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Tim Hunter
Steel Contributor
Feb 11, 2021

Network Connections

Is it necessary to have so many network connections? I seem to have way too many and I am wondering if it is affecting my performance. Would love some input from any networking experts. Thank you.

 

  • Hi,
    the network adapters that you are seeing are the result of multiple things.
    1) Hyper-V and the virtual network adapters it has
    2) your VPN software (Cisco)
    3) your bluetooth adapter
    4) your WiFi adapter
    5) a loopback adapter that is created by Npcap software
    6) your Ethernet port

    they shouldn't affect performance. Hyper-V ones aren't always used, only when using Hyper-V VM.
    Bluetooth and Ethernet are disconnected,
    Cisco is disabled

    overall nothing to worry about, Windows knows how to manage them properly 🙂
  • Hi,
    the network adapters that you are seeing are the result of multiple things.
    1) Hyper-V and the virtual network adapters it has
    2) your VPN software (Cisco)
    3) your bluetooth adapter
    4) your WiFi adapter
    5) a loopback adapter that is created by Npcap software
    6) your Ethernet port

    they shouldn't affect performance. Hyper-V ones aren't always used, only when using Hyper-V VM.
    Bluetooth and Ethernet are disconnected,
    Cisco is disabled

    overall nothing to worry about, Windows knows how to manage them properly 🙂

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