Dual Ethernet Ports, WHY?
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Name: max5
Date: September 3, 2005 at 05:00:42 Pacific
Subject: Dual Ethernet Ports, WHY?OS: LINUX/XPCPU/Ram: 640 |
Comment: Why do most boards have two ethernet ports? why is it necessary? Why would people need 2 ethernet ports? SuSE LINUX 8.2 / Windows XP
2 Ghz Celeron - 640 MB DDR
ASUS MOBO - GF4 MX
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Response Number 1
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Name: LinuxOS2
Date: September 3, 2005 at 06:21:38 Pacific
Subject: Dual Ethernet Ports, WHY? |
Reply: (edit)Firewall setup, bandwidth shaping, internal/external networking just to name a few...... Keep the old stuff running
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Response Number 2
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Name: warsaw
Date: September 3, 2005 at 08:40:45 Pacific
Subject: Dual Ethernet Ports, WHY? |
Reply: (edit)makes an easy makeshift router for ICS and so on, better than wasting a pci slot for another NIC
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Response Number 3
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Name: Quicksilver
Date: September 3, 2005 at 08:40:59 Pacific
Subject: Dual Ethernet Ports, WHY? |
Reply: (edit)Sometimes, although they look alike, very often one is for ethernet one is for dialup, They do look very much alike, it is a case of size does matter, the ethernet one is usually slightly larger. AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
WinXP Pro. WinXP Pro x64
Nvidia:6800GT
Dane Electronic Pro. Dual 1024MB 400MHz RAM
Tagan 480Watt PSU: 28Amps on +12volt rail.
Asus A8V Deluxe "WiFi" M/Board - Aqua
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