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Trouble shooting for EN-235 Ethernet
card
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Check the following by sequence |
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Check the CardBus Ethernet card installation in user manual.
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Inspect all cables and connections.
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Check the settings of network, e.g. IP Address, Gateway, DNS Server, and
others.
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Make sure all of the necessary protocols are
installed into your notebook.
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Make sure the CardBus slot of your notebook is already work properly
before install
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the CardBus Ethernet. You must set CardBus mode from BIOS setup in some
brands
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of notebook, if you have questions about setting CardBus mode, refer to your
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notebook documentation.
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Try the notebook at a known
working location.
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Try the CardBus Ethernet card
in a known working notebook.
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Replace the failed CardBus Ethernet card with a
working CardBus Ethernet card, using
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the same settings as those used on the failed CardBus Ethernet card. If
the working
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CardBus Ethernet card works, the original CardBus Ethernet card is
probably
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defective.
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If you think you have resource conflicts (I/O
base address or interrupts), the
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following steps will guide you how to change
these values.
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FOR WINDOWS 95 OSR2 & 98 |
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The resources of 32-bit CardBus Ethernet (R5) are provided by the CardBus
slot of notebook. If you find resource conflicts on the Ethernet card, it
means the CardBus slot does not work properly. Follow the next steps to
make sure the CardBus slot is enabled and works properly.
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Go to Control Panel, then double-click the System icon.
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Click the Device Manager tab, then click on PCMCIA Socket.
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A string similar as '-----------CardBus
Controller' should be displayed under
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PCMCIA Socket. If the string does not exist or any mark (yellow
exclamation or
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red cross) on it, the CardBus slot is not enabled or has resource
conflicts with
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other device. Refer to your notebook
documentation for diagnostic.
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FOR WINDOWS NT
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Use Windows NT Diagnostics (click Start-> Programs-> Administrative
Tools->
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Windows NT Diagnostics) to find what resource
is conflict.
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In the Control Panel, double-click Network.
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Click the Adapters tab.
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Select '32-bit CardBus 10/100
Ethernet (R5)' and click Properties.
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If you sure what resource is conflict, change the value of that resource.
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If you don't sure what resource
is conflict, try change the IRQ to another value
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(IRQ9, 10, 11 are recommended). The I/O and Memory Range usually don't
need
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to change.
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7.
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Restart computer and check the
result.
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If problem still happen,
contact our technical support.
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