Advanced features

This section presents advanced information for adapters that support the advanced features listed. Tasks within this section should be handled only by system administrators.

Advanced adapter features

To access the advanced features of the adapter, perform the following:

1.In the Control Panel, double-clickNetwork.

2.Select the adapter and click Properties.

3.Click the Advanced tab.

The Combo card has the following advanced features:

802.1p/802/1Q Tagging

IEEE 802.1p is a new IEEE standard for tagging packets—that is, assigning packets priorities. Each packet is tagged with four additional bytes, which increase its size and indicate its priority—from 0 (low) to 7 (high). This process is called priority packet tagging or traffic class expediting. It enables the adapter, working with the switches and routers in the network, to send packets with higher priorities first.

To use priority packet tagging, your network infrastructure—specifically, the routing devices that receive and transfer packets, and the adapters for those devices—must support 802.1 p/802.1Q tagging. Using the Priority Packet utility, set up the priority filter. Then, set the 802.1p/802.1Q tagging option to Enabled. If the priority filter is set up but the setting is Disabled, the tagged packets will still be processed by priority if the Combo card uses an Intel 82558 or later Ethernet controller. There are two requirements for using IEEE 802.1p tagging effectively:

vThe other devices receiving and routing 802.1p tagged packets must support 802.1p

vThe adapters must support 802.1p.

ACPI Wake On LAN

Enables or disables the Magic Packet service for IBM Wake on LAN® when used in Windows 98 Version 4.10.1998 without the Service Pack. If you are using a later version of Windows 98, or have Service Pack 1 or later installed, this option will be ignored and the ACPI Wake on LAN services will be used.

Note: To determine your version of Windows 98:

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