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Copyright © 1998, 3Com Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be 
reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, 
transformation, or adaptation) without written permission from 3Com Corporation.
3Com Corporation reserves the right to revise this documentation and to make changes in content 
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revision or change.
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either implied or expressed, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and 
fitness for a particular purpose. 3Com may make improvements or changes in the product(s) and/or the 
program(s) described in this documentation at any time.
 
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGENDS:
 
If you are a United States government agency, then this documentation and the software described 
herein are provided to you subject to the following: 
 
United States Government Legend:
 
 All technical data and computer software is commercial in 
nature and developed solely at private expense. Software is delivered as Commercial Computer 
Software as defined in DFARS 252.227-7014 (June 1995) or as a commercial item as defined in 
FAR 2.101(a) and as such is provided with only such rights as are provided in 3Com’s standard 
commercial license for the Software. Technical data is provided with limited rights only as provided in 
DFAR 252.227-7015 (Nov 1995) or FAR 52.227-14 (June 1987), whichever is applicable. You agree not 
to remove or deface any portion of any legend provided on any licensed program or documentation 
contained in, or delivered to you in conjunction with, this User Guide.
If there is any software on removable media described in this documentation, it is furnished under a 
license agreement included with the product as a separate document, in the hard copy documentation, 
or on the removable media in a directory file named LICENSE.TXT. If you are unable to locate a copy, 
please contact 3Com and a copy will be provided to you.
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3Com, the 3Com logo, EtherDisk, EtherLink, Net Age, Parallel Tasking, SmartAgent, and Transcend are 
registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. AutoLink, Dynamic
 
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, and PACE are trademarks of 
3Com Corporation. 3ComFacts is a service mark of 3Com Corporation.
Magic Packet is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Anixter is a trademark of Anixter Bros., 
Inc. Artisoft and LANtastic are trademarks of Artisoft, Inc. Banyan and VINES are trademarks of Banyan 
Systems, Incorporated. CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServe, Inc. Alpha, DEC, and 
PATHWORKS are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. Pentium is a registered trademark of 
Intel Corporation. IBM and OS/2 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. 
Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Novell and NetWare 
are trademarks of Novell, Inc. Open Desktop and SCO are trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Other brand and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective 
holders.
Guide written by Jean Anderson. Edited by Nancy Kurahashi. Technical illustration by Mary Inden. 
Production by Becky Whitmer.
 
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