5-2
C
HAPTER
5: C
HANGING
C
ONFIGURATION
Displaying Configuration Settings
If you are running Windows 95 or Windows NT, use the
3Com NIC Diagnostics program to display and change
configuration settings.
The 3Com NIC Diagnostics program is automatically
installed with the network driver. Driver installation is
described in Chapter 3.
To display the current configuration of the 3C905B-TX NIC
using the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program, follow these steps:
1 Make sure that the 3C905B-TX NIC is installed and
connected to the network (Chapter 2) and the
network driver is installed (Chapter 3).
2 Start the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program by clicking
the Windows
Start
menu.
3 Select
Programs
.
4 Select
3Com NIC Utilities
.
5 Select
3Com NIC Diagnostics
.
The 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program General screen appears,
as shown in Figure 5-1.
6 Click
NIC Details
to display the NIC Details screen.
Each configuration setting is displayed with the current
value. Use the scroll bar to display the full list.
Click the Help button to display Help for this screen. Click the
question mark (?) at the top of the screen, drag it to a value,
and click. The pop-up box displays information about the
selected value.
Changing Configuration Settings
To change the 3C905B-TX NIC configuration settings with
the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program, follow these steps:
1 Click the Properties tab on the 3Com NIC Diagnostics
General screen, shown in Figure 5-1.
The 3Com NIC Diagnostics Properties screen appears, as
shown in Figure 5-2.
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