Installation And Configuration Options; Autolink Installation - 3Com 09-0572-000 User Manual

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HAPTER
The 3C619C adapter can be configured in one of two modes:
3Com mode or IBM mode. 3Com mode increases the number
of available IRQ channels from 4 to 8 and the number of I/O
base addresses from 2 to 32. You can install up to six adapters
per PC. 3Com drivers (Novell NetWare and NDIS) are
supplied on the TokenDisk diskette to support these 3Com
mode enhancements.
IBM mode provides the same configuration options as IBM
16/4 Token Ring Adapters: four IRQ channels and two I/O
base addresses. You can use either 3Com drivers or IBM
drivers with the adapter in IBM mode.
Installation and Configuration Options
The software on the TokenDisk diskette provides three methods
for installing the adapter:

AutoLink installation

Standard installation and configuration
Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95 installation and
configuration
Figure 1-1 depicts the installation process, including the
cabling and network operating system options. The chapters
listed contain detailed information for that step.
The three installation methods are described in the
following sections.
AutoLink Installation
The AutoLink program can be used to make your PC a
NetWare DOS ODI client. The AutoLink program configures
and tests the 3C619C adapter, installs the client driver and
NetWare client files, and modifies PC startup files to allow
you to log in to a NetWare server after you reboot your PC.
For more information about the AutoLink feature, see
Chapter 3, "Using the AutoLink Feature for NetWare."
1: I
NTRODUCTION