ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AMD 990FX any use for the dual ethernet

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hi guys,

just wondering if anyone could tell me if its worth hooking this beauty with 2 ethernet cables, i really only game online and sometimes download/ stream films etc on netflix and the like.

thanks in advance
 
Not seen or tried it before but as far as I know Im sure it wont really change anything?

I mean if you think about it by judging the way you mention gaming and streaming you hope to use one for each? It wont be a big change since the root of your net is your actual connection itself from isp, its not like it'll work faster (well depending on ur setup it might be of some good use) but its not a deciding factor and shouldn't be a deciding factor for a motherboard.

I know my answer is kind of sucky its not the best xD

But if you really want a good 990fx motherboard i'd suggest the asus sabertooth or crosshair v formula z
 
thanks for the reply, your answer isnt really sucky.

i was going to go with the sabertooth but thought the asrock might be slightly better but might be wrong with that one, would you recommend the sabertooth over the asrock?

i was was just reading the info and just saw this little snip it
Dual LAN with Teaming function enabled on this motherboard allows two single connections to act as one single connection for twice the transmission bandwidth, making data transmission more effective.

so forgive my rather stupid question does this mean my connection to online gaming etc be better ans so less likely to drop out of games?

thanks inadvance for any help
 
Personally yes! i'd definitely recommend the sabertooth, it's one of the best boards out there, looks amazing, its warranty and features are great (as with all mid/high end asus boards)

You could probably get more bandwidth and efficiency using the two lans together, also its a backup ethernet port! not that i've ever seen a motherboards ethernet port die xD

Transmission will be abit more effective but the difference won't be godly, if a better transmission and speed is what you want then changing isp package is the best way (wouldn't really use a mobo for this)

Multi-lan things are nice, mainly used in servers and its cool to see them in normal desktop mobos but it just wont cut it for me. I'd go with the saber if I was you, u will not be disappointed
 
hi thanks for the reply,

all my parts have been dispatched already so cant changed motherboards, maybe on the next upgrade ill go with asus.

thanks for all the help
 
Sabertooth or crosshair is a better board, the Fatal1ty may be Asrocks flagship but i wouldn't go Asrock if i had that much to spend on a board because you could get a Sabertooth (which is much better) for the same price and they tend to have a reputation for popping/unstable VRMs. If you only just ordered, you can send it back for another board.

Ethernet cables have a huge amount of bandwidth compare to the download/upload speeds we have and so you will see absolutely no performance gains. It is like hooking up both your wireless connection and your Ethernet at the same time, if it gave your double the speed everyone would be using their remaining PCIe slots on adapters and USB slots on dongles.

Here are some dual Ethernet uses i remembered from a different forum, which the vast majority of users would not use:

Two Network Connections (two subnets)

Will allow your PC to be connected to two networks at the same time.

Balance-rr (Round-Robin)

Transmit packets in sequential order from the first available slave through the last. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance.

Active Backup(Fail Over)

Only one slave in the bond is active. A different slave becomes active if, and only if, the active slave fails. The bond’s MAC address is externally visible on only one port (network adapter) to avoid confusing the switch. This mode provides fault tolerance.

Balance XOR

Transmit based on the selected transmit hash policy. The default policy is a simple [(source MAC address XOR’d with destination MAC address) modulo slave count]. Alternate transmit policies maybe selected via the xmit_hash_policy option. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance.

Broadcast

Transmits everything on all slave interfaces. This mode provides fault tolerance.

IEEE 802.3ad

Creates aggregation groups that share the same speed and duplex settings. Utilizes all slaves in the active aggregator according to the 802.3ad specification. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance but requires a switch that supports IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic Link Aggregation with correct LACP mode configured.

Balance-tlb (Adaptive Transmit Load Balancing)

Channel bonding that does not require any special switch support. The outgoing traffic is distributed according to the current load (computed relative to the speed) on each slave. Incoming traffic is received by the current slave. If the receiving slave fails, another slave takes over the MAC address of the failed receiving slave. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance.

Balance-alb (Adaptive Load Balancing)

Include balance-tlb plus receive load balancing (rlb) for IPV4 traffic, and does not require any special switch support. The receive load balancing is achieved by ARP negotiation. The receive load balancing is achieved by ARP Replies sent by the local system on their way out and overwrites the source hardware address with the unique hardware address of one of the slaves in the bond such that different peers use different hardware address for the server. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance.
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The only use i can use it for is for unhindered transfer rate to NAS, but now i have ac wireless router and adapters, it is my SSD/HDD's that cant keep up.
 
thanks for the replys all,

thanks for the advice Avenged7Fold, i have dropped overclocker a webnote asking if i can change it, its also gone down in price by about £5. its not getting delivered till tomorrow so hopefully ill be lucky. :D

thanks all
 
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