Is there some PCI ethernet card that OSX already support ?
I haven't found any in the Buyer's Guide...
Last year I've build a hack with the gigabyte z77x-UD5, I was able to use both Ethernet port. I' find out that using the secondary ethernet port, connected to another Mac with AFP protocol was so much faster (5x). Use a cable to connect 2 Mac, once the 2 Mac are restarted they will generate a temporary IP address (port yellow dot), use this address on the 'finder connect to server'....
Amazingly faster data transfers using a secondary ethernet card but which one use ?
I haven't found any in the Buyer's Guide...
Last year I've build a hack with the gigabyte z77x-UD5, I was able to use both Ethernet port. I' find out that using the secondary ethernet port, connected to another Mac with AFP protocol was so much faster (5x). Use a cable to connect 2 Mac, once the 2 Mac are restarted they will generate a temporary IP address (port yellow dot), use this address on the 'finder connect to server'....
Amazingly faster data transfers using a secondary ethernet card but which one use ?