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The EtherLink III Parallel Tasking Family: 
The world’s most popular Ethernet adapters.

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The EtherLink III family 

of network adapters delivers

the superior performance of

Parallel Tasking architecture

to PCs with ISA, PCI, MCA,

EISA, and PC Card buses.

The adapters support twisted

pair and coaxial Ethernet

connections. 

3Com EtherLink III Parallel
Tasking adapters deliver outstand-
ing value, reliability, and compati-
bility, as well as the fastest through-
put of any network interface card
available today. 

EtherLink III Parallel Tasking
adapters set the standard for data
transfer speeds by simultaneously
performing multiple processing
tasks. With an EtherLink III adapter
in your PC or notebook, you get 
the fastest data throughput, regard-
less of the PC bus type used. 
3Com offers EtherLink III models
for ISA, MCA, EISA, PCI, and 
PC Card buses.

You’ll want to have EtherLink III
adapters if you’re looking for: 

Superior performance.

EtherLink III Parallel Tasking
adapters consistently outperform
competing adapters, in all major
environments including NetWare,
Windows 95, Windows NT,

and

Banyan VINES.

®

32-bit bus mastering. High-

performance EtherLink III PCI 
and EISA adapters provide 32-bit
bus mastering, giving you a wide
data path, fast transfers, and low
CPU utilization. With Parallel
Tasking, they also provide the
fastest data throughput. This makes
them ideal for both servers and
multitasking clients. 

Speed and safety for portables.

The EtherLink III PC Card and
LAN+Modem PC Card (the PC
Card with a 28.8 Kbps modem)
pack the fastest performance into a
credit card-sized package. And
you’re safe wherever you go—they
are guaranteed compatible with a
wide range of notebooks with and
without Card Services, are simple
to install, and conserve power and
time between battery charges.

Unsurpassed ease-of-use.

3Com’s AutoLink auto-installation
software automates installation and
configuration tasks for DOS and
Windows 3.1. For NetWare LANs,
a single menu choice completes the
installation, including the down-

loading of NetWare Universal client
files from the server. 

Support for Windows 95 and

plug-and-play PCs. EtherLink III
adapters automatically support
plug-and-play PCs, and provide
seamless Windows 95 support.

Extensive compatibility.

EtherLink III adapters are the
world’s most popular cards. You
can count on the fullest range of
Ethernet software support in the
industry.

Proven reliability. For

optimal reliability, all EtherLink III
components are integrated into one
ASIC. Furthermore, 3Com backs all
EtherLink III adapters with a
lifetime warranty.

Superior manageability. 

Driver-integrated SmartAgent

®

intelligent agents provide powerful
SNMP and DMI manageability
using 3Com’s Transcend

®

WorkGroup Manager or Enterprise
Manager for Windows applications.

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Page 1: ... TokenLink III PC Cards Featuring excellent price perfor mance and ease of use for the notebook FDDILink adapters Providing affordable performance and fault tolerance for PCI and EISA servers ATMLink adapters Offering high performance and a smooth migration to ATM networking 3Com Impact ISDN digital modems and adapters Providing high speed remote network access Adapter support Fast adapter support...

Page 2: ...ranteed compatibility with leading notebook computers The EtherLink III LAN PC Card is a credit card size package that delivers full Parallel Tasking performance that outpaces competitors cards by up to 46 percent It installs automatically through Windows 95 s plug and play feature for PCs running DOS or Windows 3 1 3Com s AutoLink soft ware automatically configures the card The EtherLink III LAN ...

Page 3: ...nk and EtherLink III adapters you can deliver dramatic performance advan tages to network users throughout your organization Implement Parallel Tasking architecture on PCs with ISA PCI EISA MCA or PC Card buses Improve throughput on virtually any Fast Ethernet or Ethernet network whether it is running a NetWare Windows or UNIX operating system whether it is connected by thin coax or twisted pair c...

Page 4: ... Parallel Tasking architecture provides superior performance at both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Easy migration Fully compatible with 10BASE T equipment the Fast EtherLink adapter maintains the IEEE 802 3 protocol Install the adapter once and it auto senses the hub speed to automatically operate with all major 10BASE T and 100BASE TX hub types switched or shared Guaranteed compatibility The Fast EtherLin...

Page 5: ...llinois PCbridge PCroute Walker Richer Quinn Reflections The Wollongong Group Pathway Access F a s t E t h e r L i n k P C I 3 C 5 9 5 T X E I S A 3 C 5 9 7 T X H O W T O C H O O S E T H E R I G H T FA S T E T H E R L I N K A D A P T E R S board supported t in development client only available in TriROM and BootWare Plus only Drivers for this product are available on the EtherDisk diskette shipped...

Page 6: ...ilization With Parallel Tasking they also provide the fastest data throughput This makes them ideal for both servers and multitasking clients Speed and safety for portables The EtherLink III PC Card and LAN Modem PC Card the PC Card with a 28 8 Kbps modem pack the fastest performance into a credit card sized package And you re safe wherever you go they are guaranteed compatible with a wide range o...

