although the default values should be appropriate in most cases, you may change any of the available options to meet the requirements of your specific system. after the nic driver software has been installed, use this procedure to verify or change the following nic properties:

    ■ 802.1p qos

    ■ checksum offload

    ■ flow control

    ■ jumbo mtu

    ■ speed and duplex

    ■ wake up capabilities

    1 on the desktop, right-click the my computer icon and select properties from the pop-up menu. the system properties window displays.

    2 click the hardware tab and then click device manager. the device manager window displays.

    3 scroll down the list of hardware devices to network adapters. click the plus sign (+) to the left of the icon to display the list of nics currently configured.

    4 double-click the gigabit ethernet nic you want to configure. the gigabit ethernet properties window displays, showing the general tab.

    5 select advanced. a window showing the list of configurable properties (and default values) for the nic displays.

    6 change the operating parameters as desired. to change nic operating parameters listed under the advanced tab, click the options listed under properties and then use the pull-down window under value to change the default or assigned value.

    when link negotiation is enabled, the user-configured link speed, flow control, and duplex settings are ignored in favor of automatically determined settings.

    the following options are available:

    ■ 802.1p qos

    - disable (default)

    - enable

    ■ checksum offload

    - none

    - rx tcp/ip checksum

    - tx tcp/ip checksum

    - tx/rx tcp/ip checksum

    ■ flow control

    - auto

    - disable (default)

    - rx pause

    - rx/tx pause

    - tx pause

    ■ jumbo mtu

    - 1500 (default)

    - 2000

    - 2500

    - 3000

    - 3500

    - 4000

    - 4500

    - 5000

    - 5500

    - 6000

    - 6500

    - 70004

    - 7500

    - 8000

    - 8500

    - 9000

    ■ speed and duplex

    - 10 mb full

    - 10 mb half

    - 100 mb full

    - 100 mb half

    - auto (default)

    ■ wake up capabili4ties

    - both (default)

    - magic packet

    - none

    - wake up frame

    7 when all desired configuration is complete, click ok to accept the settings.

    8 reloading your driver is recommended. to do so, right-click my network places.

    9 right-click the nic and select disable. you have unloaded the driver.

    10 right-click the nic and select enable. you have reloaded the driver.

    11 verify that the nic port leds operate as described in the table in "installing and connecting the nic" on page 7.