National Instruments PCI/PXI ETHERNET ADAPTERS Installation Manual

Summary of PCI/PXI ETHERNET ADAPTERS

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  • Page 2: Connect The Network Cable

    Pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide 2 www.Ni.Com 2. Turn off your pxi or compactpci chassis. Keep the chassis plugged in so that it remains grounded as you install the adapter. 3. Remove the filler panel from a pxi peripheral bus master slot. The adapter requires a bus master slot to take ad...

  • Page 3: Install The Drivers

    © national instruments corporation 3 pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide install the drivers follow the installation instructions for your operating system. The adapter works with the following operating systems: • windows 95 • windows 98 • windows me • windows 2000 • windows nt version 4.0 ...

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    Pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide 4 www.Ni.Com 5. Follow the prompts for any windows 95 installation disk and restart when prompted. 6. After restarting windows 95, connect to your network by double-clicking the network neighborhood icon on the desktop. Windows 98 after you install the eth...

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    © national instruments corporation 5 pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide windows me after you install the ethernet adapter, power on the computer and start windows me. Windows me automatically installs a driver for the adapter from its own library of drivers. Updating the windows me driver t...

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    Pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide 6 www.Ni.Com 7. Select cd-rom drives and click next . 8. Select the driver on the pci/pxi ethernet adapters cd and click next . 9. Restart your computer when prompted. Windows nt version 4.0 1. After you install the ethernet adapter, power on the computer ...

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    © national instruments corporation 7 pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide 6. Specify the appropriate drive in the dialog box and click ok . Follow the prompts to complete the installation. 7. Click close to finish. 8. Restart windows nt. Windows nt version 3.51 1. After you install the ethern...

  • Page 8: Troubleshooting

    Pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide 8 www.Ni.Com troubleshooting windows nt troubleshooting if windows nt reports an error or you cannot connect to the network, try the following suggestions first. If you are still having trouble, refer to the additional topics in this section. • make sure y...

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    © national instruments corporation 9 pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide 9. Restart your computer. 10. Follow the instructions given previously in the windows 98 section to install the windows 98 drivers. Adapter cannot connect to the network 1. Make sure the cable is installed properly. The...

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    Pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide 10 www.Ni.Com the link led does not light • make sure the network drivers are loaded. • check the cable connection. The act led does not light • make sure the correct network drivers are loaded. • the network may be idle. The adapter has stopped working • ...

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    © national instruments corporation 11 pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide • update your bios. Sometimes updating the bios will correct some configuration problems. • configure the pci/pxi slot for level-triggered interrupts instead of edge-triggered interrupts in bios. Removing an existing a...

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    Pci/pxi ethernet adapter installation guide 12 www.Ni.Com ethernet adapter specifications dimensions pci-8212..........................................12.9 by 10.6 cm (5.1 by 4.2 in.) pxi-8212/8211 ................................16.0 by 9.9 cm (6.3 by 3.9 in.) power requirements pci-8212..............