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On Tuesday, December 20, 2016 7:12:14 PM EST Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 20/12/2016 19:04, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> > On 12/19/2016 1:15 PM, lee <lee@××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> >> "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> writes: |
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> >>> Similarly, the vast majority of home users have a machine with one |
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> >>> ethernet port, and in the past it's always been eth0. |
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> >> |
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> >> Since 10 years or so, the default is two ports. |
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> > Not sure where you buy your machines, but that is simply wrong. The vast |
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> > majority of *home* users machines are single port machines. |
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> and every rack server I've bought or worked on in the last 10 years has |
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> been quad-nic |
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My DL160s have 2x1GbE NICs each and a 1GbE NIC for OOB access, while my DL360s |
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have 4x1GbE NICs and the single for OOB access. My old BL460cs had 2x1GbE |
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connectivity. |
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But as far as home hardware, most pre-assembled home desktops I've seen any |
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given year since 1998or so, have come with a single Ethernet port. The |
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motherboards available for self-assembled PCs have usually had 2x1GbE since |
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roughly 2005, IIRC. |
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So, enthusiast systems (who else builds their own?) will usually have a pair |
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of Ethernet ports, while the cheap desktop systems will usually only have a |
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single port. |
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Most casual user home desktop systems, IME, have been getting replaced with |
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laptops and tablets, though, so you could argue that the home desktops that |
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remain, over time, have tended more and more to be the self-assembled or |
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enthusiast-built systems, and thus you tend to see desktop systems with |
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multiple Ethernet ports more than with singles. |
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