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Finally, you should disable the "Shutdown Wake-On-Lan" feature, as allowing Windows to manage power features for the Ethernet card can slow performance. Skip to main content. Click the "OK" button, and then close Device Manager. Make the following changes in the Advanced Properties list: Restart the computer and connect to the router or switch as you normally would.

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Depending on which text editor you're pasting into, you might have to add the italics to the site name. Netstress — Network Benchmarking Tool. Five Ways to Measure Network Speed. Click the "OK" button, and then close Device Manager.

Enabling the Jumbo Frame allows the card to send and receive much larger blocks of data and reduces CPU usage. However, modern network cards like the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit adapter, which comes integrated on many high-end motherboards, are capable of gigabyte, or MB per second, transfer speeds. Navigate to the Broadcom support website link in Resources. The Flow Control setting allows the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit adapter to use its hardware controller versus relying on Windows to manage data flow.

Download the latest driver for the NetXtreme adapter and save the file to your computer. Follow the on-screen prompts to install the new driver, intsgrated reboot your computer when prompted.

How to Optimize Bandwidth on a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit |

Scroll down to and double-click the "Network adapters" figabit in the Device Manager list. Remove the check marks next to the "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" and "Allow this device to wake the computer" options. To obtain the best network performance from a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit adapter, though, you may have to optimize advanced settings for the card in Windows.

Jeff Grundy has been writing computer-related articles and tutorials since Skip to main content. Small Business - Chron. Warning If your router or switch does not support Gigabit Ethernet connections 1. About the Author Jeff Grundy has been writing computer-related articles and tutorials since Open File Explorer, and then click "Computer.

Press "Windows-E" to open File Explorer. Since that time, Grundy has written many guides to using various applications that are published on numerous how-to and tutorial sites. Finally, you should disable the "Shutdown Neyxtreme feature, as allowing Windows to manage power features for the Ethernet card can slow performance.

In the s and s, Fast Ethernet adapters and routers capable of file transfers of MB per second were the standard. A router and high-speed Ethernet adapter enables your business to share a broadband Internet connection between multiple computers and share files and printers on the network.

How to Optimize Bandwidth on a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit

How Fast is Your Network? The Receive Buffers and Transmit Buffers values set buffers sizes to maximum.

Accessed 28 December Optimizing Network Performance BetaNews: Make the following changes in the Advanced Properties netxtrene Restart the computer and connect to the router or switch as you normally would.