3Com 3C319 User Manual

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Before Configuring the NIC and Installing the Driver

2-5

If you require other settings, you must change them
manually, as described in

Chapter 5

,

“Configuring the

NIC Manually,”

and then reboot.

If your PnP PC does not detect and automatically
configure the 3Com NIC, do not assume the NIC is
defective. The BIOS PnP may be an early design, or
the design may be nonstandard. Use the procedures in

Chapter 5

,

“Configuring the NIC Manually,”

to disable PnP

and configure the NIC.

Proceed with NIC configuration and driver installation
according to the conditions described below:

If you have a single 3C319 NIC installed and want to
load a single NetWare DOS ODI client, see

Chapter 3

,

“Installing NetWare DOS Clients Automatically

.”

Chapter 3

describes using the 3Com AutoLink utility

to configure the NIC automatically and install the
DOS 16-bit client network driver for NetWare 3.12
and 4.10 systems.

Table 2-1 Initial Settings of Configuration Options

Option

Default Settings in
PCs with PnP Support

Default Settings
in PCs without
PnP Support

Plug and Play

Enabled

Enabled

Configuration Mode

3Com

3Com

I/O Base Address

Set by PnP

A20h

Interrupt Request Level

Set by PnP

2(9)

Ring Speed

16 Mbps

16 Mbps

BIOS/MMIO Base Address

Set by PnP

CC000

RAM Page Size

16 K

16 K

Shared RAM Address Range

Set by PnP

D8000–DBFFF

Memory Mode

16-bit

16-bit

I/O Mode

16-bit

16-bit

IRQ Driver Type

Edge Triggered

Edge Triggered

AutoSwitch

Disabled

Disabled

Boot PROM

Disabled

Disabled

Zero Wait State

Enabled

Enabled

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