Editing Intel NUC (section)

== Adding a Second NIC to your NUC ==
[[File:USB-NIC.jpg|250px|right|border]]For many people, the lack of a second ethernet NIC is an irritation at best, and a deal breaker at worst. For Windows bare metal installs this is less of an issue, but for vSphere it is a significant challenge.

A number of people have written about how to hack up a second NIC, and more recently William Lam has managed to get a USB NIC working in his lab with vSphere 5.5 and 6.0!

WARNING: We take no responsibility if you brick you NUC or void its warranty by following any of the articles below!

* [http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2016/03/working-usb-ethernet-adapter-nic-for-esxi.html Working USB Ethernet Adapter (NIC) for ESXi]
* [http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2016/03/functional-usb-3-0-ethernet-adapter-nic-driver-for-esxi-5-5-6-0.html Functional USB 3.0 Ethernet Adapter (NIC) driver for ESXi 5.5 & 6.0]
* [http://blog.fosketts.net/2015/06/05/adding-a-second-ethernet-port-to-an-intel-nuc-via-mini-pcie/ Adding a Second Ethernet Port to an Intel NUC via Mini PCIe]
* [http://www.virten.net/2015/09/adding-a-second-nic-to-a-5th-gen-intel-nuc-or-other-pcie-cards/ Adding a second NIC to a 5th Gen Intel NUC (Or other PCIe Cards)]