================================================================== NOTES ON Installing D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet PC Card For All Users Version 991015 ================================================================== (c) 1999 Copyright D-Link Corporation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This document contains general information, which is not included in the DFE-650 Fast Ethernet PC Card USER'S GUIDE or onscreen instructions, for all users regarding DFE-650 Fast Ethernet PC Card installation. This document contains information on the following topics: 1.0 What's New? 2.0 Overview 2.1 About INSTALL.EXE 3.0 To view installation notes and trouble shooting guide 3.1 Where to find the README file which is specific to your needs 4.0 Version History 5.0 Technical Support Options 5.1 D-Link Worldwide Web Sites 5.2 Regional Headquarters ___________________________________________________________________ 1.0 What's New? --------------- The latest DFE-650 series support the AutoSense, 10BaseT/100BaseTx in Full/Half Duplex mode. New Driver (991015) operates with the hardware upgrade, DFE-650TX series can support the 100 full duplex, and the new driver can backward compatible to the previous versions. 2.0 Overview ------------ The D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet PC Card is designed to work with notebook or handheld computers that either comes with Socket Services and Card Serveices or have Intel PC Card controller or compatible controller. The ODI DOS driver, NDIS DOS driver, NDIS OS/2 driver, and Windows 95/98/2000 driver are the only network operating system drivers that support an On-Line Hot-Swap function which allows the card to be removed and re-inserted without reloading the driver. After inserting the DFE-650 Fast Ethernet PC Card into a slot, it is strongly recommended to run INSTALL.EXE in the DOS environment. Then follow onscreen instructions to complete the installation process. 2.1 About INSTALL.EXE --------------------- Before running the install.exe, please insert the DFE-650 Fast Ethernet PC Card into PCMCIA slot in your notebook or handheld computers. The install.exe program will find the available resource (IO base address and Interrupt number) for the DFE-650 Fast Ethernet PC Card automatically. For the Netware DOS Client users: Selecting the "Quick Installation for Netware Client" item of the install.exe, installation program will copy the DFE-650 driver to the computer and modified the autoexec.bat file of the computer. After installation, just restart the computer and will connect to the Netware server automatically. For the other users: Running install.exe will display the installation instructions. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation process. 3.0 To view installation notes ------------------------------ ============================================ Windows '95/98/2000/NT users ============================================ For Windows '95/98/2000/NT users, read through this file first then please view the README.TXT file in each subdirectory. ============================================ DOS Users ============================================ For DOS environment users, including NetWare users, Windows 3.1/3.11 users, firstly read through this file then refer to the INST_DOS.txt file on the root directory of the DFE-650 Installation Disk for the installation notes. 3.1 Where to find the README file which is specific to your needs ----------------------------------------------------------------- There is one DFE-650 3.5" software diskette. And the following two tables give you information about the location and contents of the README files that contains information specific to your needs. ------------------------------------------------------------------- File Description/Installation notes -------------------------------------------------------------------- README.TXT Overall installation notes for all users INST_DOS.TXT Overall Installation notes for DOS users,including NetWare users, and Windows 3.1/3.11 users \NETWARE\README.TXT Overall