3Com 3C589D manual Features, Requirements

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Features

■Parallel Tasking® II architecture for greater network speed.

■Power savings (when there is no network activity, the 3C589D PC Card turns off power to itself).

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Compliance with 10BASE-T and 10BASE2 standards.

Integrated Card Services support.

■“Hot Swap” support (you can remove and replace the PC Card without rebooting the PC if you have Card Services installed).

■Driver support for Microsoft® (NDIS) and Novell® NetWare® (ODI) networks.

■Automatic PC Card configuration (AutoLink™ program) for Novell NetWare DOS ODI.

■Windows® 95 Plug and Play support.

■EtherDisk® diskette containing the 3C589D PC Card software, network drivers, and text files that contain technical information about the 3C589D PC Card.

■Network management capabilities using 3Com’s Transcend® PC Link SmartAgent™ software. (Refer to the 3Com Transcend PC Link SmartAgent Software User Guide for more information.)

Requirements

Make sure your PC meets the following requirements:

■PC Card (PCMCIA) Type II or Type III card slot and a 3 1/2-inch diskette drive.

■Windows or DOS 3.1 and higher.

■80386 or higher processor.

■450 K of lower memory available to run the installation software.

■Access to a network port for a network connection. Call your MIS representative to get a network port.

The EtherDisk diskette contains a README.TXT file that describes important information that became available after this guide was printed.