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LT.Homer Simpson
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Did you know that some NICs (network interface cards) have an onboard processor?
Did you also know that your NIC's onboard processor is disabled by default?
If you want to gain some networking performance, enabling the network card processor is a good tweak to try. To do this, open Registry Editor, and browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControSet\Services\Tcpip\Paramemters. Look for a REG_DWORD value on the right pane of the editor called DisableTaskOffload.
If this value is present, make sure its value data is set to 0 by right clicking DisableTaskOffload and clicking Modify.
If the value DisableTaskOffload isn't present, create it by clicking Edit, New, and DWORD Value in Registry Editor.
If this value seems to cause probelms return the value back to 1.
Its a tweak worth trying--not only does it increase network performance, it takes some load off your main cpu.
NOTE: On win98 you may have to create the Tcpip key area in registry.
Did you also know that your NIC's onboard processor is disabled by default?
If you want to gain some networking performance, enabling the network card processor is a good tweak to try. To do this, open Registry Editor, and browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControSet\Services\Tcpip\Paramemters. Look for a REG_DWORD value on the right pane of the editor called DisableTaskOffload.
If this value is present, make sure its value data is set to 0 by right clicking DisableTaskOffload and clicking Modify.
If the value DisableTaskOffload isn't present, create it by clicking Edit, New, and DWORD Value in Registry Editor.
If this value seems to cause probelms return the value back to 1.
Its a tweak worth trying--not only does it increase network performance, it takes some load off your main cpu.
NOTE: On win98 you may have to create the Tcpip key area in registry.
