Using the 3Com DOS Diagnostics Program 73Use the DOS diagnostics program in the following cases: To verify that the hardware works before you installa driver.Your site’s network installation procedures may requireyou to verify that installed hardware is functional beforeyou install software. If the network driver fails to load.The internal and external tests determine whether thecomponents on the NIC are functioning correctly. If there is no network activity, or if irregular activityis reported by the server or the switch. To acquire specific information about the NIC. To acquire specific configuration information aboutthe NIC.Copying the ProgramThe DOS Configuration and Diagnostics Program mustbe run in DOS with no device drivers or memory managersinstalled. It will not run in a Windows NT DOS window. Youmust boot from DOS without running the AUTOEXEC.BAT orCONFIG.SYS files.The program name is 3C985CFG.EXE. To run the programin DOS, you must copy it from the 3Com EtherLink ServerCD to a bootable DOS diskette.Follow these steps to copy the program and start it in DOS:1 Create a bootable DOS diskette.2 Insert the 3Com EtherLink Server CD into theCD-ROM drive.3 Insert the bootable DOS diskette into thefloppy drive.4 Copy all the files from the DOS_DIAG directoryon the 3Com EtherLink Server CD to the bootableDOS diskette:copy \dos_diag\*.* a:
