Chapter 3 configuration and troubleshooting, Understanding the configuration options, Understanding the configuration options -1 – NETGEAR GA311 User Manual

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v1.0, February 2007

Chapter 3

Configuration and Troubleshooting

This chapter describes how to use the advanced configuration options of your NETGEAR 10/100/
1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter GA311 and basic troubleshooting techniques.

Understanding the Configuration Options

The GA311 adapter provides the following advanced options:

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.

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.

Enable Jumbo frames to extend Ethernet frames to 7500 bytes

Set the link speed and the duplex mode:

Auto Negotiation

1000Mbps/Full Duplex

100Mbps/Full Duplex

100Mbps/Half Duplex

10Mbps/Full Duplex

10Mbps/Half Duplex

Set up checksum offloading to the network card

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

Enable wakeup on ARP/PING

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