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User Manual 34
Chapter 5. LAN Adapter
The on-board LAN adapter integrated of Single Chip Fast Ethernet Controller
with options of one or dual LAN solution, and also the LAN chip option of VIA
VT6103 solution. It is highly integrated and requires no “glue” logic external
memory on board. It runs in the bus master mode and directly sending/receiving
Ethernet packet to/from memory. The On-board LAN adapter can directly fetch
the system CPU. Also, it can transfer data Directly between I/O devices and
system memory in the 32-bit bus master mode that provides low CPU utilization.
It complies with the IEEE 802.3x standard, IEEE802.3 standard 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
20/200 Mbps when working with Fast Switching Hub. Built-in one RJ-45 port
for connection of 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet or 10Base-T Ethernet network, and
automatically senses the connection type.
5-1. Features
 Full compliancy with PCI Rev. 2.1
 Complies with the Ethernet/IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX and 10 Base-T
industry standard
 Supports full-duplex operations, thus doubling the network speed up to
20Mbps on 10 Base-T Ethernet or 200Mbps on 100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet
when setting in full duplex mode
 Two LED indicators to report network status
 One RJ-45 connector with Auto-sense cable type of 10 or 100Mbps
network operation
 Supports PCI clock speed up to 33MHz, capable of zero wait states
 Supports Remote Boot ROM by system BIOS
 Provides a comprehensive setup program for displaying the adapter
configuration and includes diagnostic on board or network tests
 Complete drivers for Novell, Windows NT and Windows 95/98 Packet driver
etc