nic cards

Hello, in which cases does it matter if you have multiple physical Ethernet interfaces on your mainboard or only one Ethernet NIC that is connected to an Ethernet switch? The only reason that comes to my mind is that multiple 1 Gigabit Ethernet NICs are a compromise between a single 1 Gigabit...

Hardware: Gigabyte GA-H67N-USB3-B3 Intel Core i5-4460 OS: Linux Mint 19.1 Issue: I periodically lose connection to my LAN. It will work fine for a while but then drop out again. Observations: The first week in April I woke up to find I had no internet service. Suspecting problems with...

Hello, sorry for the inconvenience this generic question may cause. I've been having unbearable lag in games for months. My ping says 30 ms or 50 but the way in which the game reacts does not represent that response time at all, 30 feels like 90 and 50 feels like 120. It is as if my character...

I know Cat6 cables are capable of transferring data at 10 gbps , but since my modem only gives a maximum throughput of 1gbps and my network interface card is also a 1 gigabit Ethernet adapter, what is the use of a Cat 6 Ethernet cable beyond better protection against electromagnetic...

Hey. So my family decided to get Gigabyte speed services and I reluctantly agreed to get a network card since it seems like the previous model could 'only handle' >100 mbps (they like 'uniformity' and i'm already a black sheep for using Windows still and not Macs). But upon using Adobe or...

So im tasked with enabling WOL function for all 400+ pcs we have. all win 7 hp no domain one large workgroup wol has been tested to work but we have had to setup by hand and as a proof of concept that's ok but I don't wanna do that to all of them. So the only thing that needs changing is the...

Hello, I need some help and advice. I’m looking for the best Quad-port NIC that has 4 Ethernet controllers. Each port having its own controller, so they don’t share a single controller. -Thanks, Het