Transmit Buffers
The Transmit Buffer (shown in Figure 11-13) is used to regulate the flow of
data frames between adapters and protocol stacks. Although the default setting
of 64 is usually acceptable, increasing the number may improve performance if
network traffic is
heavy, but it will
also use system
memory.
VLAN ID
As shown in Figure 11-14, VLAN ID is used when setting up virtual LANs on
your network. By assigning the ID, this PC will access other PCs within the
VLAN. Up to 4,096 VLANs can be identified by the Adapter.
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Network Address
Shown in Figure 11-11, the Network Address selection is set to Not Present by
default. This setting is the Adapter’s MAC Address and should only be changed
when no other device with the same MAC Address is present in the network.
Receive Buffers
The Receive Buffer (Figure 11-12) is used to regulate the flow of data frames
between adapters and protocol stacks. Although the default setting of 64 is usu-
ally acceptable, increasing the number may improve performance if network
traffic is heavy, but
it will also use sys-
tem memory.
Figure 11-13
Figure 11-14
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Figure 11-11
Figure 11-12
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