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3Com EtherLink 3C590 User Manual

Manual is about: PARALLEL TASKING PCI BUS MASTER NETWORK ADAPTERS

Summary of EtherLink 3C590

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    ® e ther l ink iii p arallel t asking pci b us m aster n etwork a dapters u ser g uide members of the 3com etherlink iii family of adapters part no. 09-0597-001 published april 1995.

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    3com corporation ■ 5400 bayfront plaza ■ santa clara, california ■ 95052-8145 © 3com corporation, 1995. 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 pe...

  • Page 3: Ifetime

    ® l ifetime w arranty 3com’s etherlink , tokenlink iii 16/4, and fddilink adapters have a lifetime warranty. To ensure the very best 3com service and support, take the time to complete the product registration card. Any defective 3com adapter will be repaired or replaced, at 3com’s option, for as lo...

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    Customers in the countries shown below should send the completed registration card to the appropriate address. Customers in other non-u.S. Locations should send the registration card to the u.S. Address on the front of the card. ■ asia 3com asia ltd., marketing department room 1009, 10th floor asia ...

  • Page 5: Ontents

    C ontents a bout t his g uide introduction i how to use this guide i conventions ii 1 i ntroduction features 1-3 pci technology 1-3 2 i nstalling the pci a dapter before you begin 2-1 installing the adapter 2-2 connecting to the network 2-3 connecting to the on-board transceiver 2-3 connecting to th...

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    Multiple adapters in a server 3-10 driver installation with netware 3.11 3-10 driver installation with netware 3.12 3-11 non-netware environments 3-11 ndis drivers 3-12 additional drivers 3-12 using transcend pc link smartagent software 3-12 desktop management interface 3-13 4 p erforming t roublesh...

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    C t echnical s upport on-line technical services c-1 3com bulletin board service c-1 world wide web site c-2 ask3com on compuserve c-2 3comfacts automated fax service c-2 support from your network supplier c-4 returning products for repair c-5 g lossary i ndex l imited w arranty fcc c lass b c ertif...

  • Page 8: Igures

    F igures 1-1 3c590 adapter backplates 1-2 2-1 pci and eisa bus connectors in a pci computer 2-2 2-2 connecting thin ethernet cable 2-4 2-3 slide latch 2-5 2-4 connecting the aui cable 2-5 3-1 autolink information screen 3-7 3-2 main menu 3-7 4-1 assembling a loopback plug 4-4 a-1 main menu a-3 a-2 m...

  • Page 9: Ables

    T ables 1 text conventions ii 2 notice icons ii 1-1 3c590 pci adapter cable and connector specifications 1-2 2-1 connectors for 3c590 pci adapters 2-3 3-1 accessing dos from other operating systems 3-2 4-1 diagnostic programs 4-6 a-1 option settings a-2 b-1 aui connector pin assignments b-2.

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    A bout t his g uide introduction this guide describes how to install the following 3com etherlink iii parallel tasking 10 mbps pci bus master network adapters: ■ 3c590-combo (10base-t, thin coax, and thick coax) adapter ■ 3c590-tpo (10base-t) adapter also included is information about installing net...

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    Ii a bout t his g uide conventions the following tables list text and icon conventions that are used throughout this guide. Table 1 text conventions convention description text represented as screen display this typeface is used to represent displays that appear on your terminal screen, for example:...

  • Page 12: Ntroduction

    1 i ntroduction the 3com etherlink iii parallel tasking adapters are a family of third-generation ethernet adapters. This family includes the 32-bit bus master peripheral component interconnect (pci)10 mbps ethernet network adapter, which conforms to the pci 2.1 specification. This guide contains in...

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    1-2 c hapter 1: i ntroduction figure 1-1 3c590 adapter backplates the 3c590 pci adapter can only be installed in computers containing pci bus master expansion slots. Be aware that not all pci slots in a pci computer may be bus master slots. Check the documentation provided with the pci computer you ...

