Multitech Multimobile MT10100ZL-X/E User manual

Model MT10100ZLX/E

Owners Manual
MultiMobileTM
Model # MT10100ZLX/E
P/N 82071601
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(12/8/97) information in Chapter 4; minor technical,
editorial and format changes made
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MultiMobile, Multi-Tech, and the Multi-Tech logo. All other
trademarks are owned by their respective companies.
Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.
2205 Woodale Drive
Mounds View, Minnesota 55112 U.S.A.
[phone] or [phone]
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Technical Support [phone]
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Internet Address: http://www.multitech.com
Technical Writer: mark@ multitech.com

Contents
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Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Description ............5
About This Manual ................................................. 5
About This Product ................................................6
Network Interface Specifications .......................... 6
System Requirements .............................................7
Ship Kit Contents....................................................8
Chapter 2 - Installation .......................................... 9
Chapter 3 - Software Installation ........................ 12
Novell NetWare .....................................................12
Menu Installation..................................................13
Manual Driver Installation ..................................14
Novell Client Installation .....................................14
MS LAN Manager ................................................16
Packet Driver ........................................................18
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ........................... 18
Windows NT 3.51 ..................................................22
Windows NT 4.0 ....................................................22
Windows 95 Installation....................................... 23
Artisoft Lantastic 6.0 Installation .......................24
IBM OS/2 Warp .................................................... 24
NOTES FOR NDIS DRIVER ..............................28
NOTES FOR PACKET DRIVER .......................29
NOTES FOR WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS
DRIVER ................................................................29
Chapter 4 - Troubleshooting ................................31
Introduction ..........................................................31
Chapter 5 - Service ............................................... 40
Limited Warranty .................................................40
Software User License Agreement.......................41
Tech Support .........................................................43
Recording MT10100ZLX/E Information .......... 43

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Service ....................................................................44
About the Multi-Tech BBS................................... 45
How to Use the Multi-Tech BBS..........................45
About CompuServe/Internet ...............................46
About the Multi-Tech Fax-Back System .............47
Appendix A - Regulatory Agency Information ..48
Index ......................................................................55

Introduction/Description
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Chapter 1 - Introduction and Description
About This Manual
This manual explains how to install and use your Fast
Ethernet PC Card, model MT10100ZLX/E from Multi-
Tech Systems. This manual is divided into 5 chapters
and one appendix. The information contained in each
chapter and appendix is as follows:
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Description
Chapter 1 begins with a short product introduction and
description; followed by a guide (which you are now
reading) to the use of this manual; and ends with a sec-
tion on technical specifications.
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation
This chapter provides you with procedures for making
the physical connections attaching the MT10100ZLX/
E to portable computers, as well as this components
LED descriptions which can help verify proper opera-
tion and report operating status.
Chapter 3 - Software Installation
Chapter 3 contains information on PCMCIA setup,
manual installation of PCMCIA Software, and infor-
mation about supported drivers.
Chapter 4 - Troubleshooting Your
MT10100ZLX/E
Chapter 4 provides tips and advice if you think your
Fast Ethernet PC Card isnt working correctly.
Chapter 5 - Service/Warranty/Tech Support
Chapter 5 provides service and product warranty in-
formation.
Appendix
Appendix A - Regulatory Information

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About This Product
The MT10100ZLX/E is a credit-card-sized Type II
PCMCIA card that complies with the PCMCIA 2.1 and
JEIDA 4.1 standards and works with computers incor-
porating a compatible interface.
Connectivity to your Local Area Network (LAN) is ac-
complished when using an RJ-45 network cable con-
nection, and installing software and drivers respective
to your LAN environment.
Network Interface Specifications
Operating Environment:
•Novell Netware 3.x, 4.x
•Microsoft LAN Manager
•Packet Driver Applications
•Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
•Microsoft Windows 3.1
•Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, NT 4.0
•Windows 95
•Lantastic 6.0
•IBM OS/2 Warp Version 3
Features:
•Compatible with most notebook, laptop and portable
computers
•Compatible with Card and Socket Services
•Easy to install and use
•Card is hot swappable
•NE2000 compatible
•10Mbps Ethernet: IEEE 802.3 standard 10BaseT
baseband CSMA/CD local area network
•100Mbps Ethernet: IEEE 802.3 standard 100Base-TX
baseband CSMA/CD local area network

