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HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX
Network Interface Card
Installation Guide
Network Interface Card
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3Com.book Page 2 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Notice Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett- Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or conseque
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3Com.book Page 3 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide What’s in the Network Kit? What’s in the Network Kit? The Network Kit includes the following items: Quantity in Network Kit Component D7522A D7523A HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX 110 network interface card (NIC) LAN driver diskettes 3 3 Remote Wake-Up cable 1 10 This Installation Guide 11 Installation Requirements Supported Operating Systems • Windows 95 SR2 or later • Windows 98 a
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3Com.book Page 4 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Installation Requirements NT Service Pack If an NT service pack is already installed on the PC, it must be re- installed after the card and software have been installed. When using the HP preloaded NT 4.0 software, the latest service pack can be found in the C:\I386\SPx directory. On some platforms you also have to reinstall certain drivers after you install the Service Pac
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3Com.book Page 5 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Installation Requirements In order to operate the Remote Wake-Up and Remote Power-On features correctly, the network card needs to interact with the power management solution used by your PC and operating system. Generally, recent PCs will support two different implementations of power management, APM and ACPI. Your network interface card will work with either power manag
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3Com.book Page 6 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Installation Requirements Supported Network Drivers The following network drivers are supported by HP: README Network Operating System Network Driver Name (for driver installation) Windows 95 W95NDIS.TXT EL90XBC3.SYS (Microsoft and NetWare clients) EL90XBC4.SYS Windows 95 NDIS 2 W95NDIS.TXT EL90X.DOS Windows 98 WIN98.TXT EL90XBC5.SYS (Microsoft and NetWare clients) Windows N
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3Com.book Page 7 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Overview of the Installation Procedure Non-Supported Network Drivers The following network drivers are provided on the ® EtherDisk diskettes but are not supported by HP: Network Operating System Network Driver Name Banyan VINES EL90X.DOS Artisoft LANtastic EL90X.DOS IBM LAN SERVER (DOS) EL90X.DOS IBM LAN SERVER (OS/2) EL90X.OS2 DEC PATHWORKS EL90X.DOS (DOS) and 3C90X.COM (Ne
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3Com.book Page 8 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Installing the Network Interface Card Installing the Network Interface Card WARNING For your safety, never remove the PC’s cover without first removing the power cord, data cables and any connection to a telecommunications network. Always replace the cover before switching on again. For complete information on how to install an accessory card, refer to your PC’s documentat
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3Com.book Page 9 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Connecting to the Network Connecting to the Network Connect the network cable to the RJ-45 UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) LAN connector. The LAN card supports both 10 Mbits/s and 100 Mbits/s operation. RJ-45 UTP Connector Remote Wake-Up The network interface card is able to wake the PC from a sleep state TM if it receives a special sequence (known as a Magic Packet ) from
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3Com.book Page 10 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Updating LAN-specific Fields in the HP PC Setup Utility Updating LAN-specific Fields in the HP PC Setup Utility You need to check that the BIOS is configured to use your network card’s features. To do this, use the HP PC Setup utility. Starting the HP PC 1 Restart the PC. Setup Utility 2 Press F2 when F2=Setup is displayed on the screen during startup. The opening window
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3Com.book Page 11 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Software Installation Procedure Software Installation Procedure CAUTION Make sure that you have installed the network interface card before you install the network driver software. Software Installation on a Windows 95 or Windows 98 System If you are upgrading your network card from a older version of the same card, have previously installed drivers or have an older version
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3Com.book Page 12 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Software Installation Procedure Windows 98 To install the network driver when your PC is running Windows 98: Users 1 Start the PC. Windows 98 will automatically detect a new PCI Ethernet Controller. Click on Next to begin the installation. 2 Select Search for the Best Driver and click on Next. ® 3 Select Floppy Disk Drives only, insert EtherDisk diskette #1 in your drive an
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3Com.book Page 13 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Software Installation Procedure 1 Double-click on the My Computer icon, then double-click on the Control Panel icon. 2 Double-click on the System icon. The System Properties box appears. 3 Click on the Device Manager tab. A list of devices appears, arranged by type. 4 Finally, double-click on Network Adapters. The name of the installed network interface card appears: 3Co
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3Com.book Page 14 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Software Installation Procedure You will need the following information from your MIS department: • Whether you are on a LAN or are connecting to one through a modem • The protocol used in the Microsoft Windows Network (typically TCP/IP or NetBEUI) • The name of the Windows NT server domain or workgroup you belong to • Your IP address if you are using TCP/IP without DHCP I
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3Com.book Page 15 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Software Installation Procedure 13 Follow the onscreen instructions, if you are prompted for network information, enter the information supplied by your MIS department. 14 Enter the location of the Windows NT 4.0 files (CAB files) when prompted, then click on OK. On HP Windows NT 4.0 preloaded systems, the path is C:\i386. 15 When prompted to reboot, remove your driver di
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3Com.book Page 16 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Checking the Installation 4 Highlight 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX) and click on Update. 5 Insert diskette 1 in your drive and type A:\ at the prompt, then press ENTER. The driver will be automatically updated. 6 Close the Network window and restart the computer when prompted. CAUTION If a service pack was already installed on the PC
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3Com.book Page 17 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Using the NIC Doctor Using the NIC Doctor You can use the NIC Doctor application to obtain information about your NIC and to diagnose problems with your card or network connection. To start the NIC Doctor, click on the Start icon, then Programs, followed by 3Com NIC Utilities and then 3Com NIC Doctor. You will be presented with the NIC Doctor General screen. This screen d
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3Com.book Page 18 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions Q. Which PCI slot is best for my NIC. A. The 3Com PCI NIC is designed to work in any PCI slot. Q. Which PCI slot(s) are “bus mastering” in my PC? A: All PCI slots on the supported HP PCs support Bus Master. Q. Where do I find the driver installation Readme files? A. The various Readme files can be found in the \HELP direct
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3Com.book Page 19 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Frequently Asked Questions Q. Does the NIC support shared interrupts? A. The PCI NIC and the drivers supplied support shared interrupts. However, because there is no industry-standard way of implementing shared interrupts, other NICs may support them differently, or not at all. If you have another PCI NIC that does not support shared interrupts, either contact the manufac
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3Com.book Page 20 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:36 AM HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide Troubleshooting Troubleshooting The 3C905C-TX Card Does Not Work If your network interface does not work, try the following: 1 Check that: • The card is correctly installed (refer to “Installing the Network Interface Card” on page 8.) • The LAN-specific fields in the HP PC Setup utility are correctly set ( “Updating LAN-specific Fields in the HP PC Setup Utility” on page 1
