Asante FriendlyNET 595 Adapter User manual

10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI LAN Adapter
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FriendlyNET™595 Adapter
10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet
PCI LAN Adapter
User’s Manual
Asanté Technologies,Inc
821 Fox Lane
San Jose,CA 95131
www.asante.com
November 1999
06-00546-00 Rev.A
Symptom Cause Solution
LED functioning Driver Re-install the
and card installation proper driver.
doesn’t work failed
Link LED Port connection Make sure the twisted
intermittent not functioning pair cable is well
connected into
the device.The
twisted pair cable is a
category 5 cable in the
100 Mbps transmission
rates.The length of
the connection cable
should not exceed the
network standard
(100 meters).
Table 2: Troubleshooting information

Introduction
The Asanté 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Adapter is fully
compliant with IEEE standards.It implements 32-bit PCI
Rev2.1 specifications including ACPI and PCI power
management features.Its auto-negotiation feature
seamlessly integrates your high performance PC in an
Ethernet network.
Features
• Conforms to IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet 100Base-Tx
and IEEE802.3 Ethernet 10Base-T standards
• 32-bits PCI bus Rev 2.1 specifications compliant
• Auto-negotiation for 10/100 Mbps and half/full
duplex operation mode
• Supports ACPI and PCI power management
• Visual Diagnostic LEDs – 10Mbps Link/Activity
and 100 Mbps Link/Activity indicators
• Full driver support for most popular network
operating systems
• Emission Verified – FCC Part15 Class B,CE Class B,
VCCI Class B
Network Drivers Support
In the driver diskette,the file,named "install.doc",
provides installation information for various network
operating systems.
• Microsoft Windows 95/98
• Microsoft Windows NT
• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups
• NDIS Driver
• Linux
*Drivers for other popular operating systems are available on
Asante’s website, www.asante.com
LED Indicators
Figure 1 shows two indicators,which indicate the presence
of station 10 Mbps Link/Activity and 100 Mbps Link/Activity
status for verification and diagnostic purposes.
Figure 1: LED indicators
LED 10 Mbps Link/Activity 100 Mbps Link/Activity
OFF • Power off • Power off
• 100 Mbps link up • 10 Mbps link up
ON • 10 Mbps link up • 100 Mbps link up
BLINK • Data packet being • Data packet being
•transmitted •transmitted
•or received in 10 Mbps •or received in 100 Mbps
Table 1: Status of the indicators
10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI LAN Adapter User’s Guide
10/LNK/ACT
100/LNK/ACT