MICROSOFT WINDOWS

4 ENVIRONMENT

This chapter describes how to install a 3C359 NIC network device driver for various Microsoft Windows environments.

Drivers Available for Windows

3Com provides the following network device drivers for the

3C359 NIC in these Microsoft Windows environments:

NDIS 4 miniport driver

NDIS 3 miniport driver

NDIS 4 Miniport Driver

The NDIS 4 driver conforms to Microsoft’s latest NDIS 4.0 miniport specification and supports the following Windows environments:

Windows 95 (version 950b, OSR2)

Windows 98 (PC 97 specification)

Windows NT 4.0

The NDIS 4 driver provides the following 3C359 NIC capabilities:

DynamicAccess Class of Service (Traffic Prioritization)

Although the NDIS 4 miniport driver is compatible with Windows 95 (version 950b, OSR2), it does not currently provide Class of Service support for this version of Windows 95.

Auto ring speed detection

Promiscuous mode

Locally administered network address (LAA) selection

Class of Service is disabled by default. You can enable this DynamicAccess feature during installation.

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