High-performance Gigabit Speed VLAN to Improve Performance & Security Wake-On-LAN for Power Management Flow Control to Minimize Packet Loss Small Form Factor Lower Power Requirement The D-Link DGE-528T is a high-performance 101001000 Mbps copper Gigabit PCI card for desktop PC Installable in a PC equipped with PCI expansion slots this card turns a desktop computer into a high-bandwidth Gigabit workstation or a server running at 2000 Mbps full-duplex speed High-performance Gigabit Speed Capable of running at full-duplex Gigabit speed this card gives your PC 2000 Mbps data transmission on your existing Cat 5 twisted-pair network cable As an inexpensive alternative solution to fiber-optic the card means that you can instantly upgrade to Gigabit without requiring you to install new expensive fiber cables The card supports 101001000 Mbps network speed auto-sensing & fullhalf duplex auto-negotiation VLAN to Improve Performance & Security The card provides on-board screening of VLANs Tagged Ethernet frames allowing your PC to be configured with VLAN-supported switch Your PC can be part of a VLAN network where domains are segmented up to enhance performance & security Wake-On-LAN for Power Management Wake-On-LAN (WOL) is an Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) function allowing a powered OFF computer to be powered ON from a remote station This function allows the administrator to send wake-up signals to a computer The WOL function provides a great utility for power management of the PC & allows users to initiate action at irregular times & from distant locations Flow Control to Minimize Packet Loss The card&s embedded flow control & independent FIFO provide a means to protect against possible data loss during transmission on the network When connected to a Gigabit switch supporting flow control the card receives signals from the switch regarding buffer overrun during peak usage periods The card then delays transmission until the switch is ready again to accept new data Small Form Factor Lower Power Requirement Using a single chip solution this card is very small in size & consumes very little power of your computer system Actual product appearance may differ from the image displayed on this page Specifications Copper Gigabit connection for PC 101001000 Mbps auto-sensing speeds 2000 Mbps Gigabit full duplex support 32-bit 3366 M Hz clock speed PCI Bus Master operation Built-in FIFO (8K64K) buffer to reduce overhead of memory transfers Auto MDIMDIX 8023x Flow Control for fast reliable data transmission ACPI 20 WOL power management 8021q VLAN Tagging 8021p Priority Queues PCI 23 compliant Supports up to 7 Kb jumbo frames Cable Diagnostics Utility provided Optional remote Boot ROM (pn DGE-528R) Runs Win 98 2000 ME NT XP Net Ware Linux Mac OS Very small size very low power consumption Low-profile bracket included in the box 2-year warranty