omron — 4.2 - Setting up NIC Adaptors for GigE Vision

e. Set Jumbo Packets to 9014 or maximum value. 3) Setting Receive Buffers (Receive Descriptors) The sets the number of buffers used by the EtherNet driver when copying data to the protocol memory. The NIC itself does not feature any buffer memory, but the received data packets need to be buffered in order to compensate CPU load changes caused by the operating system. Therefore, buffers are allocated in the PC’s RAM. In general, it is recommended to allocate as many receive buffers as possible to reduce the risk of packet resends. a. This value is often directly in the Advance Parameter list. Other times, this value is under Performance Options. Set this value to the maximum, typically 2048.

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