Configuration And Troubleshooting; Understanding The Configuration Options - NETGEAR GA511 User Manual

0/100/1000 mbps cardbus adapter

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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

This chapter describes how to use the advanced configuration options of your NETGEAR 10/100/

1000 Mbps Gigabit CardBus Adapter GA511 and basic troubleshooting techniques.

Understanding the Configuration Options

The GA511 adapter provides the following advanced options:

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Configure the 802.1Q VLAN ID. The IEEE 802.1Q standard defines the operation of Virtual

LAN (VLAN) Bridges that permit the definition, operation and administration of Virtual LAN

topologies within a Bridged LAN infrastructure.

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Configure 802.1Q/1p VLAN tagging. The 802.1p Quality of service (QOS) is an OSI layer 2

standard for prioritizing network traffic at the data link sublayer.

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Enable Jumbo frames to extend Ethernet frames to 3000 bytes

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Set the link speed and the duplex mode:

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Auto Negotiation

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1000Mbps/Full Duplex

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100Mbps/Full Duplex

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100Mbps/Half Duplex

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10Mbps/Full Duplex

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10Mbps/Half Duplex

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Set up checksum offloading to the network card

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Set up the offload of TCP large packets to the network card