HP Embedded Firewall manual Configuring the NIC, All

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11Configuring the NIC

Option

Description

Settings

 

 

 

 

Media Type

Determines the type of media your network is using.

AUTO SELECT

 

Auto Select allows the NIC to automatically select the

100BASE-TX

 

Media Type for you.

(100 Mbps)

 

If you set the NIC Duplex setting to Auto Select, the

10BASE-T

 

Media Type is automatically set to Auto Select.

(10 Mbps)

 

If you set the NIC Duplex setting manually, you must

100BASE-FX

 

 

set the Media Type setting manually.

 

(100 Mbps)

 

 

Note: If you are running Windows 2003, Windows XP,

 

 

 

 

or Windows 2000, changes made to the Media Type

 

 

 

 

setting though the 3Com NIC Diagnostics are not

 

 

 

 

reflected in the registry unless you also change the

 

 

 

 

Media Select property setting in Windows:

 

 

 

1

In the Device Manager window, double-click Network

 

 

 

 

adapters.

 

 

 

2

Right-click the 3CR990B NIC and select Properties.

 

 

 

3

Select the Advanced tab.

 

 

 

4

Select Media Select in the property list, and make the

 

 

 

 

appropriate setting change in the Value list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self Healing

In BASIC mode, monitors firmware heartbeat and

BASIC

 

interrupt stalls, and tries to automatically reset the NIC.

Disabled

 

Also monitors link status and reports changes.

Enhanced

 

In ENHANCED mode, checks for transmit/receive errors

 

 

 

and tries to recover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Error Tolerance

Specifies threshold levels for transmit/receive errors. An

HIGH

 

RSL failover or NIC reset occurs when the threshold is

Medium

 

exceeded during the sampling period.

Low

 

High = 100 of each error category (default setting)

 

 

 

 

Medium = 50 of each error category

 

 

 

Low = 5 of each error category

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alert Type

Enabled alert types are reported to the Windows System

Off

 

Events monitor. The default setting is ALL. Alert types:

Information

 

Information

Warning

 

Warning

Error

 

Error

All

 

 

 

 

Flow Control

When enabled, the NIC throttles the incoming data

Disabled

 

packet stream to prevent the input buffers from

Enabled

 

overflowing and losing packets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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