Page 7: ...dapter 3C592 TPO RJ 45 connector Micro Channel MCA Highest performance low cost EtherLink III All MCA bus PS 2s and PCs 16 32 bit MCA adapter 3C529 TP PC Card Highest performance PC Card adapter EtherLink III All PCs with a PCMCIA slot available RJ 45 and BNC connectors 3C589C TP Highest performance PC Card with EtherLink III fastest analog modem 28 8 Kbps 3C562 TP Mixed UTP ISA Highest performanc...

Page 8: ... IPX link Newt Network Research Corp Fusion Novell LAN Workplace DOS Novell NetWare 286 2 x Server Novell NetWare 386 3 x Server Novell NetWare ODI Client 2 x 3 x 4 x Novell NetWare Requester for OS 2 Novell NetWare 4 0x Server Novell Netware 4 1 Universal Server Novell UnixWare Pacer PacerLink Performance Tech Power LAN Polygon poly COM poly LINK Polygon poly NET poly STAR Santa Cruz LAN Manager ...

Page 9: ...vironment you can move into the Network Neighborhood effortlessly and take advantage of Windows 95 s wide range of networking capabilities AutoLink Software for NetWare When you work with DOS Windows 3 x clients in a NetWare server environment 3Com AutoLink software automatically configures your adapter Even better AutoLink software ships free with 3Com Fast EtherLink EtherLink III TokenLink III a...

Page 10: ... you complete your adapter installa tion including downloading of NetWare client files in about three minutes Completely software configurable TokenLink III adapters also include an on board universal boot PROM so you can easily download drivers from popu lar network operating systems Full management TokenLink III adapters give you SNMP and DMI management all the way to the desktop with 3Com s Tra...

Page 11: ...rior hot swapping capabilities 3C689 Transparent Card Services support The fastest and easiest to install and use PCI 32 bit high performance auto or TokenLink All PCI bus PCs software configurable adapter Velocity PCI Supports plug and play Low CPU 3C339 utilization Excellent price performance Save on Quantity Orders In addition to selling its adapters individually 3Com packages its adapters to p...

Page 12: ...soft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 3 0 3 1 Microsoft Windows 95 Novell ELS NetWare Levels I II 2 1x Novell LAN Workplace for DOS v 5 0 Novell NetWare 286 2 1x Novell NetWare 386 3 0 3 1x 4 0 Novell NetWare Advanced 2 1x Novell NetWare Client for DOS MS Windows Novell NetWare Client for OS 2 Novell NetWare Lite 1 0x Novell NetWare Remote Boot Facility DOS OS 2 Novell NetWare for SAA Novell SFT NetWa...

Page 13: ...ause the high performance and low CPU utilization of FDDILink adapters allow each server to support more users Interoperability FDDILink adapters are 100 percent FDDI ANTC tested and allow interoper ability with SDDI or pre SDDI de facto standards Fiber X3T9 5 standards as well as the TP PMD standard v2 0 Easy installation FDDILink adapters are simple to install with 3Com s friendly and compre hen...

Page 14: ...A adapter provides reliable FDDILink UTP Twisted Pair UTP All EISA bus PCs standards based cost effective 3C775A 100 Mbps CDDI connectivity PCI 32 bit PCI adapter provides reliable FDDILink PCI UTP SAS All PCI bus PCs standards based cost effective 3C797 100 Mbps CDDI connectivity board supported The product names above are the trademarks of their respective companies 3Com LAN Manager v2 0 DEC Pat...

Page 15: ...ATMLink adapters with the 3Com CELLplex family of ATM and Ethernet ATM switches and the LinkSwitch 2700 Ethernet ATM workgroup switch for complete end to end 155 Mbps connectivity from the desktop to the backbone Bandwidth for demanding applications Your bandwidth intensive applications such as imaging video and 3D modeling benefit from the high performance of 3Com s ATMLink architecture Interoper...

Page 16: ... data pipe to give you a dial up Internet or LAN con nection at four times the speed of the fastest analog modems Easy to install 3Com Impact products come with step by step graphical installation software for ease of installation 3Com Impact ISDN adapters and digital modems support the plug and play standard so there are no jumpers or switch es to set Optimized for your application Choose the ISD...

Page 17: ... communications programs supports AT command set Simultaneous voice fax and data Integrated V 32bis fax modem for backwards compatibility Option Multi platform support PC Macintosh UNIX laptops Bandwidth on demand and spoofing with AccessBuilder 4000 ISDN Warranty Lifetime One Year Support Standards Compliance Automatic Protocol Selection QuickSelect N A Async Sync Point to Point Protocol conversi...

Page 18: ...he highest possible transmission speed over an ISDN BRI connection all 3Com Impact adapters and digital modems support the Multilink PPP Point to Point Protocol and IETF Internet Standard With Multilink PPP on both ends of a BRI connection two 64 Kbps ISDN chan nels are combined into one 128 Kbps data pipe without additional hard ware or lines from your ISDN provider Multilink PPP combined with 3C...

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