EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Cards
Running the Card’s Diagnostics
If you suspect that there may be a problem with the Fast Ethernet Card, or if you need to identify the card’s MAC address, you can use the DIAG diagnos- tic program on the EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card Driver Disk.
To run the program, start up your computer in DOS. The program only works in standard “real DOS mode” DOS – it will not work in a Windows DOS window. To get into “real DOS mode,” do the following:
•In Windows 95, start your computer. When the Starting Windows... mes- sage appears, press the F8 key. You will then get to the Microsoft Window Startup Menu.
•In Windows 98, start your computer (No Starting Windows... message will appear). Immediately and rapidly press the F8 key until you get the Microsoft Window Startup Menu.
1.Choose the Safe mode command prompt only option. Press Enter on the keyboard.
2.Insert the Linksys Fast Ethernet 10/100 Network Card Driver Disk into drive A. Enter the appropriate commands after the following prompts:
•When “C:\>” appears, type “a:” then press Enter.
•When “A:\>” appears, type “cd diag” then press Enter.
•When “A:\diag>” appears, type “diag” then press Enter.
You can also copy the software to your local (c:\) drive and run DIAG from your hard disk.
3.The Fast Ethernet Diagnostics Program will appear, providing a display of the card’s basic information (Ethernet Address, IRQ, I/O Port and Media Type). Press Enter to begin the testing cycle. If the card isn’t found, power off the PC and ensure that the card is properly seated in the PCI slot.
4.The word “passed” will appear next to each successful test. If the card fails the
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