Installation; Unpack And Inspect; Installing The Adapter; Connecting The Network Cable - D-Link DGE-550T User Manual

Unpack and Inspect

CAUTION: Under ordinary circumstances, a DGE-550T card will not be affected by static charge as may be received
through your body during handling of the unit. In s pecial circumstances where you may carry an
extraordinarily high static charge, it is good practice to reduce the charge by touching a ground before
handling the adapter card.
Open the shipping carton and carefully remove all items. In addition to a printed copy of this User's Guide,
ascertain that you have:
One DGE-550T 100/1000 PCI Adapter Card.
DGE-550T User's Guide CD-ROM

Installing the Adapter

1. Shut down the computer, unplug its power cord, and remove the chassis cover.
2. Insert the contact edge of the DGE-550T card into the connector of any available PCI Bus Master e xpansion
slot. Press the card firmly into the connector such that the card's contacts are fully seated in the connector.
3. Install the bracket screw that secures the card to the computer chassis.
4. Replace the computer's chassis cover.
5. Reconnect the computer's power cord, and switch computer power on. If the BIOS section of your computer's
boot program is Plug-and-Play compliant, then at power-up the BIOS will automatically configure any newly
installed DGE-550T adapter.
NOTE: Due to a fault in some Plug-n-Play BIOS programs, it happens occasionally that a newly installed adapter is
assigned an Interrupt Number which i s already assigned to another device. In such a case, the conflict of Interrupt
Number will cause faults in the behavior of both devices. Then it is necessary to run the CMOS Setup utility, and
manually assign a non-conflicting Interrupt Number.

Connecting the Network Cable

1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet enables operation over the extensive installed base of legacy Category 5 cabling systems and,
by default, the Category 5 cabling systems currently being installed.
It provides optimal full-duplex 1000Mb/s Ethernet service over Category 5e links as defined by ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-5.
Topology rules for 1000BASE-T are the same as those used for 100BASE-T. Category 5 and 5e link lengths are limited to
100 meters.

Software Installation

With the wide variety of network architecture in mind, the instructions for driver
as README files on the DGE-550T Software CD-ROM. Review the file README in the root directory for an
Check http://www.dlink.com for newest release of drivers.
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