3Com (R) Corporation LAN Installation Disk
for the 3Com Megahertz LAN PC Card Family
OS/2 Warp and NetWare Server Information
These instructions work for both OS/2 Warp 3 and Warp 4.
To install the driver, follow these steps:
1. Install the OS/2 Warp operating system on the PC.
2. Download the latest version of the Novell NetWare
Requester from Novell.
3. Insert the LAN Installation Disk 2 in the A drive,
change to the A:\NWCLIENT directory, and
copy the driver 3C589.SYS to the root (A:\)
of LAN Installation Disk 2.
If this is not done the OS/2 ODI driver will
not be copied to the hard drive during the
ensuing installation procedures.
4. Boot OS/2 Warp.
5. Install the PCMCIA Card and Socket Services:
a. Double-click "OS/2 System".
b. Double-click "System Setup".
c. Double-click "Selective Install".
d. Click the PCMCIA Support icon.
e. Select the notebook OS/2 Warp is being installed on.
f. Click OK.
g. Click OK again to exit and save the
System Configuration.
Note: If the notebook is not listed under "Select PCMCIA system"
then select a similar model from the same manufacturer.
This selection is very important as it defines which
PCMCIA Socket driver is installed in the CONFIG.SYS file.
If the wrong socket driver is installed, OS/2 Warp
will fail to communicate properly to PCMCIA adapters.
Call the notebook manufacturer for the proper choice
should problems be encountered after the completion
of this install.
6. Insert the "WSOS2_1" NetWare Requester diskette
in the A: drive.
7. Click the Drives icon and double-click on "Drive A".
8. Double-click on the "INSTALL.EXE" icon.
9. Select "Installation" from the file bar and click on
"Requester on workstation...".
10. Enter the target directory to install the drivers in.
The default is C:\NETWARE.
Click the OK button to continue.
11. Select "Edit CONFIG.SYS and Copy All Files...".
Click the OK button to continue.
12. "Step 1 - Choose the ODI LAN Driver" box appears.
In the "Choose from the list or type in the driver name:"
box, enter the driver name 3C589.SYS and click the
Continue button.
13. Select the appropriate option for "IPX Support for
DOS and Windows:" and then click Continue.
14. Select any Optional Protocols needed and click on Save.
15. Click OK to save to the C:\CONFIG.SYS file.
16. Click "Copy" to copy the requester files to the
C:\NETWARE directory.
17. Swap diskettes as requested.
18. At the "Copy ODI LAN Driver Files" dialog box
the default ODI driver should be
shown as 3C589.SYS. Select the bullet for
"Copy only the default driver" and click OK.
19. When prompted for a diskette containing third
party ODI drivers, insert LAN Installation Disk 2
(which has the driver 3C589.SYS located in the
root directory) in drive A: and click OK.
20. Continue disk swapping as requested.
21. A message screen will now appear indicating that the
"Installation is complete".
Continue on to configure this notebook.
22. Select "Configuration" from the file bar and click on
"This workstation...".
23. Enter the default NET.CFG location of C:\NET.CFG and
click on the Edit button.
24. Type the following in the box "Current NET.CFG File Contents:"
link driver 3c589
frame ethernet_802.2
node address 02xxxxxxxxxx
Note: The word "link" must start in column 1, and "frame"
must be indented using the space bar.
Specify the same frame type that is running on the
NetWare server to be logged into, otherwise
login will be unsuccessful.
Replace the xxxxxxxxxx with the
Ethernet Address of your PC Card.
Note:
Please note the following example node address overide:
LINK DRIVER 3C589
; PORT 300
; FRAME ETHERNET_802.2
FRAME ETHERNET_802.3
; PROTOCOL IPX e0 ETHERNET_802.2
; PROTOCOL IPX 0 ETHERNET_802.3 (binds IPX to frame)
; NODE ADDRESS 02xxxxxxxxxx (must be included for OS/2 ODI)
25. Click "Save" to finish.
26. NetWare Client for OS/2 is now installed.
Select "Close" from the menu in the top-left corner
of the window to exit the installation program.
27. Shut down OS/2 Warp and reboot the notebook.
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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.