SECONDARY MEDIA
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CHAPTER 3
SECONDARY MEDIA
This section contains instructions for connecting your adapter’s
secondary media port to an Ethernet network. The adapter’s
secondary media port can be connected to the Ethernet network
via any of the following means: a second 10BASE-T link, a Thin-
Net coaxial connection, a fiber optic link, a wireless hub, or an AUI
port and an external Ethernet transceiver.
You should have selected the port to use during the configuration
procedures. If you did not, run the QuickSet configuration utility
on the Cabletron Software diskette. See Section 2.6.1, The
QuickSet Configuration Utility
, for more detailed instructions.
We recommend that you run the diagnostic program before
connecting your PC to a network segment. You can run the
diagnostic program from your backup copy of the Cabletron
Software diskette.
3.1
CONNECTING TO A THIN-NET SEGMENT
To connect a thin coaxial 10BASE-2 segment to an adapter with a
BNC port, attach a BNC tee-connector (see Figure 3-1, on the
following page) to the adapter’s BNC port.
Slip the female end of the BNC tee connector over the (male) BNC
port. Then, line up the tee connector slots with the pins on the port
connector.
If you wish to run the diagnostic program, you
must make sure that no E22XX network drivers are
loaded. Make sure drivers are not being autoloaded
by your system.
If you encounter problems running diagnostics,
power cycle your computer. You may load E22XX
drivers when diagnostics are completed.
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CAUTION