Nic

[Howard]

Can you use the RJ45 and BNC connectors at the same time on a NIC?

[TiG]

Not usually. Its usually one or other, I'm not aware of any that you can from my experience but i'm sure it would be possible to do technically, but i doubt manufacturers would go to the effort.

EDIT: if it could windows would have to see it as two network cards, which i doubt it does....

TiG

[acidrainy]

only way I know of to run a BNC and RJ45 network would be to use one of those stupidly old 10mbit hubs that have both types of ports

Ahhhh, bnc, those were they days. Plugging the cable into your computer felt gooood, none of this high pitch click business

[TiG]

points acidrainy to above post, how would windows deal with the card having what would be two interfaces?

TiG

[acidrainy]

Originally posted by TiG
points acidrainy to above post, how would windows deal with the card having what would be two interfaces?

TiG

I not talking about using both ports at once... Ive never tried that....

I just presumed he is wanting to run a network that uses both types of connections... Just informing him that the only way I know of doing this would be to use a RJ45/BNC hub...

[TiG]

Erm, his post.......

Can you use the RJ45 and BNC connectors at the same
time on a NIC?

TiG

[Stringent]

No it doesn't. You would have to get a hub with a BNC port on it, and RJ45 ports. Alternativley, stick another network card in your PC.

[Zak33]

Originally posted by acidrainy
I not talking about using both ports at once... Ive never tried that....

I just presumed he is wanting to run a network that uses both types of connections...

Rainy my man......I think what our dear friend TiG is pointing out is that....

PERHAPS READ THE QUESTION FIRST....AND UNDERSTAND IT...before trying hard to help.

Your input is valued, I promise, its just not aimed at the right situation sometimes.

The original question was to run them both together.

OK.....I guess you know that now

[BlackSheep]

TiG's about as delicate as a sledge-hammer when it comes to pointing out errors

[BlackSheep]

Originally posted by acidrainy
I not talking about using both ports at once... Ive never tried that....

I just presumed he is wanting to run a network that uses both types of connections... Just informing him that the only way I know of doing this would be to use a RJ45/BNC hub...

forget NIC ports, I'd like to probe Howard's sig's ports (netime)

[Howard]

?

[Howard]

Oh
I get it

[Stoo]

LOL

That took long enough to sink in

<on topic>Adding another "no" to the pile..</on topic>

[Howard]

Mmm...Christina Aguilera

Next in my sig will be Tara Reid
She is incredibly attractive

[directhex]

i've never seen a BNC & RJ45 card that allows both to be used at once - each connector is just a different interface onto one chip, so you'd need a dual-chip card to do that, and afaik only intel make dual-chip cards, which are both 10/100 rj45 (we run a couple in our server)

--jo

[acidrainy]

Originally posted by TiG
Erm, his post.......



TiG

Sorry for answering his question and offereing a possible workaround...