the d-link dfe-690txd cardbus pc card for notebook pcs is a credit-card sized ethernet / fast-ethernet adapter for connecting a notebook pc to an ethernet network. the notebook pc must be equipped with a type ii cardbus compliant slot.

    the terms "pc card" is used throughout this manual to refer to those objects as defined in the pcmcia / pc card standards published by personal computer memory card industry association (pcmcia). the term “slot,” as used in this manual, is synonymous with “socket” where the standards use the latter term in reference to the physical receptacles of a host notebook computer, for insertion/connection of pc cards. more information on the standards is available from pcmcia’s www server at http://www.pc-card.com.

    the d-link dfe-690txd automatically detects the parameters of its ethernet environment, and automatically negotiates and determines its own speed and duplex settings as required for maximum performance within the environment. (the auto-negotiation function is effective only when the dfe-690txd is connected to the network by a device (switch or hub) which also has autonegotiatio n functionality.)

    inside its compact case, the d-link dfe-690txd holds an ethernet controller, network processing interface, a 68-pin pc card standard front-end plug, which connects to the notebook pc, and a direct port for connecting rj-45.

    the dfe-690txd is supplied with an rj-45 receptacle, which receives the network cable. the direct port features full led display for linkage and activity states, speed and duplex, transmitting and receiving data, and carrier detection.