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Does anyone here actually use dual NICs?

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2017/04/20 09:03:50 (permalink)
EVGA always seems to include dual NICs on their mid and top tier motherboards.  Neither ASUS nor MSI seem to do this, and the use cases for dual NICs seem pretty niche/specific based on my searching.
 
Does anyone here actually use both of their NICs?
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/04/21 21:21:01 (permalink)
    no, the last time i used it was on a nforce board in xp, teaming was supported and in theory boosted your network speed and ping times, i know with intel nics you can combine them but not it really sure how much it would help unless your building a server. most of the evga boards use a intel and a killer nic, the killer is supposed to help with gaming traffic for online play but the reviews have been mixed if it really does.

                                   
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/04/22 08:55:52 (permalink)
    Mostly use the second as a backup if the first one fails.
    But on my Servers they are set to Teaming Teaming with Intel® Advanced Network Services
    One is IN the other is OUT
    Their is also Gamming Tools to setup two Network Ports
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/04/22 13:51:36 (permalink)
    i run two on my server, free BSD based, and my throughput increased by 60%, basically my server shares will run about as fast as sata 1 speed for transfer rates. i looking at some 10Gb stuff now, nic cards and switch, on the secondary market, the prices are still pretty high but the network speed is crazy fast.

                                   
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/04/23 10:16:05 (permalink)
    It's my secondary backup. I have had an issue with windows update messing with drivers and me having to fallback to the Intel one for network access. It was a bit odd, I've since disabled auto updating of drivers for win10.
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/04/27 07:10:23 (permalink)
    The KillerPro network cards worked really well at unloading traffic from the CPU. Then Qualcomm bought the company and everything went south after that.

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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/04/27 07:20:19 (permalink)
    I've never used dual NICs but it is always nice to have a backup NIC should there be a one in a million chance of a port failure.

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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/04/28 20:45:10 (permalink)
    I have never used dual NIC or ever needed a backup one. I would take more USB 3.0 slots over extra NIC.


     
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/04/29 00:48:12 (permalink)
    Dedicated packet capture/sniffing interface.  Multi-homing.  Using it for a firewall/router, assuming the Killer NIC is supported by your BSD or Linux distro.  So basically the second NIC is just a spare NIC for ~99.9% of people.  
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/05/02 03:34:02 (permalink)
    I don't game much, but never have used it on any of my boards.

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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/05/02 05:35:11 (permalink)
    Never used the second nic when I had two.
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/05/04 09:51:03 (permalink)
    Ran one as a DHPC server and router so I could do internet passthrough @ LAN, running my laptop from my desktop when ports on the switch were at a premium. Although, in complete disclosure mode, this was back in the XP era.
    I don't think I've used dual NICs on a mobo for a decade. 
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/05/04 10:33:30 (permalink)
    It's real handy if you're building a server.
     
    As a gamer, it's nice to have the option of using the Intel NIC or the Killer NIC.
     
    I actually have had ethernet ports die on a board before, so it's another bonus there.
     
    Lastly, i don't think anyone would ever decide this board over that due to a 2nd NIC, unless they were building a server.  That said, USB NIC devices are cheap now.
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/05/07 09:38:38 (permalink)
    Another possibility I thought of is the following:
     
    Gigabit internet services (Google Fiber, AT&T Gigapower, etc.) are available in some areas.  The ethernet interface seems to have some amount of overhead.  Therefore if you had a 1 Gbit internet connection to a 1 Gbit ethernet port, I'm guessing your max speed would be limited to 9XX MBit due to overhead.  Maybe there would be a way to use dual NICs to realize the full 1 Gbit?
     
    Then again, at that point it would probably be easier to include a 10Gbit ethernet interface on the motherboard.
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/05/11 13:25:55 (permalink)
    As a networking programmer, I never buy a board with less than 2 ethernet ports. I always need some way to have a working network and an experimental one on hand.
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    Re: Does anyone here actually use dual NICs? 2017/05/11 13:34:45 (permalink)
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    Gigabit internet services (Google Fiber, AT&T Gigapower, etc.) are available in some areas.  The ethernet interface seems to have some amount of overhead.  Therefore if you had a 1 Gbit internet connection to a 1 Gbit ethernet port, I'm guessing your max speed would be limited to 9XX MBit due to overhead.  



    Most speed tests don't include the overhead of every packet, only the payload. You may well be saturating your 1gbps link but measuring 0.99gbps of throughput. Your ISP's service is a function of the whole packet, not just the bit your speed test is interested in. In the case of "gigabit", assuming it's "gigabit ethernet" all the way, this isn't some arbitrary limitation, it's just how it works. 

    Trying to load-share across two NICs, depending on how it's done, could make things worse. For example, if it exacerbates packets arriving out of order it necessitates re-ordering at the other end of a flow which causes delays (while it waits for missing packets to arrive) and much memory copying to hold on to the early packets (which is slow). When bigger networks have multiple links in a span they try hard to keep all the packets of an individual "flow" on a single logical link at every stage in the network precisely to avoid this sort of issue in end-user systems.
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