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    Features 1-3 features the 3c590 pci adapter supports the following features: ■ autolink auto installation software, which installs and configures all novell netware dos odi client software into your operating system ■ auto select media type capability, which enables drivers to automatically detect t...

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    1-4 c hapter 1: i ntroduction the pci specification supports the following features: ■ high performance. The pci local bus runs at a clock speed of 33 mhz and employs a 32-bit data bus that supports multiple peripheral components and add-in cards at a peak bandwidth of 132 mbps, up to an order of ma...

  • Page 16: Nstalling

    2 i nstalling the pci a dapter this chapter describes how to install the 3c590 pci adapter in your computer. It includes instructions for inserting the adapter into the computer and connecting the adapter to the network using the on-board transceiver or an external transceiver. After installing the ...

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    2-2 c hapter 2: i nstalling the pci a dapter installing the adapter to insert the adapter into the computer, follow these steps: 1 turn off the computer and disconnect the unit from its power source. 2 remove all jewelry from your hands and wrists. 3 select an appropriate expansion slot and remove i...

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    Connecting to the network 2-3 slower than access to the pci bus. In some cases this is slow enough to cause the eisa bus to time out and hang the computer. Refer to the documentation provided by the computer’s manufacturer for details on installing expansion boards. Connecting to the network you mus...

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    2-4 c hapter 2: i nstalling the pci a dapter figure 2-2 connecting thin ethernet cable 2 align the t connector’s slots with the pegs on the bnc connector. 3 push the t connector in and twist it clockwise until it stops. The next step is to load the drivers, as explained in chapter 3. Connecting to t...

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    Connecting to the network 2-5 connecting to an external transceiver you can install aui-equipped adapters and, by employing an external transceiver, use either thin or thick coax, fiber-optic, or twisted-pair cabling. Follow these steps to connect to an external transceiver: 1 locate the adapter’s a...

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    2-6 c hapter 2: i nstalling the pci a dapter figure 2-4 connecting the aui cable 3 move the slide latch to the closed position to lock the cable in place. 4 connect the other end of the aui cable to the external transceiver. The next step is to load the drivers, as explained in chapter 3. Using auto...

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    Using auto select media type 2-7.

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    2-8 c hapter 2: i nstalling the pci a dapter.

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    3 i nstalling the n etwork d rivers this chapter describes how to install the network drivers required to let the 3c590 pci adapter operate with your network operating system. If you are running netware 2.X, 3.1x, or 4.X, you can use 3com’s autolink auto installation feature, which automatically ins...

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    3-2 c hapter 3: i nstalling the n etwork d rivers accessing dos the 3com program is a dos-based program that loads network drivers, modifies some adapter parameters, and runs diagnostic tests on the adapter. If you are using an operating interface other than dos, such as os/2 or windows 3.X, you mus...

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    Installing netware drivers 3-3 finding the adapter’s port address when operating in a netware environment, you must obtain the adapter’s port address before installing the client driver in a multiple adapter situation or before installing one or more server drivers. To find the appropriate port addr...

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    3-4 c hapter 3: i nstalling the n etwork d rivers autolink requirements 3com’s autolink auto installation software is designed to automatically install all necessary netware dos odi client software, including drivers. It also modifies the config.Sys and autoexec.Bat files. It automatically logs on t...

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    Installing netware drivers 3-5 detailed installation for a more detailed description of the installation of a single 3c590 pci adapter as a netware dos odi client, follow the steps below. You can use the autolink.Cfg file to control the autolink process. The autolink.Cfg file in the root directory c...

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    3-6 c hapter 3: i nstalling the n etwork d rivers the autolink information screen appears, as shown in figure 3-1. 5 read the screen and press [enter]. 6 when the main menu screen shown in figure 3-2 appears, select netware dos odi client, and press [enter]. Auto installation may take a few moments....

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    Installing netware drivers 3-7 figure 3-1 autolink information screen figure 3-2 main menu esc=cancel this option will install a complete dos odi client. [enter]=continue [esc]=exit program 3com's auto installation software (autolink) automatically configures your adapter and workstation for use as ...

