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3Com 3CR990-TX-97 manual

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    http: //www . 3com.com / http ://www . 3com.com /pr oduct reg EtherLink ® 10/10 0 PCI NIC wit h 3X P Pr o ce ssor Diske tte I nstall ation User G uide Diskette net work driver installation ins truction s for the fol lowin g netw ork inte rface c ard s: 3C R 990 - T X - 95 3C R 990 - T X - 97 3CR99 0SVR95 3CR99 0SVR97 Par t N o. 0 9-1 80 9-00 1 Pub[...]

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    3Com Corporation ■ 5400 Bayfront Pl aza ■ Santa Clara, California ■ 9505 2-8145 Copyri ght © 2000, 3C om C orporatio n. All right s reserved. N o part of t his docum entation m ay be reproduced in an y form or b y any means o r used to ma ke any der ivative wo rk (such as translatio n, transfor mation, o r adapt ation) without writte n permi[...]

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    C ON TENT S Inst al ling Fr om Disk ette 5 Making a DOS-Bo otable Disk ette 5 Crea ting Inst alla tion Disket tes 6 I nsta lli ng Ne twor k Dri ve rs 7 W indo ws 2 000 7 W indo ws 9 8 8 W indo ws 9 5 9 W indo ws NT 4 . 0 12 V eri fy in g S uccess ful Ins ta llat ion 13 W indo ws 2 000 13 W indo ws 9 8/95 14 W indo ws NT 4 . 0 14[...]

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    Installi ng From Diskette 5 This gu ide explains installing ne twork drivers from floppy diskettes for the 3Com ® EtherLink ® 10/100 PCI network interface car d (NIC) with 3XP processor (3CR990 fami ly ). It is inte n ded to be used with compu ters t hat ar e not equippe d with a CD-ROM drive. For com plete instructions abou t EtherLink 10/100 PC[...]

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    6 E THER L INK S ER VER 10/100 P CI N IC Q UICK S TA RT G UIDE using installation d isket tes. For m ore inf ormat ion ab out installation disk ettes, see the nex t section. T o make a DOS-bootable diskette: 1 Insert a b lank, fo rmatte d diske tte in d rive A . 2 At the DOS prompt, enter: sys a: Sys tem files ar e copied to the diskette. 3 Remove [...]

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    I nstalling Net work Drivers 7 Files ar e copied . EtherDis k 2 c ontains: ■ NetW are cli ent and s er ver driv ers ■ PA C K E T d r i v e r ■ Help text fi les The diskett e creati on is complete. For instruc tions on using the ins tall ation d iskettes to install the network d river , see the ne xt sect ion . I nst allin g N et wo rk D rive [...]

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    8 E THER L INK S ER VER 10/100 P CI N IC Q UICK S TA RT G UIDE 7C l i c k Fi ni sh . The System Settings Change screen appea rs, pr ompting you to r estart the computer . 8 Rem ove any remaining diske tte fr om drive A, and the n click Ye s to r e star t t he compu ter . Y ou must restart your computer to complete the insta llatio n. The driv er in[...]

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    I nstalling Net work Drivers 9 The In sert Disk s cree n appears, r equesti ng that y ou i nsert the W indows 98 disk. 7R e m o v e EtherDis k 1 , in sert the Wind ows 98 installat ion diskette in drive A, and click OK . Alter natively , if the W indows 98 installation files r es ide on your har d drive, click OK , enter t he path t o the dir ector[...]

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    10 E THER L INK S ER VER 10/100 P CI N IC Q UICK S TA RT G UIDE T o i nstal l the NI C dri ver and softwar e in a PC o r serv er running W indows 95: 1 M ake sur e that the NIC is installe d in the PC and conn ected to the netw ork. 2 T urn the PC po wer on . W indows detects the NIC. De pending on the version of W indows 95 that is installed on yo[...]

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    I nstalling Net work Drivers 11 ■ If this is the first ti me that net working is bei ng installed on your PC, a messa ge is di splayed indicating that you must provide comp uter and work gr oup name s that wil l identi fy this comp uter on the netwo rk. Cl ick OK to di splay the Network Identification tab, a nd go to step 3. ■ If networking ha [...]

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    12 E THER L INK S ER VER 10/100 P CI N IC Q UICK S TA RT G UIDE b Enter a password. Click OK . ■ If this is t he firs t time that networking is being installed on your PC, the Set W indow s Password dialog box appears and a message is displayed indicating that you must c onfirm your just-entere d ne w passw ord. Enter the new password a second ti[...]

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    V erifying S uccessf ul In stallatio n 13 The Select Network Ad a pter dialog box appears. 6C l i c k Have Di sk . The In sert Disk dial og box ap pear s. 7 Ins ert Eth erDisk 1 in drive A, make sur e that A: appea rs i n the entry box , an d then click OK . The S elect OEM Optio n dial og box appear s. 8 M ake sur e that the 3Com NIC is selected [...]

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    14 E THER L INK S ER VER 10/100 P CI N IC Q UICK S TA RT G UIDE The abs ence of a red X or a yellow exclam atio n point (!) next to the name of the NIC confirms succe ssful i nstallation and correct opera t ion. Win dows 98/9 5 T o verify successful NIC installation in a PC running W indows 98 or W indows 95: 1 Right- cli ck the My C ompute r ic on[...]