What is the point of two Ethernet ports on my motherboard?

[Mussels]

what im saying is that theoritically it will and if there is a problem, there is always a solution.

its too complicated that i dont even want to bother. A normal internet user like me would not even care about.

it is very complicated, and i've actually tried it. its a nightmare to setup and use. you can basically lock one port per network adaptor, and the rest is just prayer. if it worked effectively, it'd be used far more widespread than it is.

feel sorry for the OP, hope he finds out what his problem actually was.

 

[Ja.KooLit]

it is very complicated, and i've actually tried it. its a nightmare to setup and use. you can basically lock one port per network adaptor, and the rest is just prayer. if it worked effectively, it'd be used far more widespread than it is.

feel sorry for the OP, hope he finds out what his problem actually was.

i do agree with you. although I havent tried but i did extensive reading about it for like a week and then i just gave up the idea cause meh, not worth the hassle....

right now, my rig has still 2 connections. same provider. one that is connected directly to modem and one connected to router. cause if i play online games, i just disable the NIC connected to router cause i observed that the one connected to router gives additional latency.

but if I need secure connection, then thru the router for built in firewall.

 

[Jimbocous]

I guess maybe I have a slightly different take on this, and I'd be interested in any feedback on it. Let's say I want to host some dedicated services on my PC, such as 1) an HTTP Server, 2) an FTP server, 3) a Telnet server, 4) an SMTP server, 5) a printer server or LPD, or whatever. In each case, I'm going to use Port Forwarding on my router to send that traffic to a static IP address on my home LAN. So I could set the first NIC to DHCP on the home network as usual, set the second NIC to a static IP that the incoming server traffic described above is pointed to, and I'd be segregating at least inbound traffic to the one NIC and minimizing any impact to my normal usage by anyone hitting my servers. One would think that doing this might make providing these services less disruptive to my normal usage across the home network. Obviously, it does nothing for the throughput on the WAN side of the router, but at least if I'm moving data to other devices on my home network, don't I gain something? Also, it would be an easy way to down those services. Disable the secondary NIC and I've flipped the off-switch very easily and I'm still doing my thing.
Thoughts?

 

[Mussels]

I guess maybe I have a slightly different take on this, and I'd be interested in any feedback on it. Let's say I want to host some dedicated services on my PC, such as 1) an HTTP Server, 2) an FTP server, 3) a Telnet server, 4) an SMTP server, 5) a printer server or LPD, or whatever. In each case, I'm going to use Port Forwarding on my router to send that traffic to a static IP address on my home LAN. So I could set the first NIC to DHCP on the home network as usual, set the second NIC to a static IP that the incoming server traffic described above is pointed to, and I'd be segregating at least inbound traffic to the one NIC and minimizing any impact to my normal usage by anyone hitting my servers. One would think that doing this might make providing these services less disruptive to my normal usage across the home network. Obviously, it does nothing for the throughput on the WAN side of the router, but at least if I'm moving data to other devices on my home network, don't I gain something? Also, it would be an easy way to down those services. Disable the secondary NIC and I've flipped the off-switch very easily and I'm still doing my thing.
Thoughts?

yes, by locking a program/service to one network port you can isolate it. the catch is you cant do it dynamically, so if your FTP port was choking it cant split off half of the work to the other port.

 

[jcgeny]

How do I know if it supports double teaming. Can you help me?

My mother is the Asus Z68 Deluxe NON-gen3 version, and my router is the Belkin N600 DB, and I pay for a 24mbs fiber optic internet each month.

the big bug is :
LAN
Intel® 82579, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)
Realtek® 8111E , 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)

you can not team them ; intel does it with its drivers but only ,at least , with 2 cards of intel . asus should have plugged the "LucidLogix® Virtu™ Technology" on the lan ;']
or simply used two chips from same manufacturer

 

[Repete]

I need one more internet connection than my router provides. My motherboard has two NICs. Can I daisy chain the internet through my computer to get the extra port? I think I will have to bridge the two NICs together. Thanks.

 

[Jimbocous]

I need one more internet connection than my router provides. My motherboard has two NICs. Can I daisy chain the internet through my computer to get the extra port? I think I will have to bridge the two NICs together. Thanks.

It may be possible to do this. Two things. First, look at the second port in software, and see if there's an option for pass-thru. If so, you'll need to enable that. Second, you may need to have an ethernet cross-over cable, depending on what you're hooking. You would want to do this to support a device that doesnt' want much traffic, as understand that you are now adding a new traffic load to the host PC. finally, DHCP may be an issue, and if so you may need to give that external device a static IP.
Failing all that, 10/100 hubs are pretty cheap these days ...

 

[Repete]

Thanks for the reply. I just tried this: I went to the computer with the two NICs, bridged the NICs together, and so far, I have wired access on both computers. I'm crossing my fingers! The two computers are connected with an ordinary internet cable.

 

[Jimbocous]

Sounds like a winner.

 

[Aquinus]

the big bug is :
LAN
Intel® 82579, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)
Realtek® 8111E , 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)

you can not team them ; intel does it with its drivers but only ,at least , with 2 cards of intel . asus should have plugged the "LucidLogix® Virtu™ Technology" on the lan ;']
or simply used two chips from same manufacturer

Both controllers only need to support it but I can team both network cards from different vendors on my tower. The controller just has to support it.

Look at what you made me do. I replied to a necro'd thread.

 

[DinaAngel]

Mobile USB broadband sticks can be grouped too and make your connection faster. bridged with cable internet.

I'm not tht good at networking

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Mobile USB broadband sticks can be grouped too and make your connection faster. bridged with cable internet.

I'm not tht good at networking

Troll level: over 9000

 

[Atomic77]

Maybe its just there to make the computer more sexy lol.

 

[Cybrnook2002]

Was bored at work, figured I would make laugh....

 

[remixedcat]

Server 2012 has an awesome nic teaming!! Even can use wired and wireless as a team

 

[REAYTH]

Obviously one is for uploading and the second is for downloading.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Of course there is another reason to get motherboards with more than one nic also, assuming you dont want to team. If one breaks, you still have another one.

 

[Aquinus]

Obviously one is for uploading and the second is for downloading.

Troll much? Most ethernet adapters support full duplex operation which means that 1Gbps ethernet can both send and receive 1Gbps for an aggregate of 2Gbps of bandwidth.

Teaming is more often used for redundancy so it can fall through to a backup network link so if one connection fails, it won't interrupt network traffic. For servers, particularly in data centers, such functionality is important. However, if you really need more bandwidth, it's more sensible to invest in 10Gbit in the form of RJ-45 or SFP transceivers via optical.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Necro'd thread, painful to watch, easy to close..... thank you.