My NIC came with a cable. What is it for?

It doesn't say in the manual.

I have an D-link NIC model DFE-538TX and there's a small cable that comes with it. Can someone tell me what it's for? I can still play my games and surf the net without it. I don't know what the name of that wire is. But I just want to know what it's for and if it could boost my internet connection speed?

Oh just looked in another manual. I think it's called WOL cable, not sure.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Zemuron on 03/20/04 08:22 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

Like the last guy said. If you wanted your computer to turn on whenever it got a signal from the network, you'd connect that cable to the WOL header on the motherboard and turn on WOL in BIOS.

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wol is buggy with a lot of cards. ive had computers turn on at random with that damn thing. not to mention, when i try to get it to work it usually doesnt.

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