3Com 3C589D manual

LAN PC Car d User Guide Part No. 09-1349-000/BO695D Published April 1998[...]

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iii C ONTENT A BOUT T HIS G UIDE Introduction 1 How to Use This Guide 1 Conventions 2 1 I NTRODUCTION Features 1-3 Requirements 1-3 Network Driver Installation Options 1-4 T roubleshooting 1-4 T ranscend PC Link SmartAgent Support 1-5 Card Services 1-5 2 I NSTALLING THE LAN PC C ARD Connecting the LAN PC Cards 2-2[...]

iv 3 I NSTALLING THE N ETWORK D RIVER Before Y ou Install the Network Driver 3-1 Which Driver Installation Instructions Should Y ou Use? 3-1 Windows 95 3-1 Which Windows 95 V ersion Are Y ou Running? 3-2 Windows 95 V ersion 4.00.950A 3-3 Windows 95 V ersion 4.00.95B 3-3 Confirming Installation 3-5 Windows NT 3-5 Windows NT 4 Installation without N[...]

v A A BOUT C ARD S ERVICES V erifying That Car d Services Is Installed A-1 Using the 3C589D PC Card Without Card Services A-1 Avoiding Memory Manager Conflicts A-1 B S PECIFICATIONS Specifications B-1 G LOSSARY I NDEX FCC C LASS B C ERTIFICATION S TATEMENT CE N OTICE[...]

A BOUT T HIS G UIDE Introduction This guide describes how to install, configure, and troubleshoot the LAN PC Car d (referr ed to as the 3C589D PC Card in this guide). If the information in the README.TXT file on the EtherDisk diskette shipped with your product differs from the information in this guide, follow the instructions in the README.TXT ?[...]

2A BOUT T HIS G UIDE Conventions T able 1 and T able 2 list text and icon conventions that ar e used throughout this guide: T able 0-1 T ext Conventions Convention Description Text represented as screen display This typeface is used to represent displays that appear on your terminal screen, for example: Login: Text represented as commands This type[...]

1 I NTROD U CTION The LAN PC Card shown in Figur e 1-1 (referr ed to as the 3C589D-TP PC Card in this guide) is a network adapter that allows you to connect your PC to an Ethernet network using a 15-pin network cable. Figure 1-1 3C589D PC Card The 3C589D PC Card complies with the PC Car d standard and operates in PCs containing Personal Computer Me[...]

1-2 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCTION The LAN PC Card shown in Figur e 1-2 (the 3CXE589DC PC Card in this guide) is a network adapter that allows you to connect your PC to an Ethernet network, using the XJACK ® connector . The only difference between the PC Cards is the connector . Figure 1-2 3CXE589DC LAN PC Card[...]

Features 1-3 Features ■ Parallel T asking ® II architectur e for greater network speed. ■ Power savings (when there is no network activity , the 3C589D PC Card turns off power to itself). ■ Compliance with 10BASE-T and 10BASE2 standards. ■ Integrated Card Services support. ■ “Hot Swap” support (you can remove and r eplace the PC Card[...]

1-4 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCTION Network Driver Installation Options Y ou must install the network driver on the EtherDisk diskette that allows the PC Card to work with your network operating system. The PC Card works with the following network operating systems: ■ Novell NetW are ■ NDIS 2.01 and NDIS 3 network operating systems including: ■ Mic[...]

T ranscend PC Link SmartAgent Support 1-5 T ranscend PC Link SmartAgent Support Y ou can manage the PC Card using 3Com’ s T ranscend PC Link SmartAgent software. Refer to the T ranscend PC Link SmartAgent Software User Guide for more information. Card Services Card Services, which is usually supplied with your PC, coordinates PC Car d access to d[...]

2 I NST ALLING THE LAN PC C ARD This chapter describes how to install the 3C589D PC Card. Figure 2-1 3C589D PC Card Installation Unpack the PC Card. If any of these items ar e missing, contact your authorized network supplier immediately . ■ LAN PC Card or LAN PC Car d with XJACK Connector ■ PC Card cable and network cable ■ LAN PC Card User [...]

