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    Using a second PCIe Lan card on Mini-ITX

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      sparkman123
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      Has anyone tried using a second LAN card on a Mini-ITX board on a small form-factor case? I have no extra slots on my case; so I figure I'd either have to remove the IO backplate or cut a hole in it to work.

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        Yes, but often they fail due to heat stress. This is because in a firewall they are under load most of the time and airflow and heat dissipation in such an ITX setup is limited. You often are limited by chipset as well, most of them have RealTek chips. A few have (older) Intel chips.

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