Network Card User's Manual

Gigabit Ethernet & Auto MDI-X

u Supports IEEE802.1Q VLAN tagging

u Supports 10/100/1000Mbps Auto-negotiation

operation

u Full Duplex support for 10/100/1000Mbps data

rates

u Auto MDI-II/MDI-X crossover for all three

speeds

u Built-in FIFO (8K/64K) buffers reduces

overhead of memory transfers

u 802.3x Full duplex flow control, including

automatic transmission of Pause frames based on

Rx FIFO thresholds

u Two LED indicators for easy diagnostic

Gigabit Ethernet Technology

Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet

utilizing the same packet structure, format, and support

for CSMA/CD protocol, full duplex, and management

objects, but with a tenfold increase in theoretical

throughput over 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and a one

hundred-fold increase over 10Mbps Ethernet. Since it is

compatible with all 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet