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February 18th, 2021 13:00
What do I do to benefit from Killer E2500?
I own an Aurora R8. I see that I have something called a Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet Controller. I also see something named vEthernet (Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter) which also says (Default Switch) on it (in Network Connections).
I think the vEthernet one is being used but frankly I have no idea. I just now tried to install the Killer Control Center but the installer complained. So, do I want to switch this controller? Do I want to install the control center? I kind of think I do as it will if nothing else show me network traffic on a per app basis (unless I got that part wrong as well.)
Help... and thanks.
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tleylan4
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February 18th, 2021 15:00
Thanks. I thought the vEthernet was being used but now I checked the status and I can see traffic flowing through the Killer one so I was mistaken and I changed the DNS server address on the wrong one
I assume that the software would tend to show me some information however whether or not I ever attempt to tweak something. I'll try to install it again.
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February 18th, 2021 15:00
Killer E2500 Ethernet controller is integrated on R8 system board.
you do not need to install vendor specific software or driver. Just let Windows 10 automatically download appropriate driver. In this day, it is better to let the smarter Windows OS set up driver for you than before when user had to manually choose/install device driver. frankly speaking the more ordinary user like me micromanage driver in device manager, the greater likelihood I might mess up something that I don’t quite understand.
Vanadiel
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February 18th, 2021 16:00
The Killer network solution(s) has/have 2 parts to it.
You might or might not have both parts.
1. A wired adaptor, often just called a NIC. The E2500 is a wired NIC. Killer calls them Killer Ethernet.
2. A wireless adaptor for Wi-fi Connectivity. Killer calls them Killer Wireless or Killer Wi-Fi.
Each of those in turn in has 2 components to them:
1. A device driver so windows can recognize and use the device
2. An application called Killer Control Center
The driver is required, the application is optional and not required.
Rivet Networks, the manufacturer of the killer network product line, supplies drivers and the control center for their complete line of products.
The idea behind the 2 fold setup is that you install both, and the control center application is supposed to use a whole bunch of software optimizations that provide better management of various network connections and network services, and it has an interface that allows you to see how well it is optimizing your connections etc... It all does this automatically with minimal to no user input or user knowledge required.
Personally I have seen no practical benefit from using the control center, and I just use the drivers and uninstalled the control center.
If you Google this on the internet you will see that roughly 50% of users swear by the control center, while the other 50% think it's snake oil and actually caused issues rather than solve them.
I would give it a try, and uninstall it if you don't see any improvements. You can always reinstall it again.
Personally I think you are only going to benefit on lower speed connections. If you are on a fiber connection like me, with 1.5 Gigabit low latency available at all times, there's no chance to saturate that using a 1 Gigabit wired connection. I have basically half a Gigabit left if I completely saturate my connection.