Chapter 8: Setting Advanced Properties
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For Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows
7 Operating systems, see “Selecting the Advanced Tab in
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 7”
on page 103.
For Windows Operating systems, see “Selecting the Advanced
Tab in Windows Vista” on page 104.
The Advanced tab is shown in Figure 19 on page 102.
2. From the Property list on the Advanced tab, select Receive Side
Scaling.
3. From the Value list on the Advanced tab, select one of the following:
Enabled
Disabled
4. Click OK.
5. If prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.
Although it is not necessary to reboot the system for new adapter
properties to take effect, rebooting is recommended to reinitialize all
registers.
6. Verify that the port LED operates correctly. See one of the following
descriptions:
“AT-2973SX Adapter Physical Description” on page 17
“AT-2973T Adapter Physical Description” on page 18
“AT-2973T/4 Adapter Physical Description” on page 21
Updating the
Speed & DuplexMode Property
The Speed & Duplex Mode property allows you to set the speed of the
copper adapters as well as the change the duplex mode from full to half.
By default, the duplex mode is set to a speed of 1000 Mb in full duplex
mode.
Note
You cannot change the speed or duplex mode of the AT-2973SX
adapter. It is set to a speed of 1000Mbps in full-duplex mode.
To change the speed and duplex mode of a copper-based adapter, do the
following:
1. Access the Advanced tab:
For Windows Server 2003 Operating systems, see “Selecting the
Advanced Tab in Windows Server 2003” on page 100.