Nortel Networks W/WOL, 21 PCI 10/100 manual Preface, Before You Begin, Text Conventions

Preface

Congratulations on your purchase of a BayStack™ PC network card adapter, the BayStack 21 PCI 10/100 Adapter w/WOL, which supports workgroups operating at 10 Mb/s and/or 100 Mb/s transmission speeds. This network card is intended for use in a desktop workstation. You can use a similar product, the BayStack 22 PC Card Adapter, in a portable (laptop) computer.

Before You Begin

This guide provides information about using the features and capabilities of the BayStack 21 PCI 10/100 Adapter w/WOL.

This guide is intended for Ethernet local area network (LAN) administrators with the following background:

•Working knowledge of PC terminology and operation

•Working knowledge of 10BASE-T (Ethernet) and 100BASE-TX (Fast Ethernet) operations

• Nortel Networks ™ network experience

Text Conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:

bold text

separator ( > )

Indicates command names and options and text that you need to enter.

Example: Enter a:\.

Shows menu paths.

Example: From the Windows taskbar, choose Start >

Settings > Control Panel.

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