3COM Megahertz 100, Megahertz 10 User Manual

3Com Megahertz® 10/100 LAN PC Card User Guide

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Part No. 09-1527-000 Published December 1998

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ONTENTS

NSTALLING THE

Inserting the LAN Card 2 Cabling the LAN Card and Connecting to the Network 2 Disconnecting the Cable from the Card 3 LAN Card LEDs 4

ETUP FOR WINDOWS

Before You Begin Installation 5 Setup Procedure 5 Conﬁrming Installation 6 Troubleshooting Windows 98 Installations 7 Uninstalling the Card 8

ETUP FOR WINDOWS

Before You Begin Installation 9 Determining Your Windows 95 Version 9 Setup Procedures 10

Windows 95 Version A 10

Windows 95 OSR 2 11 Conﬁrming Installation (Version A and OSR 2) 12 Troubleshooting Windows 95 Installations 13 Uninstalling the Card 14

PC C

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ETUP FOR WINDOWS

Before You Begin Installation 15 Setup Procedure 15

Setup With No Networking Installed 15

Setup With Networking Installed 17 Troubleshooting Windows NT Installations 17 Uninstalling the Card 18

ELP AND SUPPORT

Other Operating Systems Supported 19 Other Networks Supported 19 On-Line Documentation 20

Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0 20

Windows NT 3.51, Windows 3.x, DOS 20 DOS Diagnostics Help Library 20 Online Technical Services 21

World Wide Web Site 21

3Com FTP Site 21

3Com Bulletin Board Service 21

3ComFacts Automated Fax Service 22 Support from Your Network Supplier and 3Com 22 Returning Products for Repair 22

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NSTALLING THE

The 3Com Megahertz® 10/100 LAN PC Card (model 3CCFE574BT) connects a computer to an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network.

This guide describes LAN card installation and setup for Windows 98®, Windows 95®, and Windows NT®. Refer to the LAN card on-line help utilities for setup for operating systems not described in this guide.

See“On-Line Documentation” on page 20 for details

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on installing the on-line documentation and opening it with your Web browser.

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For details on accessing on-line help from DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windows NT 3.51, see “Windows NT 3.51, Windows 3.x, DOS” on page 20.

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If your computer does not have a Web browser installed, see “DOS Diagnostics Help Library” on page 20.

Check the on-line documentation for the latest information on this product, including Release Notes. You can also obtain the same information from the README.TXT ﬁle in the \HELP directory on the

Installation Disk

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Inserting the LAN Card

Slide the LAN card into the card slot as shown below. The power to the computer can be on or off. Without forcing the card, push until it seats ﬁrmly.

If you do not know how to insert cards in your computer, refer to the documentation supplied with your computer on using PC Card (PCMCIA) slots.

PC C

ARD

Cabling the LAN Card and Connecting to the Network

All connectors should seat easily without forcing.

With the icon side up, attach the PC card cable to the LAN card as shown above. Connect the network cable to the PC card cable and to the network port.

Disconnecting the Cable from the Card

The PC card cable locks in place when you connect it to the card. Do not pull or twist it when disconnecting it from the LAN card.

To release the cable from the card, squeeze the r elease clips located on the sides of the connector, as shown in the following illustration.

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LAN Card LEDs

Once the card is connected to the network and the network drivers are installed (described in the following chapters) you will be able to use the connector LEDs to verify link integrity.

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Table 1

LED On Off Flashing

10 Mbps Good 10BASE-T

100 Mbps Good 100BASE-TX

LAN Connector LEDs

connection between PC Card and hub

No connection. (Off when 100 LNK LED is on.)

No connection. (Off when 10 LNK LED is on.)

There may be a problem with your physical connection. Check that all cables are connected securely.

ETUP FOR

Before You Begin Installation

Before installing the network driver software, obtain the following information from your MIS department:

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For Windows 98 networking, your computer name and workgroup name.

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For your network account, your user name and password.

Setup Procedure

1 Install the card as described in Chapter 1.

Windows 98 automatically detects the card, displays a

Hardware Found

about the card.

2 When ready to conﬁgure the new hardware,

Windows 98 opens the Select click

3 Select

Disk

4 After ﬁnding the ﬁles on the disk, the hardware

wizard displays the card name,

LAN PCCard-Fast Ethernet

required ﬁles.

Search for the best driver for your device

Floppy Drives,

, and click

dialog box, and looks for information

INDOWS

Add New Hardware Wizard.

insert the LAN card

FE574B-3Com 10/100

. Click

Installation

to copy the

New

and

HAPTER

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ETUP FOR WINDOWS

5 Insert the Windows 98 CD if prompted. Optionally,

you may specify a location on the hard disk where the Windows 98 ﬁles reside. Typically, this location is C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS. Click OK to copy the ﬁles needed for the Ethernet interface.

There may be a period of inactivity while the system checks your current network conﬁguration. How much time this takes depends on your settings for network software components.

6 Click

Finish

. When Windows 98 prompts whether to reboot the computer, remove the from the ﬂoppy drive and click

Conﬁrming Installation

1 Double-click the 2 Double-click the 3 Double-click the

box appears, detailing your system setup.

4 Click the

appears, arranged by type.

5 Double-click

FE574B-3Com 10/100 LAN PCCard-Fast Ethernet,

appears, conﬁrming successful installation.

6 Double-click the entry for the LAN card to display a

description of the card and its current status. The device status should indicate “This device is working properly.”

Device Manager

Network Adapters

My Computer Control Panel System

icon. The System Properties

tab. A list of devices

Installation Disk

YES

icon.

. The LAN card name,

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