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•Auto-negotiation between all four operation modes
•PCMCIA 2.0/2.1 and PC Card Standard compliant
Type II PC Card
Dimensions:
•3.37 x 2.128 x 0.197 (86mm x 54mm x 5.0mm);
•30gw in weight
Power Requirements:
•Normal Operation: +5V DC, 250mA max
•Sleep Mode: +5V DC, 50mA max
Diagnostics:
•LEDs: Link Integrity, Power / Activity, 10/100Mbps
Environment Ranges:
•Operating:32°F to 149°F (0°C to 65°C)
•Storage: -4°F to 158°F (0°C to 70°C)
•Humidity:10% - 90%, noncondensing
Certifications:
•FCC, Part 15, Class B
•CE Mark (EN55022,ClassB, EN50082-1)
System Requirements
• An IBM compatible notebook computer with
386SX or faster processor
• Drivers and utilities provided with this product
• PCMCIA release 2.1 compliant Card Services and
Socket Services
• 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet or 10BaseT Ethernet
connectivity to your local area network

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Ship Kit Contents
Your MT10100ZLX/E is shipped from the factory with
the following:
• Fast Ethernet PC Card Adapter
• Media coupler with single RJ-45 connector for
10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX network
• 3.5 driver diskette
• Users Manual (this manual)
• Plastic protection case for base PC Card

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Chapter 2 - Installation
This chapter describes how to install the dual speed
Fast Ethernet PC Card into your notebook computer
and connect it to the network. The PC Card can con-
nect to either 100Mbps Fast Ethernet or 10Mbps
Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable; and
can automatically sense and operate at either speed with-
out having to be manually reconfigured.
Please refer to Software Installation in Chapter 3 for
installing network drivers using menu driven installa-
tion utilities.
*: hardware installation must occur before driver in-
stallation is attempted.
Installing The MT10100ZLX/E
1. Insert the MT10100ZLX/E into the computers
PCMCIA slot with the 68-pin connector facing the
PCMCIA slot and the label facing up.
Figure 2-1. PC Card Installation

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2. Plug the 15 pin connector into the 15 pin socket of
the PC card. On the other end of the 15-pin cable,
leave the RJ-45 network cable exposed until the
LAN connection is made; hardware installation is
now complete. The MT10100ZLX/E is powered di-
rectly from the PC.
3. Connect the MT10100ZLX/E to the network (LAN)
using the bundled RJ-45 (8-pin) plug.
For operation in a 100Mbps (100Base-TX) Ethernet
network, a Category 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP)
cable should be used to connect between media cou-
pler and 100Mbps hub or switch.
For operation in a 10Mbps (10Base-T) Ethernet net-
work, a Category 3, 4or 5UTP cable could be used to
connect between the media coupler and a 10Mbps hub
or switch. Speak to your Network Administrator for
more details.
*: Removal of the MT10100ZLX/E from a notebook
computer is contingent upon notebook computer design.
Please refer to PC Card removal instruction specific to
your notebook computer.
LED Functions
The MT10100ZLX/E has three LEDs (Figure 2-2) that
report Ethernet Link and Network status.

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Figure 2-2. LED Functions
LED Color ON
POWER Green ON:Power is on
Blinking:
Transmission
Active
10/100 Orange ON:100Mbps
Transmission
Active
OFF:10Mbps
Transmission
Active
LINK Green ON:Link
Integrity
Established
OFF:Link
Integrity Failed

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CHAPTER 3 - SOFTWARE
INSTALLATION
1. Insert the Driver diskette into the floppy drive and
set the current drive to the floppy drive.
2. Run INSTALL to install the drivers (such as ODI
or NDIS 2.x or Packet Drivers) onto the target disk.
The NOS selection screen is displayed:
Figure 3-1. NOS Selection Screen
Novell NetWare
There are two methods to install the NetWare client
ODI driver: Menu Installation and NetWare 3.12 or
4.x Client Installation.