2-2 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE LAN PC C ARD Connecting the LAN PC Car ds 1 Remove all PC Cards fr om your notebook computer and turn it on. 2 If you ar e connecting the 3C589D-TP PC Car d, connect the PC Card network cable to the PC Car d and to the network port. a Slide the PC Card all the way into the PC Car d slot. CAUTION: Do not force the PC [...]

Connecting the LAN PC Cards 2-3 a Attach one RJ-45 network cable to the RJ-45 port on the PC Card COMBO cable. b Insert the other RJ-45 connector into the network port. c Slide the PC Card all the way into the PC Car d slot. 4 If you ar e connecting the 3C589D-COMBO PC Card, for 10BASE2 connections, connect the PC Card COMBO cable to the PC Card. Y[...]

2-4 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE LAN PC C ARD 5 If you ar e connecting the 3CXE589DT LAN PC Card, connect the RJ-45 PC Card network cable to the PC Card XJACK connector . a Connect the network cable to the network port. b Slide the PC Card all the way into the PC Car d slot. 6 If you ar e connecting 3CXE589DC LAN PC Card for 10BASE-T connections, fo[...]

Connecting the LAN PC Cards 2-5 a Attach the BNC T -connector to the PC Card COMBO cable BNC port. b Connect the BNC T -connector to the network cable. c Slide the PC Card all the way into the PC Car d slot. CAUTION: Do not force the PC Card into the slot or you may bend the pins inside the slot. Y ou may get messages from Windows 95 and W indows N[...]

3 I NST ALLING THE N ETWORK D RIVER Before Y ou Install the Network Driver Now that the PC Card is installed and connected to the network, the final installation step is to install the network driver . This section describes the requirements for a successful driver installation. Which Driver Installation Instructions Should Y ou Use? Ask your MIS [...]

3-2 C HAPTER 3: I NSTALLING THE N ETWORK D RIVER The NDIS 4 driver works with Windows 95 OSR2 (version # 4.00.950B) but not standard Windows 95. Y ou must use the latest NDIS.VXD (8/24/96 or later) to use the NDIS 4 driver with Windows 95 OSR2.The W95EL589.INF file loads the correct NDIS 4 driver for Windows 95. The NDIS 3 driver works with standa[...]

Windows 95 Version 4.00.950A 3-3 Windows 95 V ersion 4.00.950A This section describes how to install the NDIS network driver when your notebook is running Windows 95 4.00.950A. 1 Make sur e the CardBus PC Car d is installed and connected to the network, as described in Chapter 2. The New Hardwar e Found window appears and states that it has detecte[...]

3-4 C HAPTER 3: I NSTALLING THE N ETWORK D RIVER 3 Click Finish to accept the driver . a If the software pr ompts for computer name and work-group name, type the names as supplied by your MIS department and click OK . ■ The computer name is the name of your PC. Give your PC a unique name of up to 15 characters. The PC name cannot include blank sp[...]

Windows NT 3-5 Confirming Installation 1 Double-click the My Computer icon. 2 Double-click the Control Panel icon. 3 Double-click the System icon. The System Properties box appears, detailing your system setup. 4 Click the Device Manager tab. A list of devices appears, arranged by type. 5 Double-click Network Adapters . The PC Card name appears co[...]

3-6 C HAPTER 3: I NSTALLING THE N ETWORK D RIVER The NDIS 4 driver works with Windows NT 4.0, but not Windows NT 3.51. The OEMSETNT .INF file loads the correct driver for Windows NT . The 3Com software automatically detects which version of Windows NT your are running and installs the correct driver . Windows NT 4 Installation without Networking I[...]

Windows NT 3-7 13 Click Next . The Network Services window appears. 14 Place a check mark in the box next to each desir ed service. 15 Click Next to continue. The next window states that Windwos NT is now ready to install networking components that you selected and others requir ed by the system. 16 Click Nex t to install the selected components. 1[...]

3-8 C HAPTER 3: I NSTALLING THE N ETWORK D RIVER 26 Select the appr opriate domain or workgroup name for Windows Networking and click Next . 27 Click Finish to exit the Network Setup Wizar d. 28 Remove the EtherDisk diskette fr om Drive A and click Ye s to restart the PC. Windows NT 4 Installation with Networking Installed 1 Install the PC Car d an[...]

