Hey all, first post, got a good question (i hope). Am looking to buy a new motherboard and processor, and the motherboard i have decided on is the 'ASUS A7N8X Deluxe 2.0' which had a great review here. My question is, what exactly is the idea of having two network cards on the board? Secondly, do ya reckon i could 'bind' them in XP and get 200Mbps speeds?
Cheers
Timmy
the idea is proberly for people who use cable modems to plug one for the modem and the other for the LAN or as you suggest to bind the two together to get increased speeds to one network ( i dont think it goes like two 100mb binded = 200mb but there is a noticable increase when moving large files)
What OS would be able to use both adaptors simultaneously for 1 file?
I could see it working for 2 files, but not 1....
Dual LAN ports are usually found on server platform mobos. It allow physical separation between an external connection and the internal network.
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or a routing bridge.... thats damn handy at timesOriginally posted by spikegifted
Dual LAN ports are usually found on server platform mobos. It allow physical separation between an external connection and the internal network.
Good for setting up a Linux firewall box for example
Hehe... That's what I was implying...Originally posted by acidrainy
or a routing bridge.... thats damn handy at times
Good for setting up a Linux firewall box for example
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I have A7N8X Deluxe and having dual LAN is a complete waste of time, but hey, beats everyone else
You can only use the 2 lan ports as one single 200Mb/s link if you have Software/Drivers that support port trunking, and you have a managed network switch that also supposrts port trunking.
If you dont have either of these then you'll end up with 2 distinct links each with their own IP address and youll get no increase in speed.
Sorry.
Butuz
/me starts selling his spare Orange Ridge managed 12 port switch with full l;ayer 3 switching, OC3 uplink and redundant power supplies
--jo
i tried this on my SB52G2.... eventually gave up... pissed off with itOriginally posted by Butuz
You can only use the 2 lan ports as one single 200Mb/s link if you have Software/Drivers that support port trunking, and you have a managed network switch that also supposrts port trunking.
If you dont have either of these then you'll end up with 2 distinct links each with their own IP address and youll get no increase in speed.
Sorry.
Butuz
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If your wanting to do that, get a nvidia gig LAN
Now they are fun.
Kewl, well, i do have broadband, blueyonder megabit to be exact (cant convince ole man to let me go 2mpbs), and due to havein a few machines, i got a router, bt it could indeed be interesting to play with.
Thanx Guys
10/100 is fine if your using it for LAN games and for general copying of files. If you copy LOTS and really need the extra bandwdith then go with a GIG LAN, but remember it wont speed up the by connection.
Intel's CSA Gigabit is as close as you can get to a real 1000mbit/sec throughput on a consumer PC
--jo
You could always try using RaidenFTPD ftp server. That supports seperate NICs with seperate IP addresses, and it has the option for load balancing...
That's if any of you run ftp servers for sharing your files.
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