ASUS A7N8X Deluxe

[Andrew]

Dual Network Ports why??

Why not? For people who understand networking its potentially useful.

All three PC's share an Internet connection, what can I use the second
Network socket for?? any ideas??

Just because there are two sockets, it doesn't mean you have to use
them.

 

[Bill Harvey]

Dual Network Ports why??

Hello,
I`ve had my ASUS Mobo installed for a while now and have a small home
network, three PC's routed through a D Link DI 604 DSL Router.

All three PC's share an Internet connection, what can I use the second
Network socket for?? any ideas??
Many thanks


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[Ron]

Hmm. What if you had TWO comp's, wanted to use ICS, and did not have a
router?

Ron

 

[callsignviper]

Hmm. What if you had TWO comp's, wanted to use ICS, and did not have a
router?

Ron

Totally agree.


If you don't want/need to use one of the Network ports (3Com or Nvidia) just
disable the one not used in your BIOS setup.


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callsignviper


The truth is out there. You just have to look in the right places and ask
the right questions.

 

[Andy M Moore]

Which one is best to use ?? Is one superior to the other ?

 

[g r ruppert]

The NVidia port is said to optimized for better ping for gaming.

 

[Ron]

Hmm. FWIW, I think that this particular technology is SO well established,
that the difference would be nil. Or at worst, infinitesimal.

That said, if you require only one RJ port - and if you accept the above
premise - wouldn't it be prudent/logical to disable the "odd" one? (i.e.
the one that is not...quite...seamlessly...integrated into the rest of the
platform?)

Mind you, I have no experience to support this. But as I said, I consider
something like an RJ45 port to be very rudimentary. And if I had 2 choices
of something so rudimentary in a *different* application - automobile fuses,
for example - I'd probably stick with the manufacturer's product. (Again,
this presupposes that the 2 choices are, for all intents & purposes,
indistinguishable.)

There. Was it worth 10¢?

Ron