Before Configuring the NIC and Installing the Driver
2-5
If you require other settings, you must change them
manually, as described in
Chapter 5
,
“Configuring the
NIC Manually,”
and then reboot.
If your PnP PC does not detect and automatically
configure the 3Com NIC, do not assume the NIC is
defective. The BIOS PnP may be an early design, or
the design may be nonstandard. Use the procedures in
Chapter 5
,
“Configuring the NIC Manually,”
to disable PnP
and configure the NIC.
Proceed with NIC configuration and driver installation
according to the conditions described below:
■
If you have a single 3C319 NIC installed and want to
load a single NetWare DOS ODI client, see
Chapter 3
,
“Installing NetWare DOS Clients Automatically
.”
Chapter 3
describes using the 3Com AutoLink utility
to configure the NIC automatically and install the
DOS 16-bit client network driver for NetWare 3.12
and 4.10 systems.
Table 2-1
Initial Settings of Configuration Options
Option
Default Settings in
PCs with PnP Support
Default Settings
in PCs without
PnP Support
Plug and Play
Enabled
Enabled
Configuration Mode
3Com
3Com
I/O Base Address
Set by PnP
A20h
Interrupt Request Level
Set by PnP
2(9)
Ring Speed
16 Mbps
16 Mbps
BIOS/MMIO Base Address
Set by PnP
CC000
RAM Page Size
16 K
16 K
Shared RAM Address Range
Set by PnP
D8000–DBFFF
Memory Mode
16-bit
16-bit
I/O Mode
16-bit
16-bit
IRQ Driver Type
Edge Triggered
Edge Triggered
AutoSwitch
Disabled
Disabled
Boot PROM
Disabled
Disabled
Zero Wait State
Enabled
Enabled
