3Com 206380-A manual Preface, Before You Begin, Text Conventions

Preface

Congratulations on your purchase of a BayStack™ 22 PC Card Adapter, which supports 10 Mb/s and/or 100 Mb/s transmission speeds. This network card is intended for use in laptop computers. You can use a similar product, the BayStack 21 PCI 10/100 Adapter w/WOL, in a desktop workstation or server.

Before You Begin

This guide provides information about using the features and capabilities of the BayStack 22 PC Card Adapter.

This guide is intended for Ethernet local area network (LAN) administrators with the following background:

•Working knowledge of PC terminology and operation

•Working knowledge of 10BASE-T (Ethernet) and 100BASE-TX (Fast Ethernet) operations

• Nortel Networks ™ network experience

Text Conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:

bold text	Indicates command names and options and text that
	you need to enter.
	Example: Enter a:\.
separator ( > )	Shows menu paths.
	Example: From the Windows taskbar, choose Start >
	Settings > Control Panel.
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