3Com 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-TX-95 manual Installing the 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program

50CHAPTER 3: INSTALLING NIC DRIVERS IN WINDOWS

3Double-click Network adapters and make sure that the name of the 3Com EtherLink NIC appears.

If a red X or a yellow exclamation point (!) appears by the name of the NIC, the installation was not successful. See Troubleshooting the NIC Installation on page 132 for troubleshooting help.

Installing the 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program

This section describes how to install the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program after you have already installed the network driver. This program is for PCs running Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, or Windows 95.

The 3Com NIC Diagnostics program allows you to run tests that determine the status of your network and the NIC.

It also allows you to configure the NIC, view network statistics and LEDs, and access support databases.

When you install the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program, the network driver is automatically updated to the

latest version on the EtherCD.

To install the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program:

1Turn on the power to the PC and start Windows.

2Insert the EtherCD in the CD-ROM drive. The EtherCD Welcome screen appears.

3Click NIC Software.

4Click NIC Drivers and Diagnostics.

5Click Update NIC Driver.

6Click Update Drivers and Diagnostic Program.

The Update screen appears, displaying a message indicating the 3Com NIC Update Kit has successfully updated the network software, and informing you that you must restart your PC.

7Click OK to return to the Update NIC drivers screen, and then exit the EtherCD.