The 3C523 is a network device manufactured by 3Com. Issues like weak Wi-Fi signal, slow DNS lookup, duplicate IP addresses, slow network and excessive CPU usage can be solved by updating this driver. This update - "3c523x.exe" - has an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 8 reviews, and has been downloaded 32 times. The total disk space used for this update is 270.6 KB.
3C523
3C523B
3Com® EtherLink®/MC 16-Bit Micro Channel Network Interface Card
V3.3 EtherDisk for ELMC/TP (8193-04), 3C523
Bhaskar (DG Staff Member) on 1-Jun-2004
The following files are found inside the driver download file.
Name | Size | Date |
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3C523TP.EXE | 41.3 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
3C523.EXE | 41.2 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
UTIL/BROWSE.COM | 1.2 KB | 15 Dec 1992 |
UTIL/SHOWVER.EXE | 12.4 KB | 1 Oct 1991 |
UTIL/UPDATE.EXE | 9.8 KB | 28 Apr 1993 |
@6042.ADF | 2.5 KB | 9 Mar 1990 |
NETWARE/ODI/3C523.COM | 26.6 KB | 16 Nov 1992 |
NETWARE/ODI/3C523.SYS | 18.6 KB | 9 Jul 1991 |
NETWARE/ODI/SAMPNET.CFG | 1.5 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
NETWARE/386/3C523.LAN | 15.1 KB | 30 Apr 1992 |
NETWARE/NW40/3C523.LAN | 8.9 KB | 17 Dec 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/S3C523.LAN | 132 bytes | 14 Jul 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/B3C523A2.OBJ | 9.7 KB | 11 Aug 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/C3C523A2.OBJ | 9.7 KB | 11 Aug 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/B3C523A1.OBJ | 9.1 KB | 11 Aug 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/C3C523A1.OBJ | 9.1 KB | 11 Aug 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/A3C523A1.LAN | 1.3 KB | 11 Aug 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/UPDATE.BAT | 2.9 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/S3C523.OBJ | 18.2 KB | 14 Jul 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/A3C523A2.OBJ | 9.7 KB | 11 Aug 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/D3C523A1.OBJ | 9.1 KB | 11 Aug 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/A3C523A2.LAN | 1.3 KB | 11 Aug 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/A3C523A1.OBJ | 9.1 KB | 11 Aug 1992 |
NETWARE/286-IPX/D3C523A2.OBJ | 9.7 KB | 11 Aug 1992 |
3PLUS/2ETH523.SYS | 8.9 KB | 10 Dec 1990 |
3PLUS/ETH523.SYS | 8.9 KB | 25 Oct 1990 |
NDIS/OS2/LSIBMOS2.NIF | 1.5 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
NDIS/OS2/PROTOCOL.INI | 715 bytes | 5 Feb 1993 |
NDIS/OS2/ELNKMC.OS2 | 16.6 KB | 5 Aug 1992 |
NDIS/DOS/LSIBMDOS.NIF | 1.5 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
NDIS/DOS/PROTOCOL.INI | 715 bytes | 1 Mar 1993 |
NDIS/DOS/ELNKMC.DOS | 9.5 KB | 5 Aug 1992 |
NDIS/README | 8.3 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
MSLANMAN.OS2/DRIVERS/NIF/ELNKMC.NIF | 203 bytes | 1 Mar 1993 |
MSLANMAN.OS2/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/ELNKMC/PROTOCOL.INI | 715 bytes | 5 Feb 1993 |
MSLANMAN.OS2/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/ELNKMC/ELNKMC.OS2 | 16.6 KB | 5 Aug 1992 |
README/SNMP.TXT | 1.8 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
README/SUPPORT.TXT | 5.5 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
README/README.TXT | 2.7 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
README/SYSRESRC.TXT | 1.5 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
README/INSTALL.TXT | 2.6 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
README/TROUBLE.TXT | 3.2 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
README/DIAGINFO.TXT | 3.7 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
README/ISVLIST.TXT | 15.6 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
README/TPOPTS.TXT | 2.9 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
MSLANMAN.DOS/DRIVERS/NIF/ELNKMC.NIF | 174 bytes | 1 Mar 1993 |
MSLANMAN.DOS/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/ELNKMC/PROTOCOL.INI | 715 bytes | 1 Mar 1993 |
MSLANMAN.DOS/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/ELNKMC/ELNKMC.DOS | 9.5 KB | 5 Aug 1992 |
MENU.COM | 8.5 KB | 1 Mar 1993 |
To get the 3C523 driver, click the green download button above. After you complete your download, move on to Step 2.
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Locate the device and model that is having the issue and double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
Select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button and follow the instructions.
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