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3Com Megahertz
10/100 LAN CardBus
PC Card User Guide
http://www.3com.com/
Part No. 09-1345-001
June 1998
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3Com Corporation n 5400 Bayfront Plaza n Santa Clara, California n 95052-8145 © 3Com Corporation, 1998. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without permission from 3Com Corporation. 3Com Corporation reserves the right to revise this documentation and to make changes in content from time to time without obligation on
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CONTENTS 1 INSTALLING THE PC CARD Before You Begin 1-2 Setting CardBus Mode 1-2 Toshiba Notebooks 1-2 IBM ThinkPad Series 760 Notebooks 1-3 Connecting the 3CCFE575BT CardBus PC Card 1-4 Connecting the 3CXE589ET CardBus PC Card with XJACK Connector 1-5 2 INSTALLING THE NETWORK DRIVER Before You Install the Network Driver 2-2 Which Driver Installation Instructions Should You Use? 2-2 Which Windows 95 Version Are You Running? 2-2 Windows 95
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3 TROUBLESHOOTING LEDs 3-2 3Com PC Card Diagnostics Program 3-3 Accessing the CardBus PC Card Help System 3-3 Displaying Release Notes, Frequently Asked Questions, and KnowledgeBase 3-4 Running the CardBus PC Card Self-Test 3-4 Running the Echo Test 3-7 Troubleshooting Support Services 3-9 Generating a Problem Report 3-11 DOS Diagnostics Program 3-13 Removing the PC Card Diagnostics using Windows 95 and Windows NT 3-13 Resolving Hardware Reso
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A SPECIFICATIONS B TECHNICAL SUPPORT Online Technical Services B-1 World Wide Web Site B-1 3Com Bulletin Board Service B-1 3ComFacts Automated Fax Service B-2 3ComForum on CompuServe Online Service B-3 Support from Your Network Supplier B-3 Returning Products for Repair B-4 INDEX 3COM CORPORATION LIMITED WARRANTY FCC CLASS B STATEMENT FCC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY INDUSTRY CANADA CLASS B EMMISSIO
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INSTALLING THE PC CARD 1 The 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Cards (models 3CCFE575BT and 3CXFE575BT) connect your notebook to an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network. The only difference between the two models is the connector. Figure 1-1 3Com Megahertz 10/100 CardBus LAN PC Cards These CardBus PC Cards automatically operate at 10 Mbps when connected to a 10BASE-T Ethernet hub and at 100 Mbps when connected to a hub supporting 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet. This chapter describ
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1-2 CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING THE PC CARD Before You Begin Make sure that you have a CardBus notebook and these items: n 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card n PC Card cable (6 inches) and network cable (six feet) n 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card User Guide n LAN Installation Disk If any of these items are missing from the CardBus PC Card package, contact your PC Card supplier. Setting CardBus Mode Before you install the CardBus PC Card, you must set C
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Before You Begin 1-3 6 Using the Start menu, select shutdown the computer and then click Yes to confirm. 7 Turn the notebook back on. The notebook is now set up to run in CardBus mode. IBM ThinkPad Series 760 Notebooks 1 Using the Start Menu, select Programs >Thinkpad >Thinkpad Configurations. If this menu does not appear, contact your notebook manufacturer to get the latest BIOS and instructions for setting CardBus mode. 2 Click the PC Card Slots picture. The PC Card Slot
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1-4 CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING THE PC CARD Connecting the 3CCFE575BT CardBus PC Card 1 Remove all PC Cards from your notebook. 2 Connect the PC Card cable to the CardBus PC Card , and to the network cable . ` Figure 1-2 Connecting the CardBus PC Card 3 Connect the RJ-45 connector to the network port . ´ 4 Turn the notebook on. 5 When Windows is ready, insert the PC Card into the ˆ CardBus PC Card slot. Slide it all the way in. CAUTION: Do not force the CardBus PC Card
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Connecting the 3CXE589ET CardBus PC Card with XJACK Connector 1-5 Connecting the 3CXE589ET CardBus PC Card with XJACK Connector 1 Remove all PC Cards from your notebook and turn it on. 2 Connect the network cable to the CardBus PC Card XJACK connector. Figure 1-3 Connecting the CardBus PC Card 3 Insert the RJ-45 connector into the network port . ` 4 Insert the PC Card into the CardBus PC Card slot . ´ Slide it all the way in. CAUTION: Do not force the CardBus PC Card i
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INSTALLING THE NETWORK 2 DRIVER This chapter describes how to install the 3Com network driver that completes your notebook connection to the network. Instructions are provided for Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups, and AutoLink NetWare network driver installation. For information about Banyan Vines, Microsoft LAN Manager, IBM LAN Server, Artisoft LANtastic, and DEC PATHWORKS, see Table 2-1. The latest network drivers are available on 3Com’s World Wide Web
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2-2 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE NETWORK DRIVER Before You Install the Network Driver Now that the CardBus PC Card is inserted in your notebook and the network cable is connected to the network port, 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 You Use? Ask your MIS department which network driver instructions you should use.
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Windows 95 Version 4.00.950B (OSR 2) 2-3 If your Windows 95 version is 4.00.950 or 4.00.950A, go to the appropriate section to install the network driver. If your Windows 95 version is 4.00.950B (OSR 2), go to the following section to install the network driver. Windows 95 Version 4.00.950B (OSR 2) Install the NDIS network driver when your notebook is running Windows 95 4.00.950B (also known as OSR 2). The 3Com software automatically detects which OS your notebook is running and installs t
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2-4 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE NETWORK DRIVER 6 In the Update Device Driver Wizard, click Finish. 7 In the Insert Disk window, click OK. 8 In the copying files window, type a: and click OK. 9 If prompted, insert the Windows 95 CD-ROM or type the directory path to the Windows 95 CAB files on your notebook and click OK. 10 Remove the LAN Installation Disk and restart the notebook. The network driver installation is complete. To confirm installation, see the section “Confirming Installation.” If yo
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Windows 95 (Versions 4.00.950 and 4.00.950A) 2-5 10 Click Finish to complete the driver installation and remove the LAN Installation Disk. a If the software prompts for Computer Name and Work Group Name, type the names as supplied by your MIS department and click OK. n The computer name is the name of your notebook. Give your notebook a unique name (up to 15 characters, no blank spaces). n A workgroup is composed of the computers that you usually communicate with (like your department) and
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2-6 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE NETWORK DRIVER 6 Double-click 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card to display a description of the CardBus PC Card and its current status. If the CardBus PC Card is not operational, go to Chapter 3 for troubleshooting information. Windows NT Version 4.0 This section describes how to install the NDIS network driver for a notebook running Windows NT 4.0, with Windows NT networking installed and without Windows NT networking installed. Before you begin, obt
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Windows NT Version 4.0 2-7 5 Click Have Disk. 6 In the Insert Disk dialog box, type: a: 7 Insert the LAN Installation Disk into the floppy drive and click OK. 8 On the Select OEM Option screen, highlight 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card and click OK. Figure 2-3 Select OEM Option Window 9 Wait for the CardBus PC Card files to be copied. The PC Card Setup Network Settings screen appears. 10 Click OK to accept resource allocations or enter new values. 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus
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2-8 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE NETWORK DRIVER Confirming Installation To confirm successful installation, double-click the Network icon in the Control Panel. Click the Adapters tab. The 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card should appear on the list. If it doesn’t appear, see Chapter 3 for troubleshooting information. Windows NT 4.0 without Networking Installed If Windows NT networking is not installed, obtain the following information from your MIS department. n Are you on a local area ne
