3Com (R) Corporation 3C90x EtherLink PCI NIC Family Advanced NIC Configuration Information -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------- 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 -------------------- 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 ------ 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. 3Com and EtherLink are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. (%VER ADVCONFG.TXT - Advanced Configuration v5.1.0)