--- I just bought a PM 8600 and opened it up to see what "goodies" the previous owner had installed. I noticed an ethernet PCI card was there. Now-If the the PM already has 2 ethernet sockets in the back as part of their design, why would they add a PCI card that does the same thing?? I know there's a logical explanation but I'm still trying to learn this ethernet thing. Keep it simple-I baffle easily. Daveed in Texas.
Two reasons are likely. As others have noted the AAUI and RJ-45 are two ports to a single 10MBps Ethernet adapter (so only one can be used at once). A PCI NIC could be added either to go to 100BaseT or to use it as a router. One NIC, likely the onboard, would be connected to a broadband Internet connection and the PCI NIC would be connected to the LAN. Routing software such as Sustainable Softworks IPNetRouter routes from the WAN to LAN connections and provides Network Address Translation.
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