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Running Cable Analysis

NetWare

From the command line, type config then press Enter. The following status information
is displayed:
3Com Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Version:
Hardware Setting:
Mode Address:
Frame Type:
Board Name:
Lan Protocol: ARP (see note)
Lan Protocol: IP Addr: (see note)
NOTE: The LAN protocol status appears after assigning an IP address to the
adapter (that is, bind).

Linux

To verify that the bcm5700.o driver is loaded properly, run "lsmod" and a line similar to
the following will appear if the driver is loaded:
Module
BCM5700
where <size> is the size of the driver in bytes and <n> is the number of adapters
configured using 'ifconfig'.
The following section describes how to run the cable diagnostics from the 3Com
Management Programs. See "3Com Management Programs" on page 85 for setups
and initialization.
NOTE: This test is designed to work for a 1 gigabit copper link (1000BASE-T) only.
From the Cable Analysis screen the user can monitor conditions of an Ethernet CAT5 cable
connection within a cable plant in an Ethernet network.
NOTE: Network connection will be lost when running these tests.
Running Cable Analysis
Size Used by
<size> <n>
95