Testing The 3C589D Pc Card - 3Com 3C589D User Manual

4-2 C
HAPTER

Testing the 3C589D PC Card

Follow these steps to run the PC Card diagnostic program
to test the PC Card and the setup:
1 Check that the adapter is installed and connected to
the network, as described in Chapter 2.
2 Boot the computer under DOS.
3 Place the EtherDisk diskette in a floppy disk drive
on your PC and make that drive the active drive. For
example, type:
a:install [Enter]
The main menu appears.
4 Select Configuration and Diagnostic program.
The Echo Exchange Window appears.
The Echo Exchange Test tests the adapter's ability to transmit
and receive data while on the network.
To run this test on the network, you need another PC set
up as an echo server to receive packets from the adapter
being tested and echo them back to the adapter.
The PC being used as an echo server must have a 3Com
adapter running at the same speed as the 3Com adapter.
CAUTION: Running the Echo Exchange test while
connected to an active network can cause intermittent
failures. To avoid failures, connect to an inactive network
on which only the computer being tested is operating.
5 On the echo server PC, select Respond Start and press
[Enter].
6 On your PC, select Start Test and press [Enter].
7 When the test is done, proceed as follows:
a End the program on the echo server computer.
b On the computer with the adapter that you tested, exit
If a test fails, the adapter may not be defective. The problem
may be incorrect option settings, option settings that conflict
with the settings of other boards, or improper installation.
See "Troubleshooting Tips" later in this chapter for more
information.
4: T
ROUBLESHOOTING
the Configuration and Diagnostic Program and reboot
the computer.