Hey guys ..
Just a question in my mind .. do Network Cards between 2 PC’s slower performance ?
Or have any problems what so ever .. ?
I’m using 2 PC’s both :
( P4 1.7 – i850 Motherboard – 512 RDram – Logic Audio 4.81 – Creamware Scope )
Thanx ..
Network Card ?
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With good drivers not. But they take their part of the PCI bandwidth. So be prepared to reduce from maybe 8 MasterVerbs to maybe 6. Especially while you transfer data from one machine to the other and/or back. But overall performance should not go down. In this case look for updated drivers.
Happy pulsaring
Micha
Happy pulsaring
Micha
Yup, you shouldn't be concerned about bandwidth as long as you're not actually transferring data at 100mbps.
Also monitor your IRQ settings when you add a pci card. It should not share an irq w your host Creamware card. I have it sharing irq with a secondary card (my Pulsar1 listens to STDM, not pci).
Good luck
Also monitor your IRQ settings when you add a pci card. It should not share an irq w your host Creamware card. I have it sharing irq with a secondary card (my Pulsar1 listens to STDM, not pci).
Good luck
remember that a 100mbps network connection is 100 mega BITS per second so only approximately 10 mega BYTES of your pci bandwidth would be used (or 20 in full duplex while sending a file both ways at once). anyhow it is not that much.
If you use a network card with an onboard processor (like a 3com) it will use less cpu but i doubt that it makes much difference these days)
If you use a network card with an onboard processor (like a 3com) it will use less cpu but i doubt that it makes much difference these days)
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Thanx guys ..
i guess i wont be using the network card while in a recording session or while mixing .. its just hookd up to a back up pc for sharing .. so i guess im in the safe side except that i have to watch for the irq settings hmm ..
anyways thanx
i guess i wont be using the network card while in a recording session or while mixing .. its just hookd up to a back up pc for sharing .. so i guess im in the safe side except that i have to watch for the irq settings hmm ..
anyways thanx
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I've got a P2P network working here perfectly.
Machine A is the Pulsar station and completely free of internet stuff, office, etc...
Machine B does the rest: internet, office, grafix, games.
When I find nice devices or drivers I download them with machine B and transfer the files to A. And the Pulsar station stays clean.
The other way round: creating MP3s on machine A and push it in the internet with machine B.
Don't want to miss a network again!
EC-HQ
Machine A is the Pulsar station and completely free of internet stuff, office, etc...
Machine B does the rest: internet, office, grafix, games.
When I find nice devices or drivers I download them with machine B and transfer the files to A. And the Pulsar station stays clean.
The other way round: creating MP3s on machine A and push it in the internet with machine B.
Don't want to miss a network again!
EC-HQ
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hey Eurocide :
exactly my point .. thats what i planned to do .. a pc for the net and graphix and the other for the studio work ..
exactly my point .. thats what i planned to do .. a pc for the net and graphix and the other for the studio work ..
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