================ All PCI/PCIe 8168 10/100/1000 NETWORK ADAPTER ============= Q. What is 'Auto Disable PHY' ? Why have this feature ? Who requires to use this feature ? A. This feature is for power comsumption. When users change the setting to 'Enabled' and the network cable is unpluged, the driver will automatically disable PHY. To use this feature, user MUST enable 'Auto Disable Gigabit' first. Because gigibit link establishment takes longer time, driver needs user disable gigabit to reduce the linking time. PS. If both of them enabled, the linking time will be increased but power comsumption reduced. The linking time about 5 seconds.