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Chapter 6: Setting Advanced Properties
Receive Side
Scaling
Speed & Duplex
Mode
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The Receive Side Scaling (RSS) feature configures RSS queues from 1 to
4. The available options are RSS 1 Queue, RSS 2 Queue, and RSS 4
Queue. By default, RSS is set to Enabled.
To set Receive Side Scaling, do the following:
1. Access the Device Manger for your operating system.
To access the Windows XP Device Manager, see "Selecting the
Device Manager Window" on page 47.
To access the Windows Vista Device Manager, see "Selecting the
Device Manager" on page 39.
To access the Windows 7 Device Manager, see "Selecting the
Device Manager Window" on page 54.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
The Advanced tab is shown in Figure 31 on page 64.
3. From the Property list on the Advanced tab, select "Receive Side
Scaling."
4. In the Value list on the Advanced tab, select one of the following:
Enabled
Disabled
5. Click OK.
6. If prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.
Although it is not necessary to reboot the system for new adapter
properties to take effect, rebooting is recommended to reinitialize all
registers.
7. Verify that the port LED operates as described in "Physical
Description" on page 20.
The speed and duplex mode feature allows you to set the speed of the
adapter as well as the change the duplex mode from full to half. By default,
the duplex mode is set to a speed of 100 Mb in full duplex mode.
To change the speed and duplex mode of an adapter, do the following:
1. Access the Device Manger for your operating system.
To access the Windows XP Device Manager, see "Selecting the
Device Manager Window" on page 47.
To access the Windows Vista Device Manager, see "Selecting the
Device Manager" on page 39.
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