3Com Fast EtherLink 3C515-TX Manuel utilisateur

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Fast EtherLink

ISA

10/100BASE-TX

Network Interface Card

User Guide

A member of the 3Com

Fast EtherLink family

of network interface cards

Part No. 09-0923-001

Published May 1999

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Guide written by Jean Anderson. Edited by Michael Brösius. Illustrated by Mary Inden. Produced by

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ONTENTS

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How to Use This Guide 1

Conventions 2

NTRODUCTION

Features 1-1

10/100 Auto Negotiation (NWay) 1-2

Remote NIC Management 1-2

System Requirements 1-2

3C515-TX NIC Operation Tips 1-3

Compaq 386/20e PC 1-3

Compaq DeskPro 433/L PC 1-3

IBM 486 SLC and IBM 386 SLC PCs 1-3

Network Driver Installation Options 1-4

NSTALLING

THE

NIC

Getting Started 2-1

Installing the NIC 2-2

Connecting to the Network 2-5

NSTALLING

THE

OVELL

ARE

RIVER

Before You Begin 3-1

Installing the Novell NetWare Client Driver 3-2

DOS and Windows 3.x 3-2

OS/2 3-3

Windows for Workgroups 3-5

NetWare Shell Support for Windows for

Workgroups 3-7

Windows 95 3-7

Conﬁrming Installation 3-9

Windows NT 4.0 3-10

Windows NT 3.51 3-11

NSTALLING

THE

NDIS N

ETWORK

RIVER

Before You Begin 4-2

Installing the NDIS 2.01 Driver 4-2

Windows 3.x 4-2

Windows for Workgroups 4-3

Windows 95 4-4

IBM LAN Server 4.0 for DOS and OS/2 4-5

LAN Services v4.0 for DOS 4-5

OS/2 LAN Server 4-6

DEC PATHWORKS, Banyan VINES Client,

Microsoft LAN Manager, or Artisoft LANtastic 4-7

Updating the NDIS 2.01 Driver 4-8

DOS or Windows 3.x Update 4-8

Windows 95 Update 4-8

Installing the NDIS 3.x Driver 4-9

Windows for Workgroups 4-9

Windows 95 4-10

Conﬁrming Installation 4-11

Windows NT 4.0 4-12

Windows NT 3.51 4-13

ROUBLESHOOTING

Troubleshooting with the NIC LEDs 5-1

Troubleshooting with the Diagnostic Tests 5-2

Running the Diagnostic Tests 5-3

Running the Group 1 Tests 5-3

Running the Group 3 Test 5-4

Testing 10BASE-T NIC Operation 5-4

Testing 100BASE-TX NIC Operation 5-6

Starting the Group 3 Test 5-6

Getting Help If a Test Fails 5-6

Changing the Test Setup 5-8

HANGING

ONFIGURATION

ETTINGS

Changing the Settings 6-2

PECIFICATIONS

NIC Speciﬁcations A-1

Cabling Requirements A-2

RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments A-2

ECHNICAL

UPPORT

Online Technical Services B-1

World Wide Web Site B-1

3Com FTP Site B-1

3Com Bulletin Board Service B-2

Access by Analog Modem B-2

Access by Digital Modem B-2

3Com Facts Automated Fax Service B-3

Support from Your Network Supplier B-3

Support from 3Com B-3

Returning Products for Repair B-5

NDEX

ORPORATION

IMITED

ARRANTY

FCC C

LASS

A V

ERIFICATION

TATEMENT

FCC C

LASS

B S

TATEMENT

FCC D

ECLARATION

ONFORMITY

SER

OFTWARE

ICENSE

GREEMENT

RODUCT

EGISTRATION

IGURES

2-1

3C515-TX NIC 2-2

2-2

Removing the Cover 2-3

2-3

Removing the Screw and Backplate 2-4

2-4

Inserting the NIC 2-4

2-5

Connecting the Network Cable to the RJ-45 Connector 2-6

5-1

3C515-TX NIC and LEDs 5-1

6-1

Select an Adapter Screen 6-3

6-2

Changing Adapter Conﬁguration Screen 6-4

A-1

RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments A-2

ABLES

Notice Icons 2

Text Conventions 2

5-1

LED Descriptions 5-2

5-2

NIC and Diagnostic Program Names 5-5

6-1

Option Settings 6-2

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This guide describes how to install, conﬁgure,

and troubleshoot the 3Com

Fast EtherLink

ISA

10/100BASE-TX network interface card (called the

3C515-TX adapter in this guide).

How to Use This Guide

This table shows where to ﬁnd speciﬁc information in

this guide.

If you are looking for... Turn to...

Features and system requirements Chapter 1

Installation and cabling Chapter 2

Procedures for installing the NetWare network driver Chapter 3

Procedures for installing the NDIS network driver Chapter 4

Troubleshooting Chapter 5

Procedures for changing configuration settings Chapter 6

Specifications, connector pin assignments, cable troubleshooting,

and cable requirements Appendix A

Technical support Appendix B

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Conventions

Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used

throughout this guide.

Table 1

Notice Icons

Icon Notice Type Alerts you to...

Information note Important features or instructions

Caution Risk of personal safety, system damage, or loss

of data

Warning Risk of severe personal injury

Table 2

Text Conventions

Convention Description

Screen displays

This typeface represents information as it appears on the

screen.

The words “enter”

and “type” When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must

type something, and then press the Return or Enter key.

Do not press the Return or Enter key when an

instruction simply says “type.”

Menu commands

and

buttons

Menu commands or button names appear in italics.

Example:

From the

Help

menu, select

Contents

Words in

italicized

type Italics emphasize a point or denote new terms at the

place where they are defined in the text.

Words in

bold-face

type Bold text denotes key features.

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