Why have 2 lan ports?

[ferret face]

Anyone know why some mobos have 2 x lan ports?

Cheers
Ferret

 

[LeJosh]

Peer to peer network?

Edit - I know switches could be used but eliminates that. I don't exactly know why.

 

[clv101]

One to connect to a WAN the other your LAN.

 

[Digitalle]

1 for LAN 1 for WAN??

Never really thought about it before.

 

[FatalSaviour]

NAT/Firewall role box (i.e 1x WAN, 1x LAN) ... or both on the LAN for load-balancing/failover
They're the main reasons I use them anyway...

 

[LeJosh]

oh oh One for a NAS box and the other for your interwebs! Which I know people have said but I feel good about it. lol

 

[LordSplodge]

NAT/Firewall for starters then you could have the links aggregated into a 2Gbps per second link or have them in failover mode so if one link stops working the other takes over.

Always better to have more than one of something!

 

[RANZID]

i use mine to connect to 2 networks... dont ask me why theres 2 networks in my house.. there just is .. i didnt make them....grumble...

 

[ferret face]

ok cheers guys!

 

[Leezy]

Can use ICS (Internect Connection Sharing) to connect say an Xbox to the Internet.. Your computer has to be On to play on Xbox Live however, but you can Bridge on Halo Woop!

 

[Locke]

Can use ICS (Internect Connection Sharing) to connect say an Xbox to the Internet.. Your computer has to be On to play on Xbox Live however, but you can Bridge on Halo Woop!

Hmm, that just gave me an idea..... thanks!

 

[Energize]

Having two ports means you can use the pc as a switch via ics or have double the bandwidth.

 

[Daegan]

So the manufacturer can charge more for it.

 

[MSI-Guru]

because its double the flashy lights

 

[miker1]

So it looks better than a board with 1 for most of us!

 

[Neural1]

because its double the flashy lights

Winner!

 

[Stonedofmoo]

So you can send files to yourself quickly?