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Started by Dan~, Mar 04 2013 14:12

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#1 Dan~

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Posted 04 March 2013 - 14:12

Am I correct in thinking to do it cheaply (home network) I can just have two independant PCI-E gigabit ethernet cards, then link the two via cat6.

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 05:53

You don't even need cat6, 5e will work just fine for gig.

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 07:47

Crossover cable

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 13:20

No not required if at least 1 of the cards is gig - since the gig standard requires auto cross.

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 13:29

View PostDan~, on 04 March 2013 - 14:12, said:

Am I correct in thinking to do it cheaply (home network) I can just have two independant PCI-E gigabit ethernet cards, then link the two via cat6.

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That's it :)

That's how we have our nas device connected to our two hyper-v nodes. one node to each nic on the nas device.
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