Using the Network Interface Controller
4-7
If a diagnostic test has failed, follow these steps to test the
NIC further:
1.
Inspect all cables and connections.
2.
Make sure that you booted your system to
MS-DOS version 3.1 or later and that no device
drivers or memory managers are loaded.
3.
If you are running the Group 3 test, make sure
the NIC is connected to a properly cabled and
inactive network and that an echo server is set up
on the network.
4.
Make sure the settings for the NIC’s options are
not the same settings being used by any other
adapter cards installed in the computer.
5.
If you experience problems that occur only when
using the
NETWARE DOS ODI CLIENT
option (des-
cribed in step 3 of “Using Install in a Novell
NetWare Environment” found earlier in this
chapter), display or print the autolink.log file
located in the root directory of drive C.
The autolink.log file contains a log of all events that
occurred during the automatic installation and configura-
tion process. To display this file, at the MS-DOS prompt
type the following command line and press <
ENTER
>:
type c:\autolink.log | more
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