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3Com manual 3CR990 NICS, NIC Overview

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Published August 3CR990 Family of EtherLink NICsEtherLink 10/100 PCI Network Interface Card with 3XP processor User Guide UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGEND 3Com Corporation5400 Bayfront Plaza Santa Clara, California 1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN CONTENTS3 NIC INSTALLATION 2 3CR990 NICS Multiple NICs 4 WINDOWS DRIVERS5 NETWARE DRIVERS 6 IP SECURITY Accessing the 3Com KnowledgeBase 8 CONFIGURATION9 TROUBLESHOOTING 7 UPGRADING DRIVERS B TECHNICAL SUPPORT E MBA BOOT ROMA SPECIFICATIONS D UNINSTALLING NIC SOFTWARE Conﬁguring DynamicAccess Technology F DYNAMICACCESS TECHNOLOGYINDEX WARRANTY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION DynamicAccess FeaturesPage 2 Click Register Product, and then Register Online BEFORE YOU BEGIN Go to Auto Insert Go to Root Subdirectories 1 Right-click the My Computer icon, and then select Properties Minimum System click NIC Software, Drivers and Diagnostics, NIC PreinstallationNIC Installation with Windows 2000, and then Done Go to NIC Installation about installation diskettes DOS-BootableDiskette Installation to install these drivers Installations \ Diskette.pdf To make installation diskettes NIC Overview 3CR990 NICS 168-bit 3DES encryption NIC FeaturesEncryption chip Remote Wake-Up RWU connector 3XP processor 3CR990 NICs support up to Remote Wake-Up cable installed NOTE The 3CR990 NICs provide a network connection with or without theUpgrading software Scanning for viruses Windows Ofﬂoad FeaturesDynamicAccess Technology, and Install 3Com DMI Agent now Ofﬂine Diagnostics NOTE The default hex value is F all ofﬂoads enabled 2 Click the Local Area Connection icon3 Click Conﬁgure 20 CHAPTER 2 3CR990 NICS For more information NIC INSTALLATIONInstalling the NIC your system 22 CHAPTER 3 NIC INSTALLATION Remote Wake-Up Cable Installing the NIC L N K 24 CHAPTER 3 NIC INSTALLATIONDATA TX ACT Go to Multiple NICs What do you want to do?Go to Windows Go to Windows Go to Windows NT Go to Windows NT Go to NetWare DriversPage 5 Click NIC Installation with Windows 2000, and then click Done Windows 2000 and installed the NIC, go to step 7 in this procedure3 Click Drivers and Diagnostics 4 Click NIC Preinstallation Go to 3Com DOS Conﬁguration Program Go to New Hardware Found Go to Update Device Driver Wizard NOTE You must restart your computer to complete the installationTo verify that the installation was successful Go to Verifying Successful Installation Go to Verifying Successful Installation Update Device Driver Wizard Windows NT Windows NTPC or server running Windows NT a Select the Enable Automatic DHCP Conﬁguration check box 4 Click Add Adapter6 Click Continue Installation Verifying Successful34 CHAPTER 4 WINDOWS DRIVERS 5 Click NIC Installation with Windows 2000, and then Done Multiple NICsoperating system 36 CHAPTER 4 WINDOWS DRIVERS Windows 95 and 5 Click Have Disk Page NOTE 3CR990 NICs do not support NetWare 3.11 and 4.0x servers NETWARE DRIVERS Go to Verifying the PCI Slot Number 4.11, and a Select Reinitialize System For NetWare load c\nwserver\3c99x.lan Verifying the PCI Slot Number Overview Creating a Security Policy IP SECURITY 7 Clear the Activate the default response rule check box 5 Select IP Security Policy Management, and then click Add1 In the left pane, click IP Security Policies on Local Machine Creating a Security Policy Filter Action 46 CHAPTER 6 IP SECURITY 2 Select Un-assign 8 Click Have Disk UPGRADING DRIVERS Go to Windows 98 and Windows Go to Windows 95 Version A Build 7 Click Have Disk 6 Click CloseWindows NT 4.0 50 CHAPTER 7 UPGRADING DRIVERS 6 Click Restart Now CONFIGURATION Provides the ability to boot a PC100BASE-TX 100 Mb/s Conﬁguration If you do not have a DOS-bootable disketteGo to Making a DOS-Bootable Diskette 3Com DOS Go to To Run the Network Test Diagnostics ProgramDiagnostics Program 3Com NIC 5 Repeat the process for each setting that you want to change the Installation TROUBLESHOOTINGAccessing the Troubleshooting Go to Technical Support Running DiagnosticsPrograms Go to 10BASE-T Description Go to 100BASE-TX Description Conﬁguration Tab For more information about how to make a DOS-bootable diskette4 Click 3Com NIC Doctor General Tab Accessing the 3Com Diagnostics TestsDiagnostics Tab Flash Update Tab To run the NIC test, Network test, or Remote Wake-Up test 2 Click Perform NIC Test Go to 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program Accessing 3ComSupport Services Go to Troubleshooting Remote Wake-Up 3Com Tray Icon Remote Wake-Upconnection between the NIC and the network Troubleshooting a Network ConnectionNOTE For more information on PCI speciﬁcations and Remote Wake-Up 2 Connect a straight-through cable from the PC to the hub Hardware SPECIFICATIONSNIC Speciﬁcations PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision Network Connection CriteriaNetwork Cable Assignments 1 TD+ 2 TD 3 RD+ 6 RD1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Flow Control Pause FramesLink Negotiation Online Technical ServicesTECHNICAL SUPPORT Register this Product 1 847 1 408 727day, 7 days a week Support from 3Com CountryTelephone Number To obtain an RMA number, call or fax NOTE DOS drivers are not supported for 3CR990 NICs. However, they are over-the-network installationsSUPPORTED DRIVERS Additional DriversPage UNINSTALLING NIC SOFTWARE Windows 98 andor Windows 76 APPENDIX D UNINSTALLING NIC SOFTWARE MBA Boot ROM MBA BOOT ROMthe Boot ROM Setting Booting with the Non-BBS MBA boot ROM, see the documentation that came with MBA on the EtherCD Failure to install the patch will result in system failure DYNAMICACCESS TECHNOLOGYDynamicAccess Features To install DynamicAccess technology InstallingTechnology you install the NIC software NOTE You must restart your PC to complete the installation Conﬁguringmanagement tools for an Ethernet network 1 Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel Removing 2 Select the DAPassThru Driver Transport protocol Page Numbers INDEX uninstalling NIC software 76 unshielded twisted pair UTP OBTAINING WARRANTY SERVICE 3Com Corporation Limited WarrantyWARRANTY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION YEAR 2000 WARRANTY GOVERNING LAW Regulatory Compliance InformationLIMITATION OF LIABILITY DISCLAIMER STATEMENT 3COM END USER SOFTWARE IMPORTANT Read Before Using This ProductINDUSTRY CANADA CLASS B EMISSION COMPLIANCE Santa Clara, CA 95052-8145 408 3Com Corporation 5400 Bayfront Plaza P.O. 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