Hardware Self Hosting Smart Home

Network Adapter Settings for Maximizing throughput

21. Speed & Duplex

Recommended Setting1.0 Gbps Full Duplex
Effect on Throughputpositive
Effect on CPU Utilisationnegative

This has got to be the biggest throughput improvement of all. Assuming all of you networking hardware supports 1.0 Gigabits per second this will increase your throughput from 12.5Mb/s (on 100Gbps connection) to an impressive 125Mb/s. These max values are theoretical. On my network, the max throughput I was able to achieve was 114Mb/s on a single cable.


Advertisement Begins

Advertisement End


22. System Idle Power Saver

Recommended Settingdisabled
Effect on Throughputnegative
Effect on CPU Utilisationnegative

Anything power-saving related is going to negatively affect performance.

23. TCP Checksum Offload (IPv4) and TCP Checksum Offload (IPv6)

Recommended SettingRc & Tx Enabled
Effect on Throughputnone
Effect on CPU Utilisationpositive

It’s always a good idea to offload calculations to hardware whenever possible. Hardware is super fast.


Affiliate Content Start

Affiliate Content End


24. Transmit Buffers

Recommended Setting128
Effect on ThroughputUnknown to me
Effect on CPU UtilisationUnknown to me

25. UDP Checksum Offload (IPv4) and UDP Checksum Offload (IPv6)

Recommended SettingRc & Tx Enabled
Effect on ThroughputUnknown to me
Effect on CPU UtilisationUnknown to me

26. Wait For Link

Recommended SettingAuto Detect
Effect on Throughputnone
Effect on CPU Utilisationnone

27. Wake Settings and 28. Wake on Link Settings

These settings are really up to you. If you want to wake your computer using magic packets then enable these settings.

Wake computer on incoming connection.

29. Wake on Magic Packet

Wake computer on incoming magic packet.

30. Wake on Pattern Match

Wake computer on pattern match.

Conclusion

In this post, we covered 30 network adapter settings, their effect on network data throughput and CPU utilisation.

Continue your adventure here

Leave a Comment

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Read More

DON’T MISS OUT!
Subscribe To Newsletter
Be the first to get latest updates and exclusive content straight to your email inbox.
Stay Updated
Give it a try, you can unsubscribe anytime.
close-link