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How does LVRT handle an Ethernet card?

I need to add a second Ethernet port to on my LVRT PXI system to control an instrument via TCP. How does LVRT handle the PXI Ethernet card? I'm sure I could put both the remote interface and instrument on the one Ethernet jack by using a hub, but I don't packet collisions in the hub to effect the determinism of the instrument.
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To my knowledge NI doesn't officially support multiple NICs at once in an RT box...but might in the future.

That said, I'd advise against a hub. Every time a packet of information is received by a hub, it is broadcast over all outgoing ports. This can lead to network congestion and packet collisions. Instead you should probably use a router, which is more sophisticated (routing tables, congestion control algorithms, etc.).
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