> Device sleep on disconnect:
Enabled I set this to Disabled, because I'm not a "green" nut. lol I assume this setting means to put the nforce network chip to sleep when the lan is disconnected, which may be a good idea if you never use it (never plug in a cable). Otherwise, just in case, I don't want potentially perceived disconnects to cause the lan device to be put to sleep and possibly screw up. :)
> Flow control:
Disabled
Best Disabled, because TCP protocol e.g. has its own flow control built-in, and there's almost always no real need for flow control for the actual underlying network connection.
> Interrupt Moderation:
Enabled Best Enabled, as this groups interrupts from the network chip as to not bog down the cpu as much. Some may recommend Disabled for the fastest possible throughput, but you don't gain much if anything (let alone bog down the cpu more).
> IP Checksum Offload:
RX & TX Enabled Best Enabled, lets the network chip handle checksum calcs instead of the cpu.
> Jumbo packet:
1514 bytes Best at this default, since most routers, modems, etc. cannot make use of larger packets.
> Large Send Offload V1 (IPv4):
Enabled > Large Send Offload V2 (IPv4):
Enabled > Large Send Offload V2 (IPv6):
Enabled These are usually best Enabled, again concerning letting the network chip handle certain things instead of the cpu, but these can cause problems depending on the network hardware used.
> Low power idle mode:
Enabled > Low power state link speed:
Enabled I set these to Disabled just so my power isn't messed with. lol
> Network Address:
Blank Normal.
> Priority & Vlan:
Priority Enabled (Related: VLAN Id:
1)
I disable this as no need, never ventured into "Vlan" stuff since have only 1 lan port on my board anyway.
> Receive Side Scaling:
Enabled This is a BAD setting, at least with recent nvidia drivers up to and including nforce 15.51 (lan driver 73.14), which results in random lan death. I read a fix is coming in 73.25 (or later), whenever the hell that will be. Supposedly this setting will be cool for multicore cpus, as it allows processing of lan traffic on multiple cores to be more efficient. Just right now it is badly bugged. lol
> Speed/Duplex settings:
Auto negotitation Best unless need to force a set speed for some reason (and if do, make sure full duplex is really supported by the net stuff if set a full duplex one).
> TCP Checksum Offload (IPv4):
RX & TX enabled > TCP Checksum Offload (IPv6):
RX & TX enabled > UDP Checksum Offload (IPv4):
RX & TX enabled > UDP Checksum Offload (IPv6):
RX & TX enabled Best default enabled for same reasons explained above.
> Wake on Magic Packet:
Enabled > Wake on pattern match:
Enabled > WakeOnLAN From PowerOff:
Enabled Best default, only matters if use computer sleep anyway.
post edited by sinparade - 2010/02/11 20:32:32