Olicom Ethernet MCA 10/100 Adapter, Manual To Operations

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Ethernet MCA 10/100 Adapter v. 1.0, P/N: 710001414 Diagnostics
9. Diagnostics
The Ethernet MCA 10/100 Adapter is supplied with a diagnostics program that
can be used to:
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Test the adapter and the adapter cable(s) if you suspect a problem.
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View the current adapter configuration
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Important: The Diagnostics Program must be run from the Olicom Diagnostics
Disk.
Running the Diagnostics Program
1. Make sure that the adapter is connected to the network.
2. Insert the Olicom Diagnostics Disk in the disk drive.
3. Boot the system from the Olicom Diagnostics Disk.
Adapter Test
To test that the adapter itself is working in the current configuration, run the
internal tests by selecting “Run Diag” from the main window.
Note that the network connection will not be tested (see below).
Network Connection Test
To test the network connection you must first setup a secondary workstation with
an Olicom Ethernet adapter.
1. Start the Diagnostics Program on the secondary workstation and run the
internal tests as described above (preferably from a copy of the Olicom
Diagnostics Disk).
2. Select “Be Responder” to set up the secondary workstation as a responder (a
responder is a station on the LAN which echoes packets transmitted from other
workstations running the network diagnostics).
3. When the responder is started on the secondary workstation, select “Network
Test” on the primary workstation.
The network diagnostics first attempts to transmit packets onto the network. If
a network responder is detected, packets will be transmitted on the physical net
between the machine running the test and the responder.
If no network responder is detected, you can do an Internal loopback test.
An Internal loopback test performs a loopback in the cable without
transmitting frames to the network.