3Com 3C996B-T manual Verifying Successful Installation, Modifying Configuration Parameters

Verifying Successful Installation

Verifying Successful Installation

1Right-click My Network Places and select Properties from the menu.

2Check connections in the LAN or High-Speed Internet window.

Modifying Configuration Parameters

Although the default values should be appropriate in most cases, you may change any of the available options to meet the requirements of your specific system. After the NIC driver software has been installed, use this procedure to verify or change the following NIC properties:

■802.1p QOS

■Checksum Offload

■Flow Control

■Jumbo MTU

■Speed and Duplex

■Wake Up Capabilities

1On the Desktop, right-click the My Computer icon and select Properties from the pop-up menu. The System Properties window displays.

2Click the Hardware tab and then click Device Manager. The Device Manager window displays.

3Scroll down the list of hardware devices to Network Adapters. Click the plus sign (+) to the left of the icon to display the list of NICs currently configured.

4Double-click the Gigabit Ethernet NIC you want to configure. The Gigabit Ethernet Properties window displays, showing the General tab.

5Select Advanced. A window showing the list of configurable properties (and default values) for the NIC displays.

6Change the operating parameters as desired. To change NIC operating parameters listed under the Advanced tab, click the options listed under Properties and then use the pull-down window under Value to change the default or assigned value.

NOTE: When link negotiation is enabled, the user-configured link speed, flow control, and duplex settings are ignored in favor of automatically determined settings.

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