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Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide
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Note
Information about network adapters made by other vendors is less
comprehensive than the information provided about the Allied
Telesyn AT-2711FX Fast Ethernet adapter or other Broadcom-
based adapters
The Vital Sign tab contains the following fields:
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MAC Address . This address can either be the permanent MAC
address or an address assigned by the Locally Administered Address
in the Advanced properties tab.
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Permanent MAC Address . This is a physical MAC (media access
control) address that is assigned to the device by the manufacturer.
The physical address cannot be all 0s.
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IP Address. The network address that is associated with the device. If
the IP address is all 0’s, the associated driver has not been bound with
the Internet Protocol (IP).
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Driver Status . Information about the status of the driver that is
associated with the selected controller.
– Driver Loaded . Normal operating mode. The driver that is
associated with the device has been loaded by Windows
and is functioning.
– Driver Not Loaded . The driver that is associated with the
device has not been loaded by Windows.
– Information Not Available . The value is not obtainable
from the driver that is associated with the device.
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Driver Name/Version/Date . The file name, version, and creation date
of the software driver that is associated with the device.
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Offload Capabilities . The options are:
– LSO (Large Send Offload). The network adapter performs
TCP segmentation.
– CO (Checksum Offload). The adapter computes the TCP/
IP checksum.
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Network Status : The following network status information is provided:
– Link Status . The indicator is green if a link is established.
A red indicator means that a link is not established.
– Speed . The link speed of the device.
– Duplex . The duplex mode in which the device is operating.