3Com 3CSOHO100 manual Changing Configuration Settings, Click OK to exit this screen

54CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING THE NIC

Each configuration setting is displayed with its current value.

For a description of each setting, click the question mark in the upper right corner of the screen, drag it to a setting, and click once. A pop-up box appears, displaying information for the selected setting.

5 Click OK to exit this screen.

Changing Configuration Settings

To change OfficeConnect NIC configuration settings:

1Double-click the 3Com icon in the Windows system tray.

If the 3Com icon isn’t visible in the Windows system tray, follow these steps:

a From the Windows Start menu, select Programs. b Select 3Com NIC Utilities.

c Click 3nicdiag.

For PCs running Windows NT 3.51, from the File menu, select Run. At the command prompt, enter the path for the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program. The default path is C:\WINNT35\SYSTEM32\3NICDIAG.EXE.

A warning message appears, stating that your PC will be disconnected from the network.

This means that no applications other than the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program will be able to connect to the network while you run the diagnostics program.

All applications are automatically reconnected to the network when you exit the diagnostics program. If your PC doesn’t automatically reconnect to the network, reboot the PC.

2Click OK.

3Click the Properties tab.

The 3Com NIC Diagnostics Properties screen (Figure 18) appears.