Purpose of Dual ports on NICs? - Tom's Hardware Forum
Apr 28, 2015 · If you need more than 1 port, then it's typically cheaper and more space efficient to have more than one port on a NIC. You can purchase NICs with upwards of 4 ports, sometimes higher for NICs with adapters. You can purchase dual port 40Gb NICs that have adapters to allow for 4 10Gb ports per 40Gb port, meaning 8 10Gb ports.
What is the point of Dual Ethernet? | Tom's Hardware Forum
May 28, 2006 · First port, one network segment Second port, a different network segment with protocol translation on the machine For a workstation: First port, regular network (internet and Workstation to Workstation networking) Second port, Storage area network for accessing network storage For backup: First port, blown. Second port, working
Link Aggregation with two NICs - Tom's Hardware Forum
Jun 11, 2016 · Hi I have a Netgear GS108T-200AUS, which is an 8 port gigabit switch capable of link aggregation. If i wanted to have link aggregation would it be possible to use the motherboards onboard gigabit NIC plus another PCIe based single port gigabit NIC for …
NIC card in a PCI-Express slot - ?? need help - Tom's Hardware …
Mar 9, 2002 · with 10/100 switch, and 10/100 nic cards... to improve data transmission speed, i am upgrading the switch to a gigabit switch, which handles 802.3ad protocol... then, i was going to insert a intel nic card with 2 ports, to allow for double the transmission from the servers... these nic cards are 10/100/1000 dual port, PCIe ...
10 Gigabit home network bridge through dual port sfp+
Aug 3, 2016 · Looking at setting up a 10gigabit network at home but switches are too expensive. If i have a dual port sfp+ 10gb nic in my server with 2 pcs connecting to it each with single port sfp+ cards, can I transfer data between PC1 and PC2 through the dual port nic in …
4-port NIC for PCIe 2.0 x1 slot - Tom's Hardware Forum
Mar 1, 2016 · This has a single PCIe 2.0 x4 slot that operates in x1 mode. The quad-port low profile NICs I've found require a PCIe x4 slot but that is under the 1.0a generation of PCIe. A single 2.0 lane should have enough bandwidth to handle the load. Does anyone make a low profile quad-port NIC designed to work with a single PCIe 2.0 lane?
PCI 32bits NIC Teaming Vs Dual Port PCI-X NIC Running in 32bits
May 5, 2011 · Hello there, this might be a silly question or there is an existing Q&A in the forum. But I wanna find out fast because I'm planing a low cost server setiup soon. So i just create this question in this forum. Has anyone tested this, I know …
[SOLVED] - Dual or single port nic for Dell Optiplex 9020 running …
Aug 8, 2019 · newbe question on nics for Dell Optiplex SFF, i'm trying to find a duel or single port nic that will work. I have read a number of forums and options but haven't seen any solid advice.. anything will help.
Using a multi port ethernet card as a switch? - Tom's Hardware …
Mar 9, 2012 · For windows it's probably easiest to use something like winroute (if that thing still exists , idk it's been ages) or something equivalent (there's even internet connection sharing in the later versions of window ; not very configurable though); and as with linux , …
Dual port NIC internet share to TV | Tom's Hardware Forum
Aug 3, 2014 · Here's the deal: I've got dual port NIC on my PC. One port is used for the internet cable. Is this possible to share internet just by connecting a cable between TV tuner with internet port (or router) and the other NICs port?