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    3-8 c hapter 3: i nstalling the n etwork d rivers multiple adapters in a client if you are running netware and have installed multiple adapters in a pci computer, follow these steps: 1 with the main menu displayed (figure 3-2), select network drivers. 2 when the network drivers screen appears, selec...

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    Installing netware drivers 3-9 driver installation with netware 3.11 to install the 4.X server driver while running netware 3.11, follow these steps: 1 copy the contents of the appropriate etware subdirectory to the boot partition of the server’s hard disk. 2 when you start the server, enter the f...

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    3-10 c hapter 3: i nstalling the n etwork d rivers multiple adapters in a server if you are running netware and have installed multiple adapters in a pci computer that is functioning as a server, follow the instructions in this section. The 3c59x etherdisk diskette contains a netware 4.X server driv...

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    Non-netware environments 3-11 driver installation with netware 3.12 to install the 4.X server driver while running netware 3.12, follow these steps: 1 copy the contents of the appropriate etware subdirectory to the boot partition of the server’s hard disk. 2 when you start the server, enter the fo...

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    3-12 c hapter 3: i nstalling the n etwork d rivers ndis drivers if you have installed ndis drivers in a computer with multiple 3com adapters, you must specify the slot number for each adapter as documented in the protocol.Ini file on the 3c59x etherdisk diskette. The file is located on the startup d...

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    Desktop management interface 3-13 these driver agents permit remote management of pcs and the 3c590 pci adapter through use of 3com’s transcend network management application software, such as transcend workgroup manager for windows, or through any other snmp manager system. Workgroup manager softwa...

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    3-14 c hapter 3: i nstalling the n etwork d rivers.

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    4 p erforming t roubleshooting and d iagnostic t ests this chapter explains how to isolate and solve 3c590 pci adapter problems. Make sure that the adapter is correctly installed. (see chapter 2 for installation instructions.) troubleshooting with the diagnostic tests the three diagnostic tests on t...

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    4-2 c hapter 4: p erforming t roubleshooting and d iagnostic t ests the group 2 test (for the 3c590-combo adapter only, not the 3c590-tpo adapter) checks the adapter’s ability to transmit and receive data via the internal transceiver. The group 3 test (the echo exchange test) tests the adapter’s abi...

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    Starting the diagnostic program 4-3 running the group 1 tests the group 1 tests include: ■ register access test ■ eeprom test ■ fifo loopback test ■ ethernet core loopback test ■ encoder/decoder loopback test ■ interrupt test for a description of each group 1 test, access help by pressing [f1]. When...

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    4-4 c hapter 4: p erforming t roubleshooting and d iagnostic t ests running the group 2 test the group 2 test is called the network loopback test. It tests the 3c590-combo adapter’s ability to transmit and receive data via the internal transceiver. This test requires installation of a loopback plug ...

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    Starting the diagnostic program 4-5 3 select test setup from the test menu. 4 enable the group 2 test. Highlight and press [enter]. 5 go to the run tests dialog box to start the tests. 6 after the test is completed: a exit the configuration and diagnostic program. B remove the loopback plug. Running...

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    4-6 c hapter 4: p erforming t roubleshooting and d iagnostic t ests 3 start the diagnostic program on the echo server. The diagnostic program that you use depends on the adapter that is installed in the echo server. After the system prompt of the drive containing the configuration and diagnostic pro...

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    Getting help if a test fails 4-7 5 after the test is completed: a exit the program on the echo server. B exit the configuration and diagnostic program. Getting help if a test fails if any test fails, you can get additional information as follows: ■ highlight the test that failed in the run tests dia...

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    4-8 c hapter 4: p erforming t roubleshooting and d iagnostic t ests performance in a bus master slot, but will work in a non-bus master slot. Refer to your computer documentation. The original slot may be defective. 4 make sure that you booted your computer under dos version 6.X or later, and that n...

