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3Com Megahertz 
10 Mbps LAN PC Card 
User Guide
http://www.3com.com/
Part No. 09-1457-000
October 1998                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                    
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                                              3Com Corporation  n  5400 Bayfront Plaza  n  Santa Clara, California  n  95052-8145 © 3Com Corporation, 1998. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced in  any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation, or  adaptation) without permission from 3Com Corporation. 3Com Corporation reserves the right to revise this documentation and to make changes in content  from time to time without obligation on t
                    
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                                             CONTENTS 1 INSTALLING THE LAN PC CARDS Before You Begin     2 Connecting the 3CCE589ET LAN PC Card     2 Connecting the 3CCE589EC PC Card     3 Connecting the 3CXE589ET PC Card     4 Connecting the 3CXE589EC PC Card     5 Detaching the PC Card Cable and PC Card COMBO Cable     6 2 INSTALLING THE NETWORK DRIVER Before You Install the Network Driver     7 Which Driver Installation Instructions Should You Use?     7 Windows 98 and Windows 95     8 Windows 98     8 Windows 95   
                    
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                                                  3 TROUBLESHOOTING LEDs     23 Accessing the LAN PC Card Help System     24 DOS Diagnostics Program     25 Resolving Hardware Resource Conflicts     25 Windows 98 and Windows 95     25 Windows NT 4.0     26 Frequently Asked Questions     27 Troubleshooting Tips     29 4 CHANGING CONFIGURATION Configuration Settings     31 Configuration Setting Descriptions     32 Changing Configuration     33 Windows 98 and Windows 95     33 Changing I/O Base Address, Interrupt Request Level
                    
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                                                                                       INDEX 3COM CORPORATION LIMITED WARRANTY FCC CLASS B STATEMENT FCC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY INDUSTRY CANADA CLASS B EMMISSION COMPLIANCE  STATEMENT AVIS DE CONFORMITÉ À LA RÉGLEMENTATION  D’INDUSTRIE CANADA 3COM END USER SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT                                                                                                                                                                                              
                    
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                                         FIGURES 1 3Com Megahertz 10 Mbps LAN PC Cards     1 2 Connecting the 3CCE589ET PC Card     2 3 Connecting the 3CCE589EC PC Card     3 4 Connecting the 3CXE589ET PC Card     4 5 Connecting the 3CXE589EC PC Card     5 6 Network Cable and PC Card COMBO Cable LEDs     23 7 XJACK LAN PC Card LED     24                                                                                                                                                                                         
                    
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                                     TABLES 1 Network Driver Text File Names      21 2 LED Description     24 3 Frequently Asked Questions      27 4 Option Settings       31 5 PC Cards Specifications     39                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                    
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                                    INSTALLING THE LAN  1 PC CARDS The 3Com Megahertz 10 Mbps LAN PC Cards (models  3CCE589EC, 3CCE589ET, 3CXE589EC, and 3CXE589ET)  connect your notebook to an Ethernet network.  The PC Card models are the same except for the connectors. Figure 1   3Com Megahertz 10 Mbps LAN PC Cards These LAN PC Cards automatically operate at 10 Mbps  when connected to an Ethernet hub. This chapter describes how to install a LAN PC Card in your  notebook and connect it to the network.  After you instal
                    
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                                                            2 CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING THE LAN PC CARDS Before You Begin Make sure that you have an available PC Card slot in your  notebook and these items: n 3Com Megahertz 10 Mbps LAN PC Card n Cable that shipped with your PC Card n 3Com Megahertz 10 Mbps LAN PC Card User Guide n 2 LAN Installation Disks If any of these items are missing from the LAN PC Card  package, contact your PC Card supplier. Connecting the 3CCE589ET LAN PC Card 1 Remove all PC Cards from your noteb
                    
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                                                        Connecting the 3CCE589EC PC Card 3 Connecting the 3CCE589EC PC Card 1 Remove PC Cards from your notebook and turn it on. 2 If you are using the RJ-45 connector, connect the PC  Card COMBO cable to the 3CCE589EC PC Card. a Connect one RJ-45 connector on the network cable to  the PC Card COMBO cable.  b Insert the other RJ-45 connector into the network port. c Insert the PC Card into the PC Card slot and slide it all  the way in. You may see prompts for driver insta
                    
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                                                   4 CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING THE LAN PC CARDS You may see prompts for driver installation. Go to Chapter 2  to install the network driver that allows you to login to the  network. Connecting the 3CXE589ET PC Card 1 Remove all PC Cards from your notebook and turn it on. 2 Insert one RJ-45 connector on the network cable     ® into the 3CXE589ET PC Card XJACK connector. Figure 4   Connecting the 3CXE589ET PC Card 3 Insert the other RJ-45 connector into the network  port . ` 4 
                    
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                                          Connecting the 3CXE589EC PC Card 5 Connecting the 3CXE589EC PC Card 1 Remove all PC Cards from your notebook and turn it on. 2 If you are using the XJACK RJ-45 connector, connect  one RJ-45 connector on the network cable to the  3CXE589EC PC Card XJACK connector , as shown    in Figure 4.  a Insert the other RJ-45 connector into the network  port . ` b Insert the PC Card into the PC Card slot  and slide it all  ´ the way in. You may see Windows prompts for driver installation. 
                    
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                        Detaching the PC Card Cable and PC Card COMBO Cable To detach the PC Card cable and PC Card COMBO cable  from the PC Card, squeeze the sides of the connector. The  cable detaches from the PC Card easily.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                    
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                        INSTALLING THE  2 NETWORK DRIVER This chapter describes how to install the 3Com network  driver for Windows 98, Windows 95,Windows NT, Windows  for Workgroups, and DOS. See Table 1 on the last page of this chapter for information  about Banyan Vines, Microsoft LAN Manager, IBM LAN  Server (DOS and OS/2), Artisoft LANtastic, DEC PATHWORKS,  NetWare and OS/2, Windows for Workgroups, DOS, and  Windows CE 2.0. The latest network drivers are available in the Support area  on 3Com’s World Wide Web sit
                    
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                        8 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE NETWORK DRIVER Windows 98 and Windows 95  This section describes how to install the network driver when  your notebook is running Windows 98 or Windows 95. You  need the Windows 98 or 95 system installation files (either  on hard disk, floppy diskettes, or CD) to complete the  installation. 3Com includes the NDIS 5, NDIS 4, and the NDIS 3 network  drivers on LAN Installation Disk 1. The 3Com software  automatically detects which Windows version is installed  on your not
                    
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                        Windows 98 9 3 When Windows 98 is ready to configure the new  hardware, it opens the Add New Hardware Wizard  window. The window states that Windows will search for new drivers  for 3Com Megahertz 589E. 4 Click Next. A new window appears asking what you want Windows  to do. 5 Select Search for the best driver for your device and  click Next. 6 Select Floppy disk drives, insert LAN Installation Disk 1,  and click Next. After the hardware wizard finds the installation files on the  diskette, it displ
                    
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                        10 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE NETWORK DRIVER Windows 95 This section includes different installation procedures for  Windows 95 version A and Windows 95 version B (also  called OSR 2). To find out which version you are running:  1 In the Windows Control Panel, double-click System to  display the System Properties dialog box. 2 Click the General Tab to display the Windows 95  version information. If your Windows 95 version is 4.00.950B (OSR 2), you are  using Windows 95 OSR 2. If your Windows 95 ve