3Com 3C3FE574BT manual

http://www .3com.com/ http://www .3com.com/productreg 3Com ® 10/100 LAN PC Car d Published October 2000[...]

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C ONTENTS 1 S ETUP FOR W INDOWS 2000 Installing the PC Card 1 Confirming Installation 1 Uninstalling the Card 1 Removing Card Softwar e 2 Removing the Card 2 T roubleshooting 2 2 S ETUP FOR W INDOWS M ILLENNIUM E DITION (W INDOWS M E ) AND W INDOWS 98 Installing the PC Card 5 Confirming Installation 5 Uninstalling the Card 6 T roubleshooting 6 3 [...]

5 C ONNECTING THE PC C ARD AND U SING THE U TILITIES Connecting and Inserting the PC Card 19 Disconnecting the Cables 20 LAN Connector LEDs 21 T ype III PC Car d 21 T ype II PC Car d 22 Installing 3Com Utilities and Documentation 23 Opening the User Guide 23 Making Y our Own Installation Diskettes 23 6 I NTELLIGENT A UTO I NSTALL FOR W INDOWS AND D[...]

1 S ETUP FOR W INDOWS 2000 Installing the PC Card 1 W ith the computer powered up and Windows 2000 running, insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The auto-start feature starts the installation. If auto-start is disabled on your computer , click Start>Run and type d:setup.exe (where d: is your CD-ROM drive). 2 Connect the PC Card to [...]

2 C HAPTER 1: S ETUP FOR W INDOWS 2000 Sometimes earlier installations or interrupted installation attempts leave problems that affect car d operation. Possible problems include: ■ One or both of the card functions not working. ■ W indows 2000 not detecting the card. ■ The system issuing a warning tone at startup. If you are having any of the[...]

Troubleshooting 3 The LAN device is not functional. LEDs on the PC Card, connector, or network adapter cable are off or mismatch the real network speed. Use Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager to inspect the status of your LAN card. If you see a red X, enable the card by checking the appropriate box under Properties If you see a yellow exc[...]

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2 S ETUP FOR W INDOWS M ILLENNIUM E DITION (W INDOWS M E ) AND W INDOWS 98 Installing the PC Card 1 W ith the computer powered up and Windows running, insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The auto-start feature starts the installation. If auto-start is disabled on your computer , click Start>Run and type d:setup.exe (wher e d: is y[...]

6 C HAPTER 2: S ETUP FOR W INDOWS M ILLENNIUM E DITION (W INDOWS M E ) AND W INDOWS 98 Uninstalling the Card Sometimes previous or unfinished installations leave pr oblems that affect car d operation. If the card installation is unsuccessful for any r eason, your best course may be to remove the car d and its software and r epeat the installation [...]

Troubleshooting 7 Need to force speed and duplex settings. In most cases, the automatic settings work fine. However, if you to need to force speed or duplex settings to match those of an attached device: 1 Open Control Panel/Network. 2 Double click the LAN card. 3 Click the Advanced tab. 4 Select Network Link Selection and select the correct speed.[...]

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3 S ETUP FOR W INDOWS 95 Installing the PC Card 1 W ith the computer powered on and Windows running, insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The auto-start feature starts the installation. If auto-start is disabled on your computer , click Start>Run and type d:setup.exe (wher e d: is your CD-ROM drive). 2 Connect the PC Card to the ne[...]

10 C HAPTER 3: S ETUP FOR W INDOWS 95 Uninstalling the Card Sometimes previous or unfinished installations leave pr oblems that affect car d operation. If the card installation is unsuccessful for any r eason, your best course may be to remove the car d and its software and r epeat the installation procedur es with a fresh installation of the oper[...]

Troubleshooting 11 Losing network connection after disconnecting or changing the media speed This can occur when using NetWare servers and IPX/SPX protocol. It happens when the frame type is selected automatically. A temporary solution is to reboot after disconnecting and reconnecting the cable in NetWare networks. The permanent solution is to use [...]

