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INSTALLING THE

NETWORK INTERFACE CARD

This chapter describes the 3Com® EtherLink® XL PCI 10 Mbps 3C900B network interface cards (NICs). Procedures are provided for installing the NIC hardware and software and connecting each version of the NIC to an Ethernet network.

Figure 1-1 shows the two versions of the 3C900B NIC. These NICs connect your PC to a 10 Mbps Ethernet network using up to three different types of media.

 

LED

 

RJ-45 port

 

AUI port

LED

BNC port

 

3C900B-TPO3C900B-COMBO

Figure 1-13C900B Network Interface Cards

Table 1-1 shows the cable, connector, transceiver, and maximum network segments for the various 3C900B NIC models.

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