User manual NETGEAR GA311

[. . . ] User Manual for the NETGEAR 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter GA311 NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Version v1. 0 October 2003 Technical Support Please refer to the support information card that shipped with your product. By registering your product at www. netgear. com/register, we can provide you with faster expert technical support and timely notices of product and software upgrades. Support Information Phone: 1-888-NETGEAR, for US & Canada only. [. . . ] The GA311 Smart Wizard utility displays the current status of the device. Basic Setup 3-11 User Manual for the NETGEAR 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter GA311 Viewing the Physical Connection Indicators Figure 3-1: Physical connection indicators on the front of the GA311 adapter Once the hardware and its driver software are properly installed on your system, the LEDs indicate the conditions described in the table below. Label DATA Activity Blinking On Off On Off On Off On Off Description Brief bursts of data detected on the port Streams of data detected on the port No data detected on the port Good 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet link No 1000 Mbps link; possible link at different speed, possible bad cable, bad connector, or configuration mismatch Good 100 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet link No 100 Mbps link; possible link at different speed, possible bad cable, bad connector, or configuration mismatch Good 10 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet link No 10 Mbps link; possible link at different speed, possible bad cable, bad connector, or configuration mismatch 1000 100 10 Table 3-1. GA311 Port LED Activity 3-12 Basic Setup User Manual for the NETGEAR 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter GA311 Installing the GA311 Smart Wizard Utility The GA311 Smart Wizard utility provides a convenient way to check the status of the adapter without needing to view the front of the adapter itself. To install the utility: Note: The Netgear Smart Wizard utility is not avilable for Windows NT. 1. 5. Click the Windows Start menu and select Run. Type d:\GA311\launch to start the utility installation. Note: The installation program is found on D:\, assuming that D: is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive. Click Finish to complete the installation. The GA311 Smart Wizard utility appears in the right section of the Windows taskbar. 6. Click the GA311 Smart Wizard utility icon to view the current status. Basic Setup 3-13 User Manual for the NETGEAR 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter GA311 Figure 3-2: NETGEAR GA311 System Utility The GA311 System Utility displays the following details: · · · · · · · Link Activity MAC address IP number Speed TCP/IP Transmit/Receive Performance graph -- select to view packets transmitted, received, or both TCP/IP Transmit and Receive Statistics 3-14 Basic Setup User Manual for the NETGEAR 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter GA311 Click Details to view the settings of the adapter: Figure 3-3: GA311 Adapter detailed information Basic Setup 3-15 User Manual for the NETGEAR 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter GA311 3-16 Basic Setup Chapter 4 Configuration and Troubleshooting This chapter describes how to use the advanced configuration options of your NETGEAR 10/100/ 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter GA311 and basic troubleshooting techniques. Understanding the Configuration Options The GA311 adapter provides the following advanced options: · Configure the 802. 1Q VLAN ID. The IEEE 802. 1Q standard defines the operation of Virtual LAN (VLAN) Bridges that permit the definition, operation and administration of Virtual LAN topologies within a Bridged LAN infrastructure. The 802. 1p Quality of service (QOS) is an OSI layer 2 standard for prioritizing network traffic at the data link sublayer. Enable Jumbo frames to extend Ethernet frames to 7500 bytes Set the link speed and the duplex mode: · · · · · · · · · Auto Negotiation 1000Mbps/Full Duplex 100Mbps/Full Duplex 100Mbps/Half Duplex 10Mbps/Full Duplex 10Mbps/Half Duplex · · · Set up checksum offloading to the network card Set up the offload of TCP large packets to the network card Enable wakeup on ARP/PING Configuration and Troubleshooting 4-1 User Manual for the NETGEAR 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter GA311 Configuring Optional Adapter Properties The table below introduces the optional advanced capabilities of the adapter. Properties 802. 1Q VLAN ID (Windows 2000, XP only) 802. 1Q/1p VLAN Tagging (Windows 2000, XP only) Jumbo Frame (Windows NT not supported) Link Speed/Duplex Mode (Windows 2000, XP only) Description Set the Virtual Lan ID number. The range is from 1 to 4094. When enabled, tags are recognized by 802. 1p-aware switches and routers. Extends the default Ethernet frame size from 1500 to 7500 bytes if enabled. A performance option that allows you to choose how the card transmits and receive packets over the network. You can select auto negotiation, or set the speed and whether to use half or full duplex. Supports hardware offload of checksum in the transmit and receive directions. When enabled, this option allows the card to verify the TCP/ IP checksum of incoming (Rx) and/or outgoing (Tx) packets. This improves the TCP/IP transmit/receive performance by offloading this operation from the CPU. Supports hardware offload of large TCP packets in the transmit and receive directions. When enabled, this option improves the TCP/IP transmit/receive performance by offloading this operation from the CPU. Disabled by default. Network Address Offload Checksum (Windows 2000, XP only) Offload TCP_LargeSend (Windows 2000, XP only) WakeUp on ARP/PING (Windows NT not supported) Table 4-1. Advanced GA311 Adapter Properties 4-2 Configuration and Troubleshooting User Manual for the NETGEAR 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter GA311 To configure the optional advanced adapter properties: 1. 2. Click the Local Area Connection icon in the lower right section of the Windows taskbar. Select the NETGEAR GA311 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. Figure 4-1: Local Area Connection General Options 3. Click Configure, then select the Advanced tab to display the advanced configuration options. Be careful when changing these settings. [. . . ] Higher-level protocols, such as SPX and NCP, are used for additional error recovery services. ISP Internet service provider. Internet Protocol The main internetworking protocol used in the Internet. Used in conjunction with the Transfer Control Protocol (TCP) to form TCP/IP. LAN A communications network serving users within a limited area, such as one floor of a building. local area network LAN. A communications network serving users within a limited area, such as one floor of a building. A LAN typically connects multiple personal computers and shared network devices such as storage and printers. [. . . ]