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MICROSOFT WINDOWS
ENVIRONMENT
This chapter describes how to install a 3C359B NIC
network device driver for various Microsoft Windows
environments.
Drivers Available for Windows
3Com provides the following network device drivers for the
3C359B NIC in these Microsoft Windows environments:
■ Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) 5 miniport
driver
■ NDIS 4 miniport driver
■ NDIS 3 miniport driver
NDIS 5 Miniport Driver
The NDIS 5 driver conforms to Microsoft’s latest NDIS 5.0
miniport specification and supports the following Windows
environments:
■ Windows 98
■ Windows 2000
The NDIS 5 driver provides the following 3C359B NIC
capabilities:
■ DynamicAccess Class of Service (Traffic Prioritization)
■ Auto ring speed detection
■ Promiscuous mode
■ Locally administered network address (LAA) selection
Class of Service is disabled by default. You can enable this
DynamicAccess feature during installation.
Auto ring speed detection is enabled by default during
NDIS 5 driver installation. You can disable this feature
during installation if desired.