3Com EtherLink 3C985B-SX User Manual page 67

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To run the transmit/receive test:
1 Install a 3C985B-SX server NIC and the network driver
in each of two different servers and connect both to
the same inactive network.
The server that contains the NIC being tested is the
transmitting server. The echo server is the receiving server.
You must start the test on the receiving PC before starting
the test on the transmitting PC.
2 On both servers:
a Start the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program.
b Click the Diagnostics tab to display the Diagnostics
window
c Click Choose Test to display the Packet Test window
(Figure
3 On the receiving server:
a In the Packet Test window, click Receive to display the
Receiver window
continuously or for a certain number of iterations is
determined by configuring the transmitting PC. You
cannot modify the selection here.)
b Click Start.
4 On the transmitting server:
a In the Packet Test window, click Transmit to display the
Transmitter window.
b To run the test continuously, click the Continuous check
box, or enter the number of times you want the test to
run by typing the number in the Loops field.
c Click Start.
5 If you have selected Continuous, click Stop on the
transmitting server, and then click Stop on the
receiving server to halt the test.
6 To exit the Transmit/Receive Test, click Close.
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IAGNOSTICS AND ROUBLESHOOTING
(Figure 18).
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(Figure 22). (The option to run the test