Ref: 02880032
Title: Problems with EtherLink/MC TP and Novell
date: 7/13/90

Copyright 3Com Corporation, 1991.  All rights reserved.

When the EtherLink/MC-TP (10BaseT) adapter was introduced, 3Com made a
statement that it was fully compatible with the EtherLink/MC adapter.
However, we have now discovered that there is an incompatibility with
Novell's NetWare 286 and 2.1x drivers.

The incompatibility is due to the fact that the workstation and server
driver for the EtherLink/MC TP does an external loopback test during the
initialization phase if the adapter's internal transceiver is being used.

3Com is working closely with Novell to resolve this issue.  Novell is
currently testing a modified driver that will work with both EtherLink/MC
and EtherLink/MC-TP.  We plan to release the NetWare driver on the
EtherLink/MC TP diskette with a release note, to ensure fast distribution.
We will also release the driver on Ask3Com, and Novell will release it on
NetWire.  Novell will continue to support the driver.
