================================================================== NOTES ON Installing D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet PC Card For All Users Version 980701 ================================================================== (c) 1998 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 DFE-650 supports the AutoSense, 100BaseTx Half Duplex mode, 10BaseT Full Duplex mode, and 10BaseT Half Duplex mode. 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 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//NT users ============================================ For Windows '95/98/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 \NT351\README.TXT Installation notes for Windows NT3.51 users \NT40\README.TXT Installation notes for Windows NT4.0 users 4.0 Revision History ----------------------------- 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(714)788-0805 Fax: +1(714)753-7033 BBS: +1(714)455-1779 BBS: +1(714)455-9616 Canada Web Site: http:\\www.dlinknet.com Tel: +1(905)828-0260 Fax: +1(905)828-5669 BBS: +1(965)279-8732 U.K. & Europe Tel: +44(181)235-5555 Fax: +44(181)235-5500 BBS: +44(181)235-5511 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 BBS: +886(2)910-1835 France Tel: +33(1)30238688 Fax: +33(1)30238689 Sweden Tel: +46(8)7006211 Fax: +46(8)219640 Denmark Tel: +45(43)969040 Fax: +45(43)424347 Australia Web Site: http:\\www.dlink.com.au Tel: +61(2)94177100 Fax: +61(2)94171077 BBS: +61(2)94173711 Singapore Tel: +657746233 Fax: +657746322 BBS: +657744787 China Web Site: http:\\www.dlink.com.cn Tel: +86(10)68467106 Fax: +86(10)68467110 Tokyo Tel: +81(3)54349678 Fax: +81(3)54349868 India Tel: +91(22)6172478 Fax: +91(22)6172476 +91(22)6172479 +91(22)6172480 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.