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Introduction
Thank you for choosing the 32-bit PCI-Bus 10/100Mbps
ACPI Fast Ethernet Card, this card is auto-configurable
upon power up and also supports auto-negotiation to
automatically select the optimum speed and
communication mode of an attached device. Additionally,
the 32-bit PCI-Bus 10/100Mbps ACPI Fast Ethernet Card
complies with ACPI, and PC99, and includes support for
Remote Wake-Up by Magic Packet™, LinkChg and
Microsoft
®
wake-up frame.
About Fast Ethernet
Fast Ethernet is a network technology specified by IEEE
Standard 802.3u. It extends the traditional 10Mbps
Ethernet technology to achieve 100Mbps transmission
and reception, while retaining the same CSMA/CD
Ethernet protocol. Thus while Fast Ethernet provides a
tenfold increase in network capacity, it is wholly
compatible with traditional 10Mbps Ethernet network
facilities.
About Auto-negotiation
Auto-negotiation is an IEEE 802.3 procedure of
negotiating the highest data flow capability between the
device (in this case, our Adapter) and their links partner
(some other device). The data flow information, to be
negotiated, consists of the data speed (10Mbps or
100Mbps) and data transfer (half-duplex or full-duplex
communication). The physical process of
auto-negotiation requires only a few milliseconds to
choose the fastest communications capability between the
two devices.
