TRENDnet TEG-PCITXM Manual - Page 3

INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Card for 32-bit PCI Bus-equipped personal computers. The 32-bit PCI 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Card is ideal for speeding up data transfers for network servers and other computers, such as those used for video-conferencing, that send and/or receive large amounts of data. The 32-bit PCI 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Card also includes the newest networking technologies, such as multicasting support, that use network bandwidth more efficiently and further help the card maximize data throughput. Features ‹ IEEE 802.3, 802.3u and 802.3z compliant ‹ Support 32-bit 33/66Mhz PCI Local Bus Master high-speed operation of Rev.2.1/2.2 specification ‹ Plug-and-Play installation ‹ One RJ-45 connector: Auto detection of 10Mbps Ethernet, 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet & Auto MDI-X ‹ Supports 10/100/1000Mbps Auto-negotiation operation ‹ Full Duplex support for 10/100/1000Mb/s data rates ‹ Auto MDI-II/MDI-X crossover for all three speeds ‹ 128Kb RAM on-chip buffer ‹ 802.3x Full duplex flow control, including automatic transmission of Pause frames based on Rx FIFO thresholds ‹ Five LED indicators for easy diagnostic 1 Gigabit Ethernet Technology Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet utilizing the same packet structure, format, and support for CSMA/CD protocol, full duplex, and management objects, but with a tenfold increase in theoretical throughput over 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and a one hundred-fold increase over 10Mbps Ethernet. Since it is compatible with all 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet environments, Gigabit Ethernet provides a straightforward upgrade without wasting a company's existing investment in hardware, software, and trained personnel. The increased speed and extra bandwidth offered by Gigabit Ethernet is essential to coping with the network bottlenecks that frequently develop as computers and their busses get faster and more users use applications that generate more traffic. Upgrading key components, such as your backbone and servers to Gigabit Ethernet can greatly improve network response times as well as significantly speed up the traffic between your subnets. Gigabit Ethernet enables Twisted-Pair cable connections to support video conferencing, complex imaging, and similar data-intensive applications. Likewise, since data transfers occur 10 times faster than Fast Ethernet, servers outfitted with Gigabit Ethernet NIC's are able to perform 10 times the number of operations in the same amount of time. 2