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This chapter describes the 3Com
®
EtherLink
®
XL PCI
10 Mbps 3C900B network interface cards (NICs).
Procedures are provided for installing the NIC hardware
and software and connecting each version of the NIC
to an Ethernet network.
Figure 1-1 shows the two versions of the 3C900B NIC.
These NICs connect your PC to a 10 Mbps Ethernet
network using up to three different types of media.
Figure 1-1
3C900B Network Interface Cards
Table 1-1 shows the cable, connector, transceiver,
and maximum network segments for the various
3C900B NIC models.
3C900B-COMBO
3C900B-TPO
LED
LED
RJ-45 port
AUI port
BNC port
