Microsoft KB Archive/63641

= Configuring IBM PS/2s & 3Com Adapters for Thick Ethernet =

Article ID: 63641

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006



This article was previously published under Q63641



SUMMARY
To configure an IBM PS/2 Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus computer with a 3Com EtherLink/MC 3C523 adapter for thick Ethernet, you must boot from the Reference Disk and set the &quot;Transceiver Type&quot; option to &quot;External Transceiver(DIX)&quot; for the Ethernet card.

This differs from the thick Ethernet configuration of an ISA standard computer with a 3Com EtherLink II 3C503 adapter, where the line &quot;Transceiver = External&quot; must be in the PROTOCOL.INI file.

The following steps can be used to make this modification:

 Boot from the Reference Disk. Choose the Main Menu option.  Choose Set Configuration, and go to the appropriate section. For example:      SLOT5     3Com EtherLink/MC Ethernet Adapter Enable/Disable Adapter............Adapter Enabled I/O Address Range.................300 to 307 Interrupt Level...................Channel 3 Packet Buffer RAM Address Range...0C0000 to 0C5FFF Transceiver Type..................External Transceiver(DIX)   Set &quot;Transceiver Type&quot; to the following:      External Transceiver(DIX) for thick Ethernet (with a 15 pin DIX connector)

On-Board Transceiver(BNC) for thin Ethernet (with a BNC &quot;T-connector&quot;) 

Additional query words: 2.00 2.10 2.10a 2.20

Keywords: KB63641

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