Digitus Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Card User manual

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Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Card
User Manual

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Features
Designed to meet PCI Express Base Specification Revision
1.0a
Single-lane (or x1) PCI Express throughput supports rates of
2.5Gbps
Compliant with 10/100/1000 IEEE 802.3 specification
10/100/1000M data rate auto-negotiation
LEDs indicate the status of data transmission
Automatic MDI/MDIX crossover at all speed
Support Wake On Lan(WOL) power management (optional)
Feature full duplex mode that doubles the network connection
speed
Support Windows® 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, 7 operating
system
Package Contents
1 x PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Card
1 x User Manual
1 x Driver CD

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System Requirements
Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/7
PCI Express-enabled system with an available PCI Express slot
CAT5/CAT5E/CAT6 UTP/STP cable
Hardware Description

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LED Indicators
The following table provides descriptions of the LED status and
their meaning.
LED Color Status Description
100/ACT GREEN
ON The port is connecting with 100 Mbps
BLINK Sending/Receiving Packets
1000/ACT GREEN
ON The port is connecting with 1000 Mbps
BLINK Sending/Receiving Packets
Hardware Installation
Follow the instruction given below to install the Gigabit Ethernet PCI
Express Card.
1. Turn your computer off and remove the power plug from the plug
socket.
2. Remove the cover from the computer case.
3. Remove the metal cover plate on the rear of a free PCI Express
slot.
4. Insert the card into one free PCI Express slot and screw it firmly
on the bracket side.
5. Place the cover back onto the computer.
6. Insert the plug into plug socket.

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Driver Installation
For Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003
Once the Windows® 2000, XP and Server 2003 startup. Gigabit
Ethernet PCI Express Card will be detected by system. Following is the
procedures for installing Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Card driver
under Windows® XP Service Pack 2 operating system.
1. When Found New Hardware Wizard Window pop-up, please
click “Cancel” button to cancel the driver installation for the
device at this moment. The driver for this device will be installed
in the next step.
2. Please insert the CD driver bound with Gigabit Ethernet PCI
Express Card into your CD-ROM Drive.
3. At the Windows desktop click Start, then Run.
4. Type D:\DN-1013-1\setup.exe, then click OK. (Change D:\ to
match your CD-ROM drive letter)
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the instructions to
complete the installation to complete the installation.
6. Restart Windows to complete the installation.

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For Windows® Vista
In Windows® Vista, when the system is booted up it automatically
detects the Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Card and install the Gigabit
Ethernet PCI Express Card with in-build drivers. Following is the
procedures for upgrading Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Card driver
under Windows® Vista operating system.
1. Please insert the CD driver bound with Gigabit Ethernet PCI
Express Card into your CD-ROM Drive.
2. At the Windows desktop click Start, then Run.
3. Type D:\ DN-1013-1\Vista\setup.exe, then click OK. (Change
D:\ to match your CD-ROM drive letter)
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the instructions to
complete the installation to complete the installation.
5. Restart Windows to complete the installation.
Verify Driver Installation
Click on the “Device Manager” tab in System Properties, which you
access from the Windows Control Panel. You should see an “Realtek
RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (Windows®
2000/XP/Server2003” or Realtek RTL8168/8111 Family PCI-E

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Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0) (Windows® Vista)” installed under
“Network adapters” item.
START > Control Panel > System > Device Manager
Networking Settings
1. Click “Network Connection” in Control Panel to set your
network settings.
2. Right-click the Local Area Connection used by the Gigabit
Ethernet PCI Express Card, then select “Properties” from the
pop-up menu.
3. Double-click the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” item to set
network settings.
4. Right-click the Local Area Connection used by the Gigabit
Ethernet PCI Express Card., then select “Status” from the pop-up
menu. You can affirm network status.

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Troubleshooting
The computer can not detect the Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
Card
1. Make sure that the Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express card is correctly
plugged into the PCI Express slot; if not, turn off the computer
and plug it again.
2. If the Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express card is plugged in correctly,
see if the golden connectors on the card are clean; if not, clean the
connector surface.
3. If still not, please change another PCI Express slot on your
motherboard.
4. Please upgrade your motherboard BIOS to the latest version. If it
sill not work, contact your motherboard vendor asking the
advanced supporting for BIOS updated.
5. The board itself might be defective. You can try another
motherboard testing Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express card working
or not.

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Computer failed to start after inserting Gigabit Ethernet PCI
Express Card
Turn off the computer, remove the Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express card,
and try to restart the computer. If the computer starts successfully, it
means that this card has not been inserted into the PCI Express slot
correctly. Please insert the card firmly into the PCI Express slot or try
another slot.
How to deal with a exclamation point on Ethernet Host controller
1. Please shutdown your computer and move the card to another
available slot then re-install Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Card
driver again.
2. Please point on this device then right-chick on the mouse.
3. This exclamation point usually means there is a resource conflict
between the Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Card and another card
in your system. Please move the card to another available slot.
Restart your computer. Windows will then re-configure itself and
re-assign resources. Check your device manager again. If the
exclamation point is still there then repeat the process until it no
longer appears.

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I can not use Gigabit Ethernet transfer speed
1. Please affirm your Ethernet environment supporting Gigabit
structure.
2. Please use CAT6 UTP/STP cable.
How to configure 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet structure
Connect 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair
(UTP) cable. Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express card has the ability of
automatic sensing and operating on either speed without manual
reconfiguration.