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Setting Ring Speed for Windows NT 4.0
Auto ring speed detection permits the 3C359 NIC’s NDIS 4
driver to detect and operate at the current ring data rate.
Auto ring speed detection is automatically enabled when
you load the NDIS 4 driver for Windows NT 4.0.
You can choose the following ring speed options:
■
Enable auto ring speed detection (default setting)
■
Disable auto ring speed detection and manually set the
NIC ring speed to 16 Mbps or 4 Mbps
To access the ring speed detection option in a Windows NT
environment, follow these steps:
1 In the My Computer group, double-click the
Control Panel
icon.
2 In the Control Panel group, double-click the
Network
icon.
3 In the Network dialog box, click the Adapters tab.
4 In the Adapters tab, select
3Com TokenLink Velocity
XL PCI Adapter
and click
Properties
.
The 3Com TokenLink Velocity XL PCI Adapter dialog box
appears, as shown in Figure 4-5.
5 To manually set the ring speed, position the mouse
pointer on the down arrow button in the
Ring Speed
Detection
field. Press and hold down the left mouse
button to display the available options.
The ring speed detection menu displays the current ring
speed options, as shown in Figure 4-5.
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