Can you run two network cards, one being an input and one being an output?

I am stuck with using a Windows XP machine from Shea computers and I would like to be able to run the internet into it using one single port NIC ethernet card, then run out of it into my switcher (video switcher that will only take input from a computer via a network connection) so we can use what is on the computer screen in the switcher. The Windows IT guy at school does not know if this can be done... so like.. can it?|||Yes it can be done, and after you set up the network you must bridge the two connections together and it should work out.|||Yes you can use two network cards, but for that you have to use the correct cabling, one you have use the correct wiring structure and for the other you have to use the cross structure , if you want to connect it to the other system. follow this link, study and proceed - http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/…|||Read the manual.



Make sure the input to the video switcher is really ethernet. Then, figure out how it is intended to work, because a video switcher should have video inputs, right? I'm not saying it can't work, but since you're not feeding it video, whatever it's taking as input, will probably reuire setting up your computer to work with the switcher.



Chances are, you're supposed to put the switcher onto your network, alongside the computer. You don't need 2 cards in your PC.|||you can run two, both as input



but the answer to your q is ..NO, you need a network 'switch'(ironic huh?), wich is basically a tweaked out router, that or can program **** yourself under a posix kernal|||Your best option is to use a router for the internet connection, then plug both into that. This will be much faster and more reliable than 2 cards.