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Introduction
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Product Description - What‘s is a LFE-8129ATX Network Adapter ?
The LFE-8139ATX is a 32-bit PCI Fast Ethernet adapter equipped. It is designed for use on
computers that are equipped with PCI bus slots. The adapter runs in the bus master mode and
directly sending/receiving Ethernet packets to /from memory. The bus master device is a
more intelligent device that can conduct processing independently of the bus or other
devices. A bus master device shares the bus with the main processor and targets. Bus
mastering allows a peripheral device to take control of the system bus, and not rely on the
central processor.
It complies with the IEEE 802.3u standard, IEEE 802.3 standard, IEEE802.3x Full Duplex
Flow Control and PCI Local Bus version 2.1 and transmits data on the network at 100 Mbps
or 10 Mbps. It also operates in full-duplex mode that doubles the network speed up to
20/200Mbps when working with Fast Switching hub. It is the fastest Ethernet design of its
kind. LFE-8139ATX comes with one RJ-45 port for connection of 100BASE-TX Fast
Ethernet or 10BASE-T Ethernet network, and automatically senses the connection type.
The LFE-8139ATX also supports ACPI, PCI power management for modern operating
systems that is capable of Operating System Directed Power Management (OSPM) to
achieve the most efficient power management.