Ethernet Controller

One of the main differences between the Kurobox and the Kurobox HG is the Ethernet controller. The Kurobox has a ADMtek AN983B 10/100 Ethernet controller, while the Kurobox HG has a Realtek RTL8110S-32 10/100/1000 Ethernet controller.

ADMtek AN983B

 * Integrated 10Base-T and 100Base-TX PHY
 * High Performance DMA architecture
 * Early Tx/Rx Interrupt and Burst Tx packet Interrupt to reduce CPU utilization
 * Supports Wake-on-LAN and remote wakeup (Magic Packet, Link Change, and Microsoft Wake-up frame)
 * IEEE 802.3 10Base-T compliant
 * IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX compliant
 * Supports IEEE 802.3u 10 Mb/s and 100Mb/s N-way auto-negotiation
 * Supports IEEE 802.3x Flow Control
 * ACPI and PCI Power Management Rev 1.1 compliant
 * PC99 Wake on LAN support
 * Provides 10, 100, Link, and Duplex LEDs
 * Provides an interface to both the 93C46 and 93C66 EEPROMs

Realtek RTL8110S-32

 * Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
 * Auto-Negotiation with Next page capability
 * Supports PCI 2.2, 32bit, 33/66MHz
 * Supports pair swap/polarity/skew correction
 * Crossover Detection & Auto-Correction
 * Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support
 * Microsoft® NDIS5 Checksum Offload (IP, TCP, UDP) and largesend offload support
 * Supports Full Duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x)
 * Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
 * Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging
 * Serial EEPROM
 * 3.3V signaling, 5V PCI I/O tolerant
 * Transmit/Receive FIFO (8K/64K) support
 * Supports power down/link down power saving
 * JTAG support
 * Supports PCI Clock Run Pin
 * 128-pin QFP