3Com Series 760 manual Running the Echo Test, Diagnostics Program Name Echo Server Network Adapter

3Com PC Card Diagnostics Program 3-7

Running the Echo Test

The echo test tests the CardBus PC Card’s ability to transmit and receive data while on the network.

CAUTION: Running the echo test while connected to an active network can cause intermittent failures. To avoid this, connect to a test network on which only the notebook being tested and the echo server PC are operating.

You need two computers, each with a 3Com network adapter installed, to run an echo test: one computer to send data and another to receive data.

This second computer is called the echo server or sending computer. Make sure it has the same operating system as the first computer.

Table 3-2 lists the diagnostics programs for the supported echo server adapters.

Table 3-2Diagnostics Program and Adapter Names

Diagnostics Program Name Echo Server Network Adapter

TC515CFG	Fast EtherLink ISA
TC5X9CFG	EtherLink III family
TC59XCFG	Fast EtherLink or EtherLink III
	PCI/EISA
TC90XCFG	Fast EtherLink XL or EtherLink XL PCI
TNICDIAG	Fast EtherLink XL family

To run the echo test, follow these steps:

1Install the CardBus PC Card, connect it to the network, and install the network driver.

2Install a CardBus PC Card in another computer, connect it to the network, and install the network driver.