benefie of Dual Lan

Amanda Wang · 23 Sep 2016 at 09:21

I saw the MSI X99A Tomahawk has Dual intel Lan, but ASUS X99-A II has single Intel Lan. but I don't know how to take advantage of Dual intel LAN? :confused:

ov_sjo · 23 Sep 2016 at 09:26

You can hook it up to two networks or bond the two you have for twice the bandwidth, if you have a suitable switch/router to accomodate. Bit pointless for a simple home PC.

Amanda Wang · 26 Sep 2016 at 02:25

ov_sjo said:
You can hook it up to two networks or bond the two you have for twice the bandwidth, if you have a suitable switch/router to accomodate. Bit pointless for a simple home PC.

only this? @@

Smffy · 27 Sep 2016 at 01:54

99.9% of users the benefit is nothing. Its not a deal breaker mate so you can ignore it!

Yaayuh! · 3 Oct 2016 at 11:44

Smffy said:
99.9% of users the benefit is nothing. Its not a deal breaker mate so you can ignore it!

Indeed.

Armageus · 3 Oct 2016 at 12:09

Or different LAN settings on the ports. E.g. one port with static IP for home use, and 2nd one set to DHCP for Lan Parties etc.

Rozzy85 · 4 Oct 2016 at 17:57

I bridge them and use it as an extra network port. I could just get a switch but it'd be a waste as I only need it for the odd occasion when I need to transfer something.