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About Plug-and-Play PCI Technology
The EtherFast
®
10/100 LAN Card is designed to run in a 32-bit desktop com-
puter equipped with PCI expansion slots. The card is built to the PCI 2.1
standard.
Short for Peripheral Components Interconnect, PCI is a technology that
allows special Plug-and-Play expansion cards to be automatically configured
by a computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) once they have been
installed. (Refer to your computer’s user guide for more information about its
BIOS.)
When a PCI card is used in a computer that supports Plug-and-Play, the card
is automatically configured each time the computer is booted. The card's
IRQ, I/O address, and other operating parameters are automatically assigned.
There is no easy way to change a Plug-and-Play card's IRQ and other settings
outside of the BIOS menu(s) that your computer provides. If the resources
that are assigned to your EtherFast card seem to conflict with other devices in
your computer, you will need to use your system's BIOS to resolve the con-
flicts. If you have problems configuring your BIOS or resolving IRQ or other
hardware conflicts, consult your computer’s manual or contact your PC's
manufacturer for BIOS setup and configuration directions.
Here are some general guidelines to follow when installing a PCI card (such
as the EtherFast
®
10/100 LAN Card) into your computer:
1. The EtherFast
®
10/100 LAN Card should be used in a 32-bit PCI slot that
supports PCI Bus Mastering. It cannot be plugged into a PCI Bus Slave
slot. Consult your motherboard's documentation for more information on
master and slave slots.
2. If loading the EMM386.EXE program in your PC's CONFIG.SYS, you
must use version MS-DOS 6.22 or above. If you load an older
EMM386.EXE program (below DOS 6.22), your PC will hang up while
loading the network driver.
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Fast Ethernet Switched 10/100 Network In a Box
Overview
In order to use the Wake-On-LAN (WOL) features, the LAN Card must be
properly inserted into a PCI slot on a motherboard that supports WOL Event
Management for that slot. If your computer does not support WOL, the LAN
Card will operate as an ordinary 10/100 LAN Card. Refer to your computer’s
documentation to find out if your computer supports WOL features through
the PCI slots. See About Wake-On-LAN Compatibility for more information.
Sending a Magic Packet
In order to use WOL you need to know the MAC
address of the card you wish to “wake”. If you don’t
know the MAC address of the PC you are on, turn to
to the section on Running the LAN Card’s Diagnostics.
1. Turn off the PC on which you want to test the WOL
feature. Go to another PC on the network and log
in.
2. Go to an MS-DOS prompt. Run the diagnostics program (refer to the sec-
tion on Running the LAN Card’s Diagnostics). Press Enter to begin the
test.
3. When the test is complete, press F3 and select Send an ACPI Packet.
4. Press the M key. You will be asked for the destination of the magic packet.
Enter the MAC address of the PC you want to “wake up” and press Enter.
5. Check to ensure that the PC has woken up.
Testing a Link Change WOL PC
This test will see if your PC responds to a change in the network link state by
waking up. Use a configured PC that is on an active network link.
1. Turn your PC off and disconnect it from the network either by turning off
the switch or hub.
2. Wait about ten seconds, then turn on the switch. The PC should wake up.
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The
DDiiaagg
pro-
gram works only if
both the PC sending
the magic packet and
the PC receiving the
magic packet are
installed with
EtherFast
®
10/100
LAN Cards.
Installing and Configuring Wake-On-LAN
Instant EtherFast
®
Series
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