Combine Nics

pyro_1 · Post by **pyro_1** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 1:57 pm

I want to combine 2 nics together so that they act as one, i know that you can do it if you buy server nics but i am wondering if you can do it with any normal nic or not, any help is apreciated thanks

Kakarot · Post by **Kakarot** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 3:54 pm

Well if you hook them up to a "Managed" switch you can bond the ports they are hooked up to to act as one... same thing really.

LikeLinus · Post by **LikeLinus** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 4:28 pm

Why would you want to do this anyway?

pyro_1 · Post by **pyro_1** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 6:25 pm

Well i would prefer to do it with the 8 port switch that i have right now rather than go out and get a new one. As for why i want to do this i am setting up a machine at home as a server for a number of clients around the place i am staying along with the ftp that i am running the ftp will have a nic by itself and i wanted to combine 2 nics together because i am going to have multiple access of files prety much all the time (eg all mp3 files will be on it) and that way i could double the throughput of it to the network and try to get rid of any lags cause of only having 100mbs to the network

Kakarot · Post by **Kakarot** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 11:10 pm

you could just spend the money and buy a gigabit nic and a switch with a gigabit uplink port... that'd take care of ya

pyro_1 · Post by **pyro_1** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 11:16 pm

unfortunatly no one else that will be using the connection to the server will have that and i could probably pick up a dual or quad port server nic for less that it would cost me to do that i was just hoping that there was a way to do it with non server nics oh well