Etherlink III 3Com 3C905b-TPC not working in Win2K

[Alex Santantonio]

It shows that it is working in the device manager, but it has a solid green
light on the back, not communicating with the network. Hub, cable, etc all
work fine, it is something with Win2k. The card has worked in NT and 98,
what is the problem here? 3com is of no help, this is the full release of
Win2k.

[Vesa Sarkela]

In article <eObnfmXc$GA.282@cppssbbsa04>,

I have found a problem with 3C905B-TX cards, but 3Com insists that they
are OK. You may also have this problem.

The problem is sensitivity to line noise when receiveing data from
network. Symptoms are network speed slowing down, dropped connections
and problems with connections that have worked OK in the past. 3COM NIC
DOCTOR (or 3c90xcfg.exe) will show a high number of framing, overrun
and CRC errors.

There is a simple test for this problem: put a small, cheap hub between
PC and the network wall socket. If network begins to work normally, it
is because the short patch cable between hub and PC has much less noise
than the lengthier (up to 90 m) permanent UTP cable.

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