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    Getting help if a test fails 4-9 10 install the adapter in another functioning computer and run the tests again. Your computer may be defective. If the adapter passes the tests in the second computer, contact the reseller or manufacturer of the original computer. 11 if you experience problems that o...

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    4-10 c hapter 4: p erforming t roubleshooting and d iagnostic t ests c in the repetitions box, specify the number of times you want to run the tests, or use the arrow keys to select the continuous option. D in the errors box, press the [space bar] to select or deselect the halt on error parameter. 4...

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    Miscellaneous checks 4-11 if you are experiencing any problems, first make sure that your hub complies with the 10base-t specifications and then check the led. The meaning of led activity is given below: ■ if the led is on, the link beat is working. ■ if the led is off, the link beat has not been es...

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    4-12 c hapter 4: p erforming t roubleshooting and d iagnostic t ests.

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    A s oftware o ption s ettings when you insert one or more 3c590 pci adapters in a pci-compliant pc, the adapter is automatically configured. The pci automatic configuration utility sets the i/o port address and interrupt request level parameters. You cannot change these settings. It also enters defa...

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    A-2 a ppendix a: s oftware o ption s ettings ■ you want to deactivate the auto select media type option. (select this option if you are unsure of the media connection to your adapter.) ■ you want to change the type of network connector. ■ you want to enable full duplex. Table a-1 lists each software...

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    Changing software option settings a-3 3 type at the prompt: install [enter] 4 the first time you use the diskette to install an adapter, a license screen appears. To accept the terms and conditions of the 3com end-user software license agreement, type the following: y to view the full text of the li...

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    A-4 a ppendix a: s oftware o ption s ettings 7 select configuration and diagnostic program from the next screen. 8 do one of the following: ■ if you have a single adapter installed, the menu selection configure adapter appears already highlighted. Press [enter]. ■ if you have multiple adapters insta...

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    Changing software option settings a-5 figure a-3 configuration dialog box 11 press [enter]. A second dialog box appears. 12 use the arrow keys to scroll through the list of settings for that option. Select a setting and press [enter]. 13 continue this procedure for any of the other parameters you wa...

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    A-6 a ppendix a: s oftware o ption s ettings saving software option settings if you want to use the same settings on other adapters, you can save the configuration settings to a file. Select under in the adapter configuration dialog box. For example, type: d:\config\3c59x.Set where x represents the ...

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    B s pecifications this appendix lists the specifications, connector pin assignments, and cable requirements for the 3c590 pci adapters. Adapter specifications network interface 3c590-tpo ethernet ieee 802.3i 10base-t industry standard for a 10 mbps baseband csma/cd local area network 3c590-combo iee...

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    B-2 a ppendix b: s pecifications rj-45 connector pin assignments figure b-1 shows the rj-45 connector pin assignments. Figure b-1 rj-45 connector pin assignments aui connector pin assignments table b-1 lists the pin assignments for the aui (attachment unit interface) connector. R d + r d – 1 2 3 4 5...

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    Cable requirements b-3 cable requirements in order to maintain compliance with the limits of a class b digital device, 3com requires that you use quality interface cables when connecting to this device. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by 3com could void the user’s authority to operat...

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    C t echnical s upport 3com provides easy access to technical support information through the variety of services described in this appendix. On-line technical services 3com offers worldwide product support seven days a week, 24 hours a day, through the following on-line systems: ■ 3com bulletin boar...

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    C-2 a ppendix c: t echnical s upport world wide web site access the latest networking information on 3com’s world wide web site by entering our url into your internet browser: http://www.3com.Com/ this service features news and information about 3com products, customer service and support, 3com’s la...

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    On-line technical services c-3 ■ cardfacts provides adapter installation diagrams, configuration drawings, troubleshooting instruction, and technical articles. Document 9999 provides you with an index of adapter documents. ■ netfacts provides data sheets and technical articles on 3com corporation’s ...

