Accessing The Help System - 3Com 3CSOHO100- User Manual

For a description of each statistic, click the Help button on
the screen or click the question mark (?) at the top of the
screen, move it over the topic, and click once. A pop-up
box displays information about the statistic.
c Close all open windows when the Echo test is finished.

Accessing the Help System

The OfficeConnect NIC Help system is a Windows Help
application that includes numerous Help topics about the
OfficeConnect NIC.
To access the OfficeConnect NIC Help system:
1 From the Windows Start menu, select Programs.
2 Select 3Com NIC Utilities.
3 Click 3nichelp.
For PCs running Windows NT 3.51, from the File
menu, select Run. At the command prompt, enter the
path for the 3Com NIC Help system. The default path is
C:\WINNT35\SYSTEM32\3NICDIAG.HLP.
The main Help screen appears, displaying information
about the 3Com NIC Diagnostics General screen.
4 Click Help Topics to display a list of Help topics or click
Find to search for a Help topic.
If the values of the Bytes Received, Bytes Transmitted,
Packets Received, or Packets Transmitted statistics
increase, the two PCs are successfully transmitting data
over the network.
If the values of the statistics remain at zero, or if there are
excessive collisions, the two PCs aren't transmitting data
successfully over the network. Check the following:
Ensure that the network hub or device to which the
NIC is connected and the cable connecting to your
NIC comply with the 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX
specifications. (See Appendix A.)
Ensure that the network hub or device to which the
NIC is connected is powered on.
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