Dual nics are more prevelant now. Why is this? What would an average computer user with a small home network need it for?
2006-11-21 08:30:41 · 10 answers · asked by Rob 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
In a professional environment you will find a "multi-homed" machine providing several different types of services... In a home environment you can use a multi-homed computer as a NAT/Router device with the help of Internet Connection Sharing (98se to xp) or a third party software.... one card faces the public network ( the connection to your isp via your modem and the connection which has the ICS software enabled) and the other card is your internal network ( which includes your computer and any computer connected to the second card directly or via a hub). the multi-homed computer also becomes your DHCP service and simple Firewall.
You can use this function to do the usual and share a single connection between other computers, or if you want to control access to you connection (such as a parent) you can stop the network on purpose or just by closing your computer down.
2006-11-21 10:16:13 · answer #1 · answered by jimbob 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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Dual nics are more prevelant now. Why is this? What would an average computer user with a small home network need it for?
2015-08-06 03:28:19 · answer #2 · answered by Arie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use it as a firewall/router for one. One card is for the external side of the network the other for the internal side of the network. You can set this up with smoothwall or ISA Server. I believe even internet connection sharing can make use of this configuration. I'm referring to the use of it on a simple home network connecting to the internet, however you could use it in more ways than that. Two seperate home networks joined together for various reasons is another example. Each card will have it's own IP address. It's a while since I did this stuff mind so someone will be far more precise :-).
2006-11-21 08:34:56 · answer #3 · answered by karnautrahl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 network cards are used if your computer needs to be on two different networks at the same time. Traffic from one network can be allowed to pass to the another, or be stopped.
2006-11-21 08:38:26 · answer #4 · answered by Gentle Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dual Nic Card
2016-10-19 04:46:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you re on windows then bridge the connections to use both nics at the same time. It will create a virtual network interface.
2015-02-12 05:39:56 · answer #6 · answered by Dustin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a small home user would usually have one nic card only (usually for internet), in the work enviroment dual nics are great for seperating internal and external networks.
2006-11-21 08:33:23 · answer #7 · answered by radicalfunscout 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't have a home router or switch. you can share your internet connection with another computer.
along with other things like a firewall.
even a router
2006-11-21 09:07:22 · answer #8 · answered by beni_gabor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is for Load Balancing.
For more info see following links...
http://www.learnthat.com/define/view.asp?id=6377
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_balancing_%28computing%29
2006-11-21 09:17:25 · answer #9 · answered by topgun h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny, I was wondering the same thing myself
2016-08-23 11:09:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