4-8CHAPTER 4: SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION UNDER WINDOWS 3.X

Changing Configuration Settings

Figure 4-2, the NIC Configuration screen, shows the current configuration settings for the installed NIC. You can change the default settings to:

Disable Plug and Play

Use a boot PROM

Optimize driver performance for a specific operating system

Optimize driver performance for operation on a server

Change the type of network connector

Table 4-3 lists each software option, the default setting for that option, and other available settings for that option. For more information about an option, select the option and press F1.

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Table 4-3Option Settings

Option

Default Setting

Supported Settings

 

 

 

I/O Base Address

300h

200h, 210h, 220h, 230h, 240h, 250h, 260h,

 

 

270h, 280h, 290h, 2A0h, 2B0h, 2C0h, 2D0h,

 

 

2E0h, 2F0h, 300h, 310h, 320h, 330h, 340h,

 

 

350h, 360h, 370h, 380h, 390h, 3A0h, 3B0h,

 

 

3C0h, 3D0h, 3E0h, EISA, ISA

Interrupt Request

10

3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15

Level

 

 

Boot PROM

Disabled. Does not

Disabled, 8K, 16K, 32K

 

apply for 3C509B-TPO.

 

Transceiver Type

Auto Select for all

 

except 3C509B-TPO

 

(on-board TP)

On-board Coax (BNC), On-board TP (RJ-45), External (AUI/DIX), or Auto Select

Network Driver

Windows or OS/2

DOS Client, Windows or OS/2 Client, Server

Optimization

Client

 

Maximum Modem

9600 Baud

No Modem, 1200, 2400, 9600, 19200,

Speed (fastest

 

or 38400 Baud

modem installed)

 

 

Plug and Play

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Full-Duplex

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

 

 

 

If you are using a PC that supports Plug and Play, the IRQ and I/O base address values are set by Plug and Play. You can set the boot PROM size to indicate the presence and size of a network boot PROM. To disable Plug and Play, go to “Disabling Plug and Play on the NIC” in Chapter 2.

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