no having 2 is useless. there is no need for 2. just one as a backup. all the myth about it helping isn't real
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I have four of those damn things on-board, of which three are completely useless
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they are useful if you want to offload your internet traffic from your local traffic,for example you have a gigabit LAN and a fast internet connection you can max out your internet connection without slowing down LAN transfers.
or if your hardware supports you can team them for increased bandwidth or redundancy.
also useful if you want to manage your systems, use LAN 1 for network traffic, and LAN 2 for console/rdp/vnc/etc
dual/multiple NICs are also nice to have if using that machine as a router/ids/proxy/gateway, hell my router has 6 network cards in it...
i myself have a team of 2 gbit nics in my fileserver, and two primary workstations as i normally have a lot of traffic between them... though, you will need hardware that supports this to take advantage of it...
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if you are never going to use two, there is no need... However if you are, i guess that would justify a need... What is this myth about helping?
Originally Posted by bpfeil I have the dual nics on my board and wonder how everyone else is using them. Are you teaming or just using one. Is it possible to have one only talk to the net and the other to the local network? Or should I just hook both of them up and not team them? |
or if your hardware supports you can team them for increased bandwidth or redundancy.
also useful if you want to manage your systems, use LAN 1 for network traffic, and LAN 2 for console/rdp/vnc/etc
dual/multiple NICs are also nice to have if using that machine as a router/ids/proxy/gateway, hell my router has 6 network cards in it...
i myself have a team of 2 gbit nics in my fileserver, and two primary workstations as i normally have a lot of traffic between them... though, you will need hardware that supports this to take advantage of it...
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Originally Posted by razr7 no having 2 is useless. there is no need for 2. just one as a backup. all the myth about it helping isn't real |
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