3Com Fast EtherLink XL PCI 10/100BASE-TX Changing Pace Configuration, Selecting Pace Applications

5-4CHAPTER 5: CHANGING CONFIGURATION

2To display the options for each setting, select the setting and scroll through the options pull-down menu to the right.

Click the Help button to display Help for this screen. Click the question mark (?) at the top of the screen, drag it to a value, and click. The pop-up box displays information about the selected value.

3To select a new value, use the pull-down menu and release the mouse button at the value you want.

4Click OK.

The new value is selected. Repeat the process to change any configuration setting on the Properties screen. Click OK to save values or Cancel to exit without saving values.

Changing PACE Configuration

PACE technology allows you to establish class of service in order to prioritize multimedia and real-time data. Prioritization makes sure that critical data for the selected applications gets through as fast as possible. To use PACE technology, you must have a switched connection over 3Com switches that are enabled for PACE technology.

Selecting PACE Applications

To select PACE applications, follow these steps:

1On the Properties screen shown in Figure 5-2, click PACE Configuration.

The PACE Applications screen appears.

For the PACE driver to recognize high-priority network traffic, it must know if a stream of network traffic was generated by a specific PACE application.

2To enable PACE support for an application, click the box next to the appropriate application name.

3Click OK.