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58 CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING THE NIC
Configuration Methods
The NIC can be configured using any of the methods listed
in the table below.
Boot PROM Enables or disables the NICs boot ROM (if a boot
ROM is installed on the NIC).
■ Enabled
■ Disabled
Media Type Determines the type of media your network is using.
■ Auto Select allows the NIC to automatically
select the Media Type for you.
■ If you set the NIC Duplex setting to
Auto Select, the Media Type is automatically
set to Auto Select.
■ If you set the NIC Duplex setting manually, you
must set the Media Type setting manually.
■ Auto Select
■ 10BASE-T
(10Mb/s)
■ 100BASE-TX
(100Mb/s)
■ AUI
■ BNC
■ 100BASE-FX
■ 10BASE-FL
Option Description Settings
This chapter describes how to configure the NIC using
the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program for Windows. For
instructions on using the other two methods, see the file
or appendix mentioned in the table.
Method Description Requirement(s)
3Com NIC
Diagnostics program
for Windows
Configure the NIC locally using
the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program
for Windows:
1 Make sure that the 3Com NIC
diagnostics program is installed.
See “Installing the 3Com NIC
Diagnostics Program” in
Chapter
3 for instructions.
2 Open the Windows Start menu.
3 Select Programs, and then
3Com NIC Utilities.
4 Click 3Com NIC Doctor.
Windows 98,
Windows 95, or
Windows NT 4.0
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