I have winxp installed with 2 wired network cards. Is it possible to combine the two to add the speed to 200 mbits? they each run independently with their own ips at the moment.
Thanks....
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I have winxp installed with 2 wired network cards. Is it possible to combine the two to add the speed to 200 mbits? they each run independently with their own ips at the moment.
Thanks....
Multihoming is a standard way of resolving bottlenecks on servers where the server's NIC is near or at the limit of its throughput capabilities.
Never done it on a workstation.
But from the horse's mouth:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...c_tcp_qevr.asp
Yeah .. but .. somebody forgot to say that windows can only handle a single TCP/IP connection at once, so you can't do what you want inside a pc (100mb/s + another 100mb/s connection is still two seperate 100Mb/s connections) - you need a device to combine the streams first..Quote:
Originally Posted by houseisland
What you actually wanted is called multiplexing ;) - & there's not much available in terms of a 'home device' to do this, though you can find things that will, but usually you need a huge intake of breath & to sit down just before they tell you the price ! :eek2:
So I guess two NIC's mostly work as a failsafe or for bridging purposes. Its not a necessity for me, I was just experimenting and wondered if it could be done. I would also assume that this is a big deal for ISPs in providing bandwidth. Thanks.
That's what multihoming is generally used for, or for load balancing in/between subnets ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Ty909
If your question was originally about just a local network, then the answer would be to use gigabit cards & better cabling, if your situation was concerning ISP connections coming in, the answer would be to just get a better connection rather than try & combine several, & yeah the only folks really interested in this are often ISP's, though some big businesses will inevitably have similar issues..
If you are into speed why not Use Gigabit Ethernet (There are copper (802.3ab) as well as optical (802.3z) sollution)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ty909
One other thing (on the Physical layer - usually on switches) there is a thing called "TRUNK" - I have used it to inter-connect switches (3com...) - the switch "knows" that those two connection are actually one and transmit data using both connection to gain more speed.
Good Day,
Gabriel
Can't use 'trunk' with a windoze device or not with TCP/IP you can't ;) & if you want to get really confus-ed about why (as its all to do with the deep dark secrets of the OSI model) then read this( which is about 'lan switching' in the context of vlan's - but the general ideas, if you can get your head around them, are the same :))Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabriel