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Checksum offload, receive side scaling.. -Intel Gigabit ct

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If I enable these options on the adapter, will it ignore the OS settings?

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The short answer is no. The operating system and the drivers work together to provide offloading and RSS. Therefore, if you change a setting in the OS to disable one of these features, then the driver cannot override that setting.

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