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4 S ETUP FOR W INDOWS NT Inserting the PC Card and Running the Installation 1 Either print this page or write down the following seven steps. 2 Log out of W indows and turn the computer off. 3 Insert the PC Card into the PC Car d slot. 4 Connect the PC Card to the network as shown in Chapter 5 5 T urn your computer on and log in to W indows. 6 Inse[...]

14 C HAPTER 4: S ETUP FOR W INDOWS NT Installing the Network Interface 1 Connect to the network and insert the LAN card as described in “Connecting the PC Card and Using the Utilities” on page 19. The system will find the car d and display a PCMCIA Card Not Configured dialog box. 2 Select Install the driver that was provided with the PC Card.[...]

Installation Using Point Enabler 15 No Networking Installed This procedur e assumes that you have not already installed Windows NT networking on your notebook computer . If networking is installed, see “Networking Already Installed” on page 16. 1 In the Control Panel, double-click Network . 2 When the system prompts: ”Windows NT Networking is[...]

16 C HAPTER 4: S ETUP FOR W INDOWS NT Networking Already Installed This procedur e assumes that W indows NT networking is already installed on your notebook computer . If networking is not yet installed, see “No Networking Installed” on page 15. 1 In the Control Panel, double-click Network . If the system prompts: ”Windows NT Networking is no[...]

Troubleshooting 17 Failure after Suspend/Resume. This usually indicates a power-management problem. Since Windows NT 4.0 does not support power management, we recommend that you disable power management in the BIOS. Make sure you have the latest BIOS for your computer or upgrade your software from Microsoft. Card not functioning. Open Windows NT Di[...]

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5 C ONNECTING THE PC C ARD AND U SING THE U TILITIES Connecting and Inserting the PC Card 1 Connect the PC Card to the network as shown below . 2 Insert the LAN PC Card into the PC Car d slot and push carefully until the car d seats firmly . CAUTION: Do not force the LAN PC Card into the slot or you may bend the pins inside the slot.[...]

20 C HAPTER 5: C ONNECTING THE PC C ARD AND U SING THE U TILITIES Disconnecting the Cables On the T ype II cabled (not XJACK) PC Card, the network adapter cable locks in place when connected to the card. T o release the adapter , squeeze the release clips located on the sides of the connector . All other cables used with the PC Cards lock in place [...]

LAN Connector LEDs 21 LAN Connector LEDs T ype III PC Card The connector lights to indicate network connection status. ■ Green indicates a 10 Mbps link. ■ Y ellow indicates a 100 Mbps link.[...]

22 C HAPTER 5: C ONNECTING THE PC C ARD AND U SING THE U TILITIES T ype II PC Card When using the XJACK connector , the card LED displays the status of your network link as follows: When using the network adapter cable, the green LEDs display the status of your network link as follows: ■ Steady indicates a good connection between the card and the[...]

Installing 3Com Utilities and Documentation 23 Installing 3Com Utilities and Documentation 1 Insert the Installation CD in the CD-ROM drive and wait for the setup program to start automatically . If the auto-start featur e is disabled on your machine, click Start>Run and type d:setup.exe (where d: is your CD-ROM drive). 2 From the 3Com PC Car d[...]

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6 I NTELLIGENT A UTO I NSTALL FOR W INDOWS AND DOS E NVIRONMENTS If only one PC Card has been installed, you can use the 3Com Intelligent Auto Install software pr ogram to automatically install the NetW are ODI client softwar e (including the driver), and to modify the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BA T files. T o use the Intelligent Auto Install progra[...]

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7 I NSTALLING NDIS 2 N ETWORK D RIVERS Before Y ou Begin Use the NDIS 2.01 driver for the following network operating systems: ■ Banyan VINES ■ IBM LAN Server 4.0 for DOS ■ Artisoft LANtastic 6.0 ■ DEC P A THWORKS ■ Microsoft LAN Manager Before installing the NDIS network driver , obtain the Installation Disk and ask your system administr[...]