installation notes for all NETWARE users \NETWARE\PCNFS.TXT Installation notes for PCNFS users \NETWARE\NW4XX.TXT Installation notes for NetWare V4.0 or later users \NETWARE\CLIENT32.TXT Installation notes for NetWare Client users \NETWARE\DOSODI.TXT Installation notes for NetWare DOS Client users \NETWARE\PRSNLNW.TXT Installation notes for Personal NetWare users \NETWARE\NWLITE.TXT Installation notes for NetWare Lite users \NETWARE\NW312.TXT Installation notes for NetWare Server 3.12 users \DIAG\README.TXT Notes for Diagnostic Program \MSLANMAN.DOS\LMDOS.TXT Installation notes for MS LANMAN users \NDIS2\README.TXT Overall installation notes for all NDIS users \NDIS2\MSCLIENT.TXT Installation notes for MSCLIENT users \NDIS2\PCNFS.TXT Installation notes for PCNFS users \NDIS2\PATHWORK.TXT Installation notes for PATHWORK users \NDIS2\PATHWAY.TXT Installation notes for PATHWAY users \NDIS2\LANSRV.TXT Installation notes for IBM Lan Server users \NDIS2\BANYAN.TXT Installation notes for Banyan Vines users \NDIS2\IBMLAN.TXT Installation notes for IBM DOS Lan users \PKTDRV\README.TXT Overall installation notes for all Pcaket Driver users \PKTDRV\PCTCP.TXT Installation notes for PCTCP users \PKTDRV\WINSOCK.TXT Installation notes for WINSOCK users \PKTDRV\PDIPX.TXT Installation notes for IPX users \PKTDRV\PCNFS.TXT Installation notes for PC-NFS V5.0 users \PKTDRV\NCSA.TXT Installation notes for NCSA users \WIN95\README.TXT Installation notes for Windows 95 users \WIN98\README.TXT Installation notes for Windows 98 users \WIN2000\README.TXT Installation notes for Windows 2000 users \NT351\README.TXT Installation notes for Windows NT3.51 users \NT40\README.TXT Installation notes for Windows NT4.0 users 4.0 Revision History Diskeete Revision 991015 ---------------------------- New drivers release. Upgrade all driver to support new MAC ( DL10022A ) And backward compatible to these previous versions. Diskette Revision 980701 ------------------------ Support Win98 driver Diskette Revision 980115 ------------------------ Modify all drivers to support LXT970's UID. Revision No:970701 First released driver program 5.0 Technical Support Options ----------------------------- For technical support information, you may visit D-Link web sites or contact D-Link authorized dealers, distributors, or the following D-Link regional headquarters: 5.1 D-Link Worldwide Web Sites ------------------------------ Information available for all users: http:\\www.dlink.com U.S.A. http:\\www.dlinknet.com Canada http:\\www.dlink.com.au Australia http:\\www.dlink.com.cn China http:\\www.dlink.com.tw Asia, Taiwan 5.2 Regional Headquarters ------------------------- U.S.A. Web Site: http:\\www.dlink.com Tel: +1(949)788-0805 Fax: +1(949)753-7033 Canada Web Site: http:\\www.dlinknet.com Tel: +1(905)829-5033 Fax: +1(905)829-5223 U.K. & Europe Tel: +44(181)235-5555 Fax: +44(181)235-5500 Germany Tel: +49(6192)97110 Fax: +49(6192)971111 Asia, Taiwan Web Site: http:\\www.dlink.com.tw Tel: +886(2)916-1600 Fax: +886(2)914-6299 France Web Site: http:\\www.dlink-france.com Tel: +33(1)3023-8688 Fax: +33(1)3023-8689 Sweden Tel: +46(8)700-6211 Fax: +46(8)219-640 Denmark Tel: +45(43)969-040 Fax: +45(43)424-347 Australia Web Site: http:\\www.dlink.com.au Tel: +61(2)9417-7100 Fax: +61(2)9417-1077 Singapore Tel: +65-774-6233 Fax: +65-774-6322 China Web Site: http:\\www.dlink.com.cn Tel: +86(10)6846-7106~9 Fax: +86(10)6846-7110 Japan Web Site: http:\\www.d-link.co.jp Tel: +81(3)5434-9678 Fax: +81(3)5434-9868 India Tel: +91(22)617-2478 Fax: +91(22)617-2476 Itlay Tel: +39-2-2900-0676 Fax: +39-2-2900-1723 Egypt Web Site: http:\\www.dlink-me.com Tel: +202-245-6176 Fax: +202-245-6192 The BBS communication setup information: Speed : 2400-14400 baud - Germany 2400-9600 baud - Asia, Taiwan 14400-16800 baud - Canada 9600-14400 baud V32, V32bis, V42, V42bis - U.S.A. 2400-19200 baud V24, V32, V32bis, V42bis - U.K. & Europe Parity : none Data bits : 8 Stop bit : 1 _______________________________________________________ All trademarks or tradenames mentioned in this document are owned by their respective owners.