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I was looking over different motherboards and some have one ethernet port and some have two. I tried to think of a use for two, but nothing came to mind. I then thought maybe the computer could access 2 separate networks? Ok, that probably doesn't make much sense. Can someone tell me what cool things I could do with 2 ports please? :pt1cable:

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ics, bridging, being connected to 2 different networks at one time.

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Thanks thehelo. :)


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or using your computer to control the network


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