Introduction - 3Com III User Manual

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NTRODUCTION
The 3Com EtherLink III Parallel Tasking adapters
described in this guide are members of a family of
third-generation Ethernet adapters. This family includes the
32-bit bus master Extended Industry Standard Architecture
(EISA)10 Mbps Ethernet network adapters. This guide
contains installation and diagnostic information about the
following EISA adapters:
3C592-COMBO (RJ-45, BNC, AUI connectors)
3C592-TPO (RJ-45 connector)
The two adapters are functionally identical; they differ only in
the layout of the components on each board and the type of
media supported on the backplates, as shown in Figure 1-1.
The name "3C592 EISA adapter" is used in this guide to refer
to both EtherLink III 10 Mbps EISA adapters unless otherwise
specified.
The bus master drivers supplied with this adapter are
compatible with the Fast EtherLink 10/100BASE-T EISA
adapter. The bus master drivers shipped on the 3C59X
EtherDisk diskette are compatible with the 3Com 3C59X
family of EISA and PCI bus master adapters; they are not
backward-compatible with the 3Com 3C5X9 family of
EtherLink III adapters.
The 3C592 EISA adapter connects your EISA-compliant
personal computer to an Ethernet network wired with
IEEE 802.3 standard 10BASE2 or 10BASE5 coaxial cable, or
10BASE-T twisted-pair cable. The cable specification for each
adapter type is shown in Table 1-1.