)

The LED remains on when cable link integrity is good.

Twisted Pair cable is used in conjunction with the RJ-45 modular plug on the rear bracket. To make the connection, perform the two steps described as follows and illustrated as Figure A:

Max. Cable Length to Concentrator: 100 meters

* Single-chip controller complies to PCI local bus specification revision 2.1

* Software compatible with NE2000 driver

* Supports low power mode, ready for green computer

* Automatic twisted-pair receive polarity detection and correction

* One connector on the rear bracket: RJ-45 Twisted-Pair

* Supports optional Boot Rom for diskless applications

* Supports Full-Duplex function for double the bandwidth

* Directly supports LAN Manager, Banyan Vines, DECnet, NetWare, IBM LAN Support Program,  

  Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, Windows 95, etc.

* Provides high performance network drivers such as ODI, IPX, NDIS, TCP/IP, etc.

* One LED indicators on the rear bracket for network operation and diagnosis

* Use of VLSI components to provide excellent hardware reliability and low power consumption

If you want to view or change the configuration of your Ethernet card, you can perform setup program on the distributed diskette.

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 manual.

The ESL-835-T 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.

IPX,ODI  The IPX & ODI drivers are used when the ESL-835-T card is installed in a Novell NetWare

              network.

NDIS      The NDIS driver is used by Microsoft LAN Manager, Windows for Workgroups, 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

             Windows95.

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.

This equipment generates, uses and radiate radio frequency energy and, 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 Subpart J of Part 15 of the FCC rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference when operated in a commercial environment.

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.

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