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Menu Installation
1.Run INSTALL.EXE from the root directory of driver
diskette.
2.Select NetWare 3.x and 4.x Workstationitem from
the Installation menu.
3.If current settings are acceptable, select Start Instal-
lation and go to step 5. Otherwise, select Modify
Parameters to make setting changes.
4. Move the cursor to highlight the settings you want
to change and press Enter to select an appropriate
value. When the configurations are set, press En-
ter on the OK field to exit the screen. The Installa-
tion program copies related files from the Drivers
diskette to the destination directory and modifies
the AUTOEXEC.BAT and NET.CFG files as
specified. The installation is complete.
5. Reboot the computer to make the NetWare connec-
tions. The Driver Installation screen is displayed:
Figure 3-2. Driver Installation Screen

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Manual Driver Installation
If you wish to install the ODI driver manually, perform
the following:
1.Copy the files LE100ODI.COM and NET.CFG from
the path \NETWARE and the file LANEN.EXE
from the path \ENABLER in the driver diskette into
the NetWare client directory containing Novells
LSL.COM, IPXODI.COM and NETx.COM files.
2.Use a text editor to edit the NET.CFG file for setting
the Frame Type. On the NetWare server, the Frame
Type default is 802.3 for NetWare 3.11, and 802.2
for NetWare 3.12 and 4.x. The Frame Type set in
NET.CFG must match Frame Type set at the
NetWare server, or the client will not attach to the
server.
3.Follow Novells instructions on using ODI programs.
You can substitute the LE100ODI.COM whenever
a reference is made to the Hardware Specific
Module.
4.A typical ODI workstation startup batch file includes:
>LANEN /IRQ=dd /IOP=xxx Card Enabler
>LSL ;Link Support Layer Module provided by
Novell
>LE100ODI ;Hardware Specific Module
>IPXODI ;IPX Protocol Stack Module provided by
Novell
>NETx ;Shell Support Module provided by Novell
>LOGIN
Novell Client Installation
1. Run the NetWare Client Install V1.21 software.
Either:
a. get the four Client disks from the network

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administrator, or
b. run the \NWCLIENT\INSTALL.EXE used in
a previous Installation.
2.Answer Yes.
The program then modifies yourAUTOEXEC.BAT
and CONFIG.SYS files accordingly and creates
backup copies. The following message appears:
Install support for MS Windows? (Y/N): .
3.Answer accordingly and provide a path if necessary.
The program displays the following:
Configure your workstation for backup by a
NetWare server running software such as
BACKUP? (Y/N): No
4.Answer accordingly and provide a path if necessary.
5. Select a driver for your network board.
6. From the driver list, select Other Drivers.
7. Go to the Insert the Driver Disk dialog box and
specify the path where the ODI driver and INS files
reside. For example: C:\ODI.DOS.
8. Press Enter and select the target ODI driver.
9. Specify the drivers optional settings.
10. Press F10 to save to new configuration.
11. Highlight Install press here and press Enter to
install. The program copies the necessary files for
NetWare Client.
12. Continue the installation procedure to completion.
On completion, a new NET.CFG file is created in
your DOS directory. Typically, this file contains
the following lines:
Link Driver LE100ODI
#FRAME Ethernet_802.3
FRAME Ethernet_802.2
13.Copy the file LANEN.EXE from the directory
\ENABLER in the driver diskette to NetWare Cli-
ent directory.
14.Use a text editor to edit the STARTNET.BAT. Add
a running LANDEN command at the beginning of

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the file. STARTNET.BAT for the ODI workstation
performs as the following
LANEN /IOP=nnn /IRQ=n
Card Enabler
SET NWLANGUAGE=ENGLISH
Set NetWare 4.X to English
language
LSL Link Support Layer Module
provided by Novell
LE100ODI Hardware Specific Module
IPXODI IPX Protocol Stack Module provided by
Novell
VLM DOS Support Module provided by Novell
F: Change to connected device
LOGIN xxx Login to file server as user xxx
15.Run STARTNET to access the Novell
network.
MS LAN Manager
1.View the README.TXT on the installation diskette
in the \NDIS2 directory. Before installing the driv-
ers, ensure that the Microsoft LAN Manager has
been installed in the target path. The installation
program will check and modify the
PROTOCOL.INI file for LAN Manager.
2.Run INSTALL.EXE from root directory of driver dis-
kette.
3.Select Microsoft LAN Manager item on the menu
screen.
4.If current settings are acceptable, select Start
Installation and go to step 6. Otherwise, select
Modify Parameters to make setting changes.
5.Move cursor to each field you wish to change and
press Enter to select an appropriate value. When
the selections are set, press Enter on the OK field

