http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/netadapter.mspx#2
I found that article above, so install seems easy. I also found them for $1 for a rj 45 male and a female usb, but then I would have to snatch a bunch of usb cables. I found other ones that are 3 bucks, that are female rj45 to usb 2.0. So I figured I would get a powered hub or 2 and hook a bunch of those up and see what happens. Total cost ~ 50 bucks I think for around 16 ports. So with that cooking, I want to see if anyone has done it and how "funky" it acts :) --- On Tue, 10/20/09, Stan Ilchev <[email protected]> wrote: From: Stan Ilchev <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Dynamips/GNS3 - USB to ethernet - does it work or does it suck? To: "nicholas golden" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 4:31 PM Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Dynamips/GNS3 - USB to ethernet - does it work or does it suck? USB Nic’s are very inexpensive on Ebay and with an USB powered hub you should be able to get good resaults. Stan As the subject says (I'm fishing around on forums as well) I was wondering if I could use a bunch of USB to ethernet adapters and inject that into GNS3. I was thinking of selling off my rack of routers (mostly 3640's, 2600's etc) and buying some 3560's and then getting a full topology going at home to save some cash money, since I am still out of work. I thought of doing quad nic's, but the problem is I have a gaming machine, that has 2 video cards in it (gtx 280's in SLI for your gamer geeks out there) and a quad core overclocked @ 3.7 with 8 gigs of ram (ddr 2000). I only have ONE pci slot available. In vista I can run over 20+ routers with barely a scant 35% cpu usage and still a lot of ram left over, although thinking of going to ubuntu which I already have installed on another much less powerful machine. So I am looking for either a break out box, a riser card to a break out box or whatever solution will work that's not going to break the bank. I saw the quad nics but those are looking mighty pricey, unless someone knows some secret place I can snatch. Thanks for the input! _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
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