Running Cable Analysis
NetWare
From the command line, type config then press Enter. The following status information is displayed:
3Com Gigabit Ethernet NIC Version:
Hardware Setting: Mode Address: Frame Type: Board Name:
Lan Protocol: ARP (see note)
Lan Protocol: IP Addr: (see note)
NOTE: The LAN protocol status appears after assigning an IP address to the adapter (that is, bind).
Linux
To verify that the bcm5700.o driver is loaded properly, run “lsmod” and a line similar to the following will appear if the driver is loaded:
Module | Size | Used by |
BCM5700 <size> <n>
where <size> is the size of the driver in bytes and <n> is the number of adapters configured using 'ifconfig'.
Running Cable Analysis
The following section describes how to run the cable diagnostics from the 3Com Management Programs. See “3Com Management Programs” on page 85 for setups and initialization.
NOTE: This test is designed to work for a 1 gigabit copper link
From the Cable Analysis screen the user can monitor conditions of an Ethernet CAT5 cable connection within a cable plant in an Ethernet network.
NOTE: Network connection will be lost when running these tests.
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