Windows NT 3-9 12 Click on the close button to save and exit the Network setup area. 13 Remove the EtherDisk diskette fr om drive A and restart the PC. The driver installation is complete. T o confirm installation, double-click the Network icon in the Control Panel. Click the Adapters tab. If the 3C589D does not appear on the list, see Chapter 4 f[...]

3-10 C HAPTER 3: I NSTALLING THE N ETWORK D RIVER 9 Click OK to accept the default settings for the 3C589D PC Card or enter new settings. 10 If networking is alr eady installed, enter the IP Address if pr ompted, and reboot the PC to activate the network. 11 If networking is not installed, select the transport protocol (NWLink IPX/SPX compatible tr[...]

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups (WFW) 3-11 Before Y ou Begin Before you begin installing the network driver , obtain the EtherDisk diskette and Windows for Workgroups v3.11 installation files (on hard disk, floppy diskettes, or CD). Ask your MIS department for the following information: ■ T ransport protocol used in the Microsoft Windows Netwo[...]

3-12 C HAPTER 3: I NSTALLING THE N ETWORK D RIVER 11 Click OK . 12 In the Network Adapters dialog box, click Close . 13 In the Network Setup dialog box, click OK . 14 If pr ompted, supply the information you gathered before you began the installation. After you enter the information, click OK . A message appears, prompting you to r estart your PC. [...]

AutoLink for Windows 3.x, W indows for Workgroups, and DOS 3-13 4 Choose Auto Install and Config for NetW are (AutoLink). An OS selection screen appears. 5 Pr ess Enter 6 Select AutoLink for DOS, Windows 3.x, or WFW 3.11. Several messages appear while the AutoLink program is running. A final message indicates successful installation. If problems [...]

3-14 C HAPTER 3: I NSTALLING THE N ETWORK D RIVER Supported Network Drivers These files in T able 3-1 are located in the HELP directory on the EtherDisk diskette. T able 3-1 Network Driver T ext File Names Network Operating System Text File Name Network Driver Name Windows 95 W95NDIS3.TXT EL589ND3.SYS/EL589ND4 Windows 95 NDIS 2 16-bit network driv[...]

4 T ROUBLESHOOTING This chapter provides information for isolating and solving problems that may occur during the installation and configuration of the PC Card. Y ou can run the DOS diagnostic program for your installed PC Card when you need to: ■ T est for setup/configuration and cabling ■ T est for PC Card problems ■ View PC Card statisti[...]

4-2 C HAPTER 4: T ROUBLESHOOTING T esting the 3C589D PC Car d Follow these steps to run the PC Card diagnostic pr ogram to test the PC Card and the setup: 1 Check that the adapter is installed and connected to the network, as described in Chapter 2. 2 Boot the computer under DOS. 3 Place the EtherDisk diskette in a floppy disk drive on your PC and[...]

Avoiding Memory Manager Confl icts 4-3 A voiding Memory Manager Conflicts If you are not using Car d Services and you are using an expanded (EMM386.EXE) or extended (HIMEM.SYS) memory manager on your PC, you must exclude an 8 K block of upper memory from use by the memory manager . The memory requir ement is 4 K when the diagnostic tests are not [...]

4-4 C HAPTER 4: T ROUBLESHOOTING T roubleshooting Tips If the diagnostic tests fail, the PC Card may not be defective. The problem may be incorr ect option settings, option settings that conflict with the settings of other boards, or impr oper installation. Read through the following tips and check your PC Car d: ■ Make sure that the PC Car d is[...]

T roubleshooting Tips 4-5 T o display the PC Card configuration settings, see Chapter 5. ■ Use the drivers that are on the EtherDisk diskette that shipped with the PC Card. ■ If you are running the Echo Exchange T est, make sure that the PC Card is connected to a pr operly cabled and inactive network and that an echo server is set up on the ne[...]

5 C HANGING C ONFIGURA TION S ET TINGS This chapter describes how to display and change the PC Card configuration settings by using the supplied DOS configuration program. The DOS configuration runs under DOS and at a DOS prompt in a PC with Windows 95 installed. T able 5-1 lists each software option, the default setting, and the other available[...]

