motherboard with 2 NIC

[kevinali]

I have the x38-dq6 motherboard and it has 2 on board NIC. Currently i have one connected to my router (hardwired) and i have the other disabled. My question is can i do anything with the second NIC to speed up my browsing and downloading files

I was thinking about running another cable from the second NIC into the second port of the router...would this help

Any input will be greatly appriciated

Thanks

Kevin

 

[Scotteq]

It's highly doubtful that attaching your second NIC would have any effect: You'll still be limited to the bandwidth provided by your ISP.

 

[masteryoda34]

The cable from your computer to the router has a bandwidth of 100Mbps. I'm sure sure your internet connection is no where near that fast.

 

[zenmaster]

If you want to speed certain downloads, then tools like "GetRight" can speed downloads. It likely will not help with peer-peer downloads.
However, if you are frequently downloading very large files from various ftp/http sites, then it can significantly improve performance.

This is because often these sites will throttle the bandwidth to each connection. This tool, however, can open upto 10 connections. It does wonders for me since I am frequently downloading multi-gig ISOs of different products for testing/review.

 

[boner]

oh yeah!!! and by the wat where did you get the X38 motherboard?

 

[deadhead_matt]

@ Boner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200280+107172333&name=Intel+X38

 

[chookman]

OMG a gigabyte board more expensive than an ASUS ROG board WTF

Utilising both ports will not increase internet speeds. However, i use both on my P5B-deluxe and use "bridge connections" so they show up as one. This doesnt increase speed on the P5b but i see it as a redundancy thing, if one fails the other takes over. On a 680i chipset board it supports "teaming" which theoretically will take two 100mpbs connections too a 200mbps connection. This still wont speed up your internet but it will speed up general local network speed.

 

[cpburns]

as chookman demonstrated, the point of using multiple lan ports is often to bridge them to your router, giving you better bandwidth over your local network. if everyone in your lan had dual gigabit connections to the router which was also gigabit, you'd all be connected to each other at 2000mbit. this is fantastic for lan gaming or file transfers, aka network heavy apps.

the other use for dual gigabit is to use that machine as the router. hook the incoming lan from the modem up to one lan port, run another lan cable to a switch, and you can share the internet connection to any computer or device on the switch.

 

[ekim051084]

I have a dual NIC mobo. I run into trouble using Warcraft3 and mods associated with hosting games such as WC3Banlist and Listchecker. These both require WinPCAP to work. The problem is, only one of those programs works on each of my NIC's. For example, WC3Banlist only works on my NIC labeled "Marvell Youkon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller". Listchecker only works on NIC Labeled "NVIDIA nForce NEtworking Controller #3". I am wondering if I bridged these NIC's if this would solve the problem or what is going on?

Thanks for any insight

 

[chookman]

I have a dual NIC mobo. I run into trouble using Warcraft3 and mods associated with hosting games such as WC3Banlist and Listchecker. These both require WinPCAP to work. The problem is, only one of those programs works on each of my NIC's. For example, WC3Banlist only works on my NIC labeled "Marvell Youkon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller". Listchecker only works on NIC Labeled "NVIDIA nForce NEtworking Controller #3". I am wondering if I bridged these NIC's if this would solve the problem or what is going on?

Thanks for any insight

Give it a go its more than possible it will work... and you can always change in back simple as 😉 just open up the Network conections window... select both NIC's right click and bridge connections... then to disable just do the reverse... easy... worst that can happen is that it wont work in either so you change it back hehe

EDIT: have you also tried disabling one or the other? and not having any cables plugged into one as they maybe interfering with each other on this particular games/apps

 

[Angelsilhouette]

I recently purchased an Asus Crosshair MB with a dual NIC and am wondering about utilizing both ports.

If I have two cable modems/two HSI connections, would it allow the computer to pull the speed from both modems, splitting the data between the two to double the effective download speed (like the old shotgun dial up modems)? Assuming there was software support for this situation, of course.