3Com 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990SVR95 Changing Windows 2000 Property Settings

72CHAPTER 4: INSTALLING DYNAMICACCESS SOFTWARE IN WINDOWS

Table 1 Troubleshooting Load Balancing In Windows (continued)

Symptom Tip

Receive load balancing does not function across a router.

Receive load balancing across a router is not supported. Clients across the router cannot use receive load balancing, but clients within the subnet get higher throughput from receive load balancing.

Changing Windows 2000 Property Settings

If you receive warnings about inconsistent property settings (for example, the 802.1p Support property) while creating a group, use the following procedure to change a NIC property:

1Right-click the My Computer icon and select Properties from the menu.

2Click the Hardware tab, then click Device Manager.

3Double-clickNetwork Adapters.

4Right-click on the name of the appropriate NIC and select Properties from the menu.

5Click the Advanced tab.

6Select the appropriate property from the list (for example, 802.1p Support).

7Use the scroll list to change the property value.

8Exit the Device Manager.

Identifying Windows 2000 Miniport and LAN Connections

DynamicAccess miniport connections and NIC Local Area Connections are listed in the Network and Dial-up Connections window. If a group or VLAN is associated with a miniport, the group name and VLAN name appear in the