5-2 C HAPTER 5: C HANGING C ONFIGURATION S ETTINGS Changing Power Management with Windows 95 T o enable or disable power management with W indows 95, follow these steps: 1 Click the Contr ol Panel icon. 2 Click Systems . 3 Click Device Manager . 4 Highlight the 3Com EtherLink III LAN PC Car d. 5 Click Properties . 6 Click on Enable or Disable power[...]

Configuration Settings Descriptions 5-3 If you are using Card Services, the I/O Base Address and the Interrupt Request Level settings are assigned by Card Services. If you change these settings here, they will be saved to the EEPROM, but the PC will still use the values Card Services allocated at start-up. The configuration window appears. 6 Use [...]

5-4 C HAPTER 5: C HANGING C ONFIGURATION S ETTINGS Interrupt Request Level The IRQ is used by the PC Card for communication between the PC Card and the PC. The 3C589D PC Card can operate on one of eight interrupt levels: 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 15. The preferr ed interrupt level is 10, but the PC Card can operate on the other levels if necessary[...]

A A BOUT C ARD S ERVICES This appendix describes the Card Services information for the 3C589D PC Card. Card Services coor dinates the 3C589D PC Card access to sockets and system resour ces, including device drivers, utilities, and application programs. Car d Services is usually preloaded on your PC when you pur chase it. V erifying That Card Servic[...]

A-2 A PPENDIX A: A BOUT C ARD S ERVICES The 3C589D PC Card r equires 4 K for the CIS memory for normal operation (when you are running diagnostics, the PC Card needs 8 K of memory). The 3C589D PC Card sear ches the upper memory , finds the 4 K block that has been excluded, and uses this area for reading the contents of the CIS memory . For this re[...]

B S PECIFICA TIONS The following table lists the physical specifications for the 3C589D PC Card. Specifications T able B-1 3C589D PC Card Specifications Network Interface 3C589D PC Card Ethernet IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T industry standard Physical Dimensions Length 3.370 in. (85.6 mm) Width Type II, 0.197 in. (5.0 mm) Height 2.126 in. (54 mm) Weight 0[...]

B-2 A PPENDIX B: S PECIFICATIONS Network Cable Specifications UTP Cable Requirements: Category 3 LAN and high-speed data cable (10 Mbps) that meets the requirements of EIA/TIA-568 and EIA/TIA TSB-36 (for example, Anixter ® CM-00424BAG-3 or equivalent) Category 4 extended distance LAN cable (16 Mbps) that meets the requirements of EIA/TIA-568 and E[...]

G LOSSARY AutoLink A software installation pr ogram that configures the 3C589D PC Card, installs the DOS ODI client driver , and modifies PC startup files to allow you to log in to a NetW are server after you r eboot your PC. Card Information Structur e (CIS) A data structure written on every car d that complies with the PC Card standar d, conta[...]

2 G LOSSARY NDIS Network Driver Interface Specification, developed by Microsoft and 3Com. A softwar e specification used in network operating systems, such as IBM LAN Server or Microsoft LAN Manager , to create drivers for network adapters. NDIS drivers support multiple protocols and multiple adapters and can be unloaded from memory to conserve c[...]

I NDEX Numbers 3Com point enabler A-1 A AutoLink program 3-12 for NetWar e client installation 1-4 AutoLink.Log file 4-5 avoiding memory manager conflicts A-1 C cabling specifications B-2 Card Information Structure (CIS) memory size A-2, B-1 Card Services 1-5, A-1 CIS Memory Address 5-3 CIS memory range, excluding A-2 CONFIG.SYS file 4-3, A-2 c[...]

2 I NDEX P PC Card configuring 5-1 connecting to network cable 2-5 installing 2-1 requir ements 1-3 troubleshooting 4-1 physical dimensions B-1 point enabler A-1 Power Management 1-3, 5-1, 5-4 power requirements B-2 R running 3C589C PC Card diagnostic program 4-2 S setup. See configuration software options default settings 5-1 specifications B-1[...]

FCC Class B Certification Statement 3Com Corporation Model Nos: 3C589D FCC ID: DF63C589D Made in U.S.A. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1 this device may not cause harmful interference, and 2 this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may [...]

CE NOTICE Marking by the symbol CE indicates compliance of this 3Com system to the EMC directive of the European Community. Such marking is indicative that this 3Com system meets or exceeds the following technical standards: ■ EN 55022—”Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics of Information Technology Equipment[...]