I have a 10 port USB hub (link 2) connected to the usb port on a PC. There are 09 USB to giga bit network adapters card (link 1) attached to the USB ports. I set the Ipv4 address for all the individual network cards one by one. They have unique IP addresses and names as in 'network cards' picture.My question is, does computer remembers the names of the network cards in some way? Also, the changed name and IP address cannot be changed to the previous one, as it gives an error that the name is already present, even though it is not visible on the screen.
How many ethernet cards can be connected to USB 2.0 / USB 3.0 hub? I have maximum 12 ethernet ports to connect.
My main purpose is to set the names and more importantly the IP addresses only 01 time and after that even if I unplug the cable, the IP addresses remain the same. Also, the operator will not have access to unplug the individual port connected to the USB hub, so that solution is not an option as just unplugging and plugging it back to the USB hub also fixes the issue.