Atlantis Land A02-S32-S/M2 Manual Do Utilizador

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Introduction 
Thank you for choosing the 32-bit PCI-Bus 
10/100Mbps NWay ACPI Fast Ethernet Card, this 
card is auto-configurable upon power up and also 
supports auto-negotiation to automatically select the 
optimum speed and communication mode of an 
attached device. Additionally, the 32-bit PCI-Bus 
10/100Mbps NWay ACPI Fast Ethernet Card 
complies with ACPI, and PC99, and includes 
support for Remote Wake-Up by Magic Packet™, 
LinkChg and Microsoft
®
wake-up frame. 
About Fast Ethernet 
Fast Ethernet is a network technology specified by 
IEEE Standard 802.3u. It extends the traditional 
10Mbps Ethernet technology to achieve 100Mbps 
transmission and reception, while retaining the 
same CSMA/CD Ethernet protocol. Thus while Fast 
Ethernet provides a tenfold increase in network 
capacity, it is wholly compatible with traditional 
10Mbps Ethernet network facilities. 
About Auto-negotiation 
Auto-negotiation is an IEEE 802.3 procedure of 
negotiating the highest data flow capability between 
the device (in this case, our Adapter) and their links 
partner (some other device). The data flow 
information, to be negotiated, consists of the data 
speed (10Mbps or 100Mbps) and data transfer 
(half-duplex or full-duplex communication). The 
physical process of auto-negotiation requires only a 
few milliseconds to choose the fastest