Introduction; System Requirements - TRENDnet TEG-PCISX User Manual

1000mbps ethernet card

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Introduction

Thank you for choosing the 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Card

for PCI-Bus equipped personal computers. The 1000Mbps

Gigabit Ethernet Card is ideal for speeding up data transfers

for network servers and other computers, such as those used

for video-conferencing, that send and/or receive large

amounts of data. The 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Card also

includes the newest networking technologies, such as VLAN

and multicasting support, that use network bandwidth more

efficiently and further help the card maximize data

throughput.

The host computer or server using the 1000Mbps Gigabit

Ethernet Card needs to meet the following minimum

requirements:

• Processor – Pentium-class CPU or higher

• Memory – 32MB RAM (Linux only), all other NOSs

require 64 MB RAM

• PCI slot – 32- or 64-bit PCI Local Bus Slot Rev. 2.1 or

later (please refer to the motherboard User's Guide)

• BIOS – Latest BIOS (Contact the PC manufacturer or

BIOS manufacturer's website to verify)

• Network connection – an IEEE 802.3z-compliant

gigabit switch, modular switch port or buffered repeater

• Operating System – One of the following:

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