The D-Link DFE-550TX is a manageable 10/100MB Dual Speed Ethernet PCI Network Interface Card with Wake-On-LAN (WOL). It is fully compliant with IEEE802.3 10 Base-T, IEEE 802.3u 100 Base-T specifications as well as IEEE 802.3x Flow Control. Aside from the ACPI/WOL (Advanced Configuration Power Management Interface) feature, the DFE-550TX supports IP Multicast packet filtering, PXE (Pre Boot execution Environment) Boot ROM, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1Q, & DMI (Desktop Management Interface). For standard network functions, the DFE-550TX utilizes plug-&-play feature for easy installation. The DFE-550 T Xs single RJ-45 connector automatically negotiates to the highest speed at half or full duplex using industry standard NWay auto-negotiation. With the PCI 32-bit data bus, the DFE-550TX delivers high throughput without using on board memory. Integrated 2 Kbyte Rx FIFO & 2 Kbyte Tx FIFO cache buffers synchronize transmissions & buffer data to help prevent packet loss. The DFE-550 T Xs compliance to PCI 2.2 Bus
Specification along with its integrated FIFO buffers lower overall CPU utilization. The DFE-550 T Xs compliance to IEEE 802.1p Priority Tagging ensures that time-critical data arrives on time by using tagging to define the data packets priority. Whereas, compliance to IEEE 802.1Q improve network performance & security by limiting broadcast & unicast (node to node) traffic within a single VLAN. The value-added management features offered by DMI allow remote troubleshooting & higher quality management of computers equipped with the DFE-550TX. Finally, the DFE-550TX support for PXE Boot ROM as well as RPL (Remote Program Load) enhances the manageability of the client computer. The DFE-550TX ships complete with a WOL cable & drivers for the most popular operating systems including Windows, Netware, & Linux.