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    C-4 a ppendix c: t echnical s upport support from your network supplier if additional assistance is required, contact your network supplier. Many suppliers are authorized 3com service partners who are qualified to provide a variety of services, including network planning, installation, hardware main...

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    Returning products for repair c-5 returning products for repair a product sent directly to 3com for repair must first be assigned a return materials authorization (rma) number. A product sent to 3com without an rma number will be returned to the sender unopened, at the sender’s expense. To obtain an...

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    G lossary 10base2 the ieee standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband network on thin coaxial cable. 10base5 the ieee standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband network on thick coaxial cable. 10base-t the ieee standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband network on twisted-pair cable. Agent ...

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    2 g lossary auto select media type a utility that detects the type of network cable connected to the adapter and automatically selects that connection for packet transmission. This function is implemented by all netware odi drivers, windows for workgroups drivers, ndis 2.01 drivers, and windows nt d...

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    G lossary 3 dmi desktop management interface. The management scheme, developed by the desktop management task force (dmtf), to make management of a pc easier through standardized means of access to information from managed devices. The standard supported by the dmi defines how information on pcs is ...

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    4 g lossary isa industry standard architecture. A 16-bit extension of the original ibm pc bus architecture. The ibm personal computer at bus. Loopback a type of diagnostic test in which the transmitted signal is returned to the sending device after passing through all, or a portion of, a data commun...

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    G lossary 5 parallel tasking third-generation ethernet adapter architecture. Parallel tasking technology accelerates data transfer by processing data packets simultaneously instead of sequentially. For example, when transmission is the task, the parallel tasking architecture begins to write data to ...

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    6 g lossary transceiver a hardware device that links a node to a network cable and functions as both a transmitter and a receiver. Twisted-pair wiring similar to that found in the telephone system, consisting of two insulated wires loosely twisted around each other to help cancel out induced noise i...

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    I ndex numerics 10 mbps ethernet network adapter 1-1 10base2 coaxial cable 1-1 10base5 coaxial cable 1-1 10base-t twisted-pair cable 1-1 3c590 pci 10 mbps adapters 1-1 3c590-tpo and 3c590-combo adapters 1-1 , 1-2 backplates 1-2 connectors for 2-3 network interface b-1 3c59x.Com driver 3-3 3c59x.Lan ...

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    2 i ndex d default option settings a-1 , a-2 desktop management interface (dmi) 1-3 , 3-13 diagnostic program, starting 4-2 diagnostic tests 4-1 changing parameters 4-9 failed 4-7 group 1 4-1 , 4-3 group 2 4-2 , 4-4 group 3 4-2 , 4-5 help 4-7 purpose 4-1 starting 4-2 dos 3-2 , 3-5 , a-2 dos odi clie...

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    I ndex 3 n ndis drivers 3-12 net.Cfg file 3-8 , 3-13 netfacts c-3 netware 4.X server drivers 3-8 , 3-10 dos odi client 3-1 , 3-4 environment 3-2 with multiple adapters 3-8 , 3-10 netware loadable modules (nlms) 3-8 , 3-10 network cables, connecting fiber-optic 2-5 thick coaxial 2-5 , b-3 thin coaxia...

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    4 i ndex u unix driver 3-12 unshielded twisted-pair connections b-3 w windows for workgroups 3-12 windows nt 3-12 workgroup manager for windows 3-13 z zoom 4-7.

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    Limited warranty hardware: 3com warrants its hardware products to be free from defects in workmanship and materials, under normal use and service, for the following lengths of time from the date of purchase from 3com or its authorized reseller: if a product does not operate as warranted during the a...

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    Warranties exclusive: if a 3com product does not operate as warranted above, customer’s sole remedy shall be repair, replacement, or refund of the purchase price paid, at 3com’s option. The foregoing warranties and remedies are exclusive and are in lieu of all other warranties, express or implied, e...

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    Fcc class b certification 3com corporation model nos: 3c590-tpo and 3c590-combo fcc id: df63c590 made in u.S.A. This device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1 this device may not cause harmful interference, and 2 this device must accept an...