28 C HAPTER 7: I NSTALLING NDIS 2 N ETWORK D RIVERS 6 Edit the PROTOCOL.INI file to read as follows: [PROTOCOL MANAGER] DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$ [VINES_XIF] DRIVERNAME = NDISBAN$ BINDINGS = EL3C574 [EL3C574] DRIVERNAME = EL3C574$ 7 Run the PCCONFIG.EXE program located in the VINES subdir ectory . 8 Select option 1, Network Card Settings . 9 Select t[...]

Artisoft LANtastic 6.0 29 6 Choose the appropriate options for your network envir onment and complete the installation. 7 Refer to the IBM documentation if you have questions about these menus. 8 Copy a:NDIS2EL3C574.DOS from the Installation Disk to C:NET . 9 After completing the installation, exclude the CIS memory address range for the LAN car[...]

30 C HAPTER 7: I NSTALLING NDIS 2 N ETWORK D RIVERS 4 Enter the name of the directory wher e you want the software installed. The default is C:PW 5 Select CUSTOMIZE under the Select a Configuration Option menu. 6 Select a template in the Select a W orkstation T emplate menu. 7 Under the Customize: Modify W orkstation Configuration menu, put an X[...]

Microsoft LAN Manager 31 3 When prompted to insert your network driver disk, put the LAN Installation Disk in drive A and press Enter . After the driver is imported from the LAN Installation Disk , a box is displayed, showing the PC card driver . 4 Select the FE574BT -3Com 10/100 LAN PCCard-Fast Ethernet driver . 5 Select the protocol, which you ob[...]

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8 I NSTALLATION FOR W INDOWS FOR W ORKGROUPS Before Y ou Begin Before you begin installing the network driver , obtain the Installation Disk and the W indows for Workgr oups 3.11 installation files (on hard disk, floppy disks, or CD). Ask your MIS department for the following information: ■ T ransport pr otocol used in the Microsoft Windows Net[...]

34 C HAPTER 8: I NSTALLATION FOR W INDOWS FOR W ORKGROUPS 14 If prompted, supply the information you gather ed before you began the installation. After you enter the information, click OK . A message appears, prompting you to r estart your PC. 15 Click Continue instead. 16 If you are not using Car d Services and you have a memory manager (all PCs r[...]

A 3C OM S UPPORT On-Line Support For the latest information on the LAN card, try one of the following 3Com W eb sites: World Wide W eb Site http://www .3com.com Access the latest networking information on the 3Com Corporation Web site by clicking the link above. 3Com Support Web Site http://www .support.3Com.com This link will take you directly to [...]

36 A PPENDIX A: 3C OM S UPPORT 3Com Facts Automated Fax Service The 3Com Facts automated fax service provides technical articles, diagrams, and troubleshooting instructions. Call 1 408 727 7021 fr om a touch-tone telephone. Support from Y our Network Supplier If additional assistance is requir ed, contact your network supplier . Many suppliers are [...]

Support from 3Com 37 Below is a list of worldwide technical telephone support numbers: Country Telephone Number Asia Pacific Rim Australia Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Zealand Pakistan Philippines P.R. of China Singapore S. Korea From anywhere in S. Korea: From Seoul: Taiwan, R.O.C. Thailand 1 800 678 515 800 933 486 61 2 9937 5085[...]

38 A PPENDIX A: 3C OM S UPPORT Returning Products for Repair Before r eturning a product to 3Com for repair , first obtain a Retur n Materials Authorization (RMA) number . Pr oducts sent to 3Com without RMA numbers will be returned to the sender unopened, at the sender’ s expense. T o obtain an RMA number , call or fax: Country Telephone Number [...]

I NDEX A Artisoft LANtastic 29 installing the network driver 29 auto polarity 7, 11 AutoLink 25 DOS 25 Windows 3.x 25 Windows for Workgroups 25 B Banyan VINES 27 installing the network driver 27 D DEC P A THWORKS 29 installing the network driver 29 disconnecting the cables 20 DOS 25 installation 25 I IBM LAN Server 28 installing the network driver [...]

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R EGULATORY I NFORMATION FCC P ART 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequ[...]

VCCI C LASS B This is a Class B product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference from information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this is used near a radio or television receiver in a domestic environment, it may cause radio interference. Install and use the equipment according to the instruction manual.[...]