NETGEAR GA311 - Manual (Page 31)

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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