Network rendering via shared tethered ethernet cable?

[pegot]

Instead of setting up network rendering through my router can I simply do it by having the two computers (master & slave) connected directly to one another via Ethernet or even SFP1 cable (using 10G cards in each box)?

[bepeg4d]

Yes, but if you don’t have internet connection for activating the licenses, you need 2x USB Dongles for Offline mode.

ciao Beppe

[pegot]

Thanks for the confirmation Beppe. Yes, I have internet connection. I was thinking that file loading for heavy scenes would be faster this way? I have 10G cards in my computers but don't have a 10G switch yet. However, my preliminary tests over the regular network worked very well (did not test animation yet just heavy still scenes).