3Com (R) Corporation
3C90x EtherLink PCI NIC Family
Advanced NIC Configuration Information
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The EtherLink 10/100 PCI For Complete PC Management (3C905C-TX-M) NIC
supports advanced features such as Remote Wake-Up, remote system alerts
(heartbeat packets), and a workgroup keep-alive packet.
IMPORTANT: These features should be configured by
system administrators only.
To configure the 3C905C-TX-M NIC's advanced features:
1. Install the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program for Windows.
See the user guide for instructions.
2. Open the Windows Start menu and select Run.
3. At the prompt, enter:
tcaudiag -a
The 3Com NIC Diagnostics program starts.
4. Select the Configuration tab.
The advanced settings appear on the screen.
Select a setting to configure it.
Remote Wake-Up
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Enabled Defaults -- allows the NIC to wake up the
PC when one of the default events is received.
Disabled -- disables Remote Wake-Up on the NIC.
Enabled Custom -- allows you to determine which
events can wake up the NIC.
Workgroup Keep-Alive
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Enabled -- a packet is sent periodically by the
NIC to ensure that the PC's MAC address is not
aged-out of switch forwarding tables.
Disabled -- the workgroup keep-alive packet is
not sent by the NIC.
Alerts
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Enabled Custom -- allows you to determine which
remote system alerts are generated by the NIC.
Disabled -- disables the NIC's ability to generate
a remote system alert.
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.