3Com EISA 10/100BASE-T Confirming Adapter Installation, List of devices appears, arranged by type

2-4 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE HARDWARE

Confirming Adapter Installation

If you are installing the 3C597 EISA adapter in a computer running Windows 95, you can confirm the adapter’s installation by following these steps:

1After starting Windows 95, double-click the My Computer icon.

2Double-click the Control Panel icon.

3Double-click the System icon.

The System Properties box appears, detailing your system setup.

4Click the Device Manager tab.

A list of devices appears, arranged by type.

5Click the Network Adapters tab.

The name of the installed 3Com adapter appears, as shown below:

3Com Fast EtherLink 10/100Mb Bus-Master EISA

Ethernet Adapter

This confirms the adapter’s installation.

6Double-click the adapter’s name to display a description of the adapter and its current status.

The next dialog box confirms that the adapter is working properly.

7Click the Cancel button to leave each dialog box and return to the Control Panel.

For on-line help information about any of the fields in the display boxes, click the question mark (?) in the upper right corner of the box, move the question mark cursor to the field of interest, and click again.