User manual LINKSYS HPN200SK

[. . . ] HomeLink® Series Phoneline10M Network Use this guide to install these Linksys products: HPN200 HomeLink® Phoneline 10M Network Card HPN200SK HomeLink® Phoneline 10M Network In a Box User Guide COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective proprietors. LIMITED WARRANTY Linksys guarantees that every HomeLink® Phoneline 10M Network Card will be free from physical defects in material and workmanship for one year from the date of purchase, when used within the limits set forth in the Specification section of this User Guide. [. . . ] Click on the Configuration tab, then click on the Identification tab for Workgroup settings. If any protocols are missing, add any needed protocol(s) using 27 Common Questions and Answers Common Question and Answers 1. Windows doesn't detect new hardware with the HomeLink Card hardware installed, or it continues to detect the card each time I restart the PC. · You might not have inserted the PCI card correctly or securely into the appropriate slot of your computer. · The motherboard in your system might not be Plug-and-Play compatible, your PC's Plug-and-Play settings may not be enabled, or the motherboard may have Plug-and-Play options not supported by Windows. · You may have inserted the wrong CD-ROM into your PC's drive. · The CD-ROM may be defective or files may be missing, or you may be pointing Windows to the wrong directory or drive. · The path in the "Copy File From. . . " bar may be incorrect. Try the Find File function in your Start Menu to find the file on your CD. The Windows Logon screen doesn't appear after I restart my computer. · Click on Start, Shut Down, then Close All Programs and Logon as a Different User. If this doesn't solve the problem, your PC's manufacturer may have disabled Windows' networking. · You may have your Primary Network Logon set to your Windows Logon. ® 26 Linksys HomeLink® Series Phoneline 10M Network Card the Add button in the Network window. · If all computers are using the same protocol(s) and Workgroup name, and Windows 95 computers can't see Windows 98 computers, enable NetBIOS on all the computers using Windows 95 and 98. To do this, click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, then open Network and click on the Configuration tab. Highlight IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol (only one of them) and click on Properties. Put a check next to I want to enable NetBIOS over IPX/SPX and click OK. · After Windows finishes copying the appropriate files, restart your computer. When you've returned to the desktop, open Network Neighborhood and look for the other PCs on your network. The workgroup, protocols, cabling and driver are all working properly, but the PC uses an AMD processor and it can only see itself in Network Neighborhood. · In some instances with PCs using AMD processors, the IRQ assigned to the card by the BIOS (as it gets listed on the bootup screens of most PCs) doesn't correspond to the IRQ assigned by Windows. This can be fixed by disabling the IRQ holder for PCI Steering in the Windows Device Manager. [. . . ] Effectively, a corporation uses a wide-area network as a single large local area network. A company no longer needs to lease its own lines for wide-area communication but can securely use the public networks. RJ-11 (Registered Jack-11) - A telephone connector that holds up to four wires. The RJ-11 the common connector used to plug the handset into the telephone and the telephone into the wall. [. . . ]