- Wake on LAN (WOL) enables remote system power up and maintenance during non-work hours
- Remote Wake Up (Magic Packet) support in APM and ACPI modes
- Full ACPI and system wake-up support, including wake-up from a device D3cold state
- LanDesk Service Agent v2.0 (LSA) boot code contained in on-board flash memory (64Kb)
- Glueless 32-bit PCI bus master interface
- 82557-Style Chained Memory Structure streamlined for performance enhancement
- Internal transmit and receive FIFOs (3 Kbytes each)
- 6 Kb total buffer memory allows low CPU utilization at high throughputs
- Back-to-back transmit at 100 Mbs within minimum IFS
- EEPROM support for configuration and customization feature section
- ACPI and PCI Power Management standards compliant
- ACPI ""interesting"" packet wake up support in D0 to D3cold low power states
- IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation for hardware selection of highest operating speed
- Full or half duplex capable at 10 or 100 Mbps
- IEEE 802.3x flow control support
- Bay technologies flow control support with the internal 100BASE-TX PHY
- Adapter power provided by either the PCI bus, or the +5V standby supply, via three pin header
- Management flexibility allows remote monitoring of the controller using
- Compaq and Intel driver compatibility allows standardization on either Compaq or Intel Fast Ethernet NICs
- Embedded Boot ROM support allows MIS personnel to remotely install and configure software
- Fault tolerance, redundancy allows a second NIC to maintain an active link when a connection fails
- Full-duplex support allows the Fast Ethernet NIC to transmit and receive data simultaneously for rates up to 20 Mb/s (Ethernet) or 200 Mb/s (Fast Ethernet)
- Automatically connects the NIC at the highest common speed, without requiring configuration changes
- PCI ""plug and play"" installation allows easy installation without conflict with other installed cards
- Diagnostic LEDs allows easy installation and troubleshooting of the NIC
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