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to exit the screen and go back to step 4.
6.The Installation program copies related files from the
driver diskette to the destination directory and modi-
fies CONFIG.SYS and PROTOCOL.INI under
users agreement.
7. Reboot the computer to load driver and start LAN
Manager in batch.
8. Highlight Start Installation and press Enter to start
the LAN Manager in batch mode.
Figure 3-3. Microsoft LAN Manager
Installation Screen
Example of PROTOCOL.INI: used by LAN
Manager
[PROTMAN]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
DYNAMIC = YES
PRIORITY = NETBEUI
[NETBEUI_XIF]
Drivername = netbeui$
SESSIONS = 6
NCBS = 12
BINDINGS = LE100NDS_NIF
LANABASE = 0

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[LE100NDS_NIF]
; protocol.ini session for LAN driver.
IOADDRESS = 0x320
INTERRUPT = 11
DRIVERNAME = LE100NDS$
Packet Driver
1.Run INSTALL.EXE from root directory of driver dis-
kette.
2.Select Packet Driver item on the Menu screen.
3.If current settings are acceptable, select Start
Installation and go to step 5. Otherwise, select
Modify Parameters to make setting changes.
4. Move the cursor to the field you want to change and
press Enter to select a new value. When the con-
figuration is set, press Enter on the OK field to
exit the screen and go back to step 3. The Installa-
tion program copies related files from the Drivers
diskette to the destination directory and modifies
the AUTOEXEC.BAT file as defined.
5. Reboot the computer to load the selected driver.
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
NDIS3 Driver for Workgroups
1.Run Windows for Workgroups and click the Network
Setup icon in the Network group.
2.In the Network Settings dialog box, click the Net-
works... button to select the network operating sys-
tem.
3.In the Networks dialog box, check the radio button
before Install Microsoft Windows Network and No
Additional Network.Press OK to go back to the
Network Settings screen.

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4.Click the Drivers... button to select network driver.
5.In the Network Drivers dialog box, press the Add
Adapter... button to enter Add Network Adapter
dialog box. Select Unlisted or Updated Network
Adapter and press OK.
6.Windows prompts a Install Driver dialog box.At this
time, place the driver diskette into floppy drive and
press OK.
7.Select the Enhanced mode NDIS3 for.... string and
press OK.
8.Follow Windowsinstructions to complete the instal-
lation and exit Windows
9.Run INSTALL.EXE from root directory of driver dis-
kette.
10.Select Windows for Workgroup in the Network
Operating System screen.
11.If current settings are acceptable, select Start In-
stallation and go to step 13. Otherwise, select
Modify Parameters to make setting changes.
12.Move cursor to focus on the setting(s) you want to
change and press Enter to select a new value. When
the configuration is accepted, press Enter on the
OK field to exit the screen and go back to step 11.
13.Select NDIS Server (LAN Manager,...) as the net-
work server you wish to attach and press the Enter
key. The Installation program starts to copy related
files to the destination directory and modifies
AUTOEXEC.BAT under users agreement.
14.Reboot the computer to have the selected driver take
effect.
NDIS2 Driver for Workgroups
1.Run Windows for Workgroups and click the Network
Setup icon in the Network group.
2.In the Network Settings dialog box, click the Net-
works... button to select the network operating sys-
tem.
3.In the Networks dialog box, check the radio button

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before Install Microsoft Windows Network and No
Additional Network. Press OK to go back the
Network Settings screen.
4.Click the Drivers... button to select network driver.
5.In the Network Drivers dialog box, press the Add
Adapter... button to enter Add Network Adapter
dialog box. Select Unlisted or Updated Network
Adapter and press OK.
6.Windows will prompt a Install Driver dialog box. In
this time, put the driver diskette into floppy drive
and press OK.
7.Select the Real mode NDIS2 for.... string and press
OK.
8.Follow Windowsinstructions to complete the instal-
lation and exit Windows.
9.Run INSTALL.EXE from root directory of driver dis-
kette.
10.Select Windows for Workgroups in Network Op-
erating System screen.
11.If current settings are acceptable, select Start
Installation and go to step 13. Otherwise, select
Modify Parameters to make setting changes.
12.Move cursor to focus on the setting you wish to
change and press Enter to select a new value. When
the configuration is set, press Enter on the OK field
to exit the screen and go back to step 11.
13.Select NDIS Server (LAN Manager,...) as the net-
work server you wish to attach and press Enter. The
Installation program starts to copy related files to
the destination directory and modifies
AUTOEXEC.BAT under users agreement.
14.Reboot the computer to have the selected driver take
effect.
ODI Driver for Workgroups
1.Run Windows for Workgroups and click the
Network Setup icon in the Network group.
2.In the Network Setup dialog box, click the