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DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User’s Guide
Isolating Faulty Hardware
If the problem persists, try the following:
■ Replace the NIC with the same type of Adaptec NIC which is
known to work. If the new NIC functions properly, the
problem is related to the original NIC.
■ Install the NIC in another functioning computer and run the
tests again. If the NIC works in this machine, the problem is
related to one of three areas:
– The computer is faulty
– There is a hardware conflict
– There are problems with the cables or connectors
Troubleshooting
Use the following table to help answer common questions. For more
information on FAQs, see the
www.adaptec.com
support site.
Symptom Solution
Adaptec NIC is
conflicting with an
installed PCI SCSI
Adapter.
Configure the NIC and SCSI adapters to use
different interrupts via BIOS, System
Configuration Utility (SCU), or EISA
Configuration Utility (ECU) provided by
the system vendor.
Workstations cannot
connect to the NetWare
server.
■
Make sure the workstation and server are
using the same frame type.
■
Add the following two lines to the Net-
Ware Server
startup.ncf
file:
set minimum packet receive buffers=512
set maximum packet receive buffers=1024
■
For Failover and Port Aggregation Net-
Ware servers, verify that
IPX retry count=
255
is on each workstation. See
Connect-
ing Clients to the NetWare Failover Server
on page 12-6.
Error messages during
NetWare Driver
installation.
Install NetWare service pack 6(iwsp6) or
later, select ODI 3.31 specification, and then
install the DuraLAN NIC driver.