How to combine two or more ethernet adapters together for same connection, in order to increase network throughput?
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How to combine two or more ethernet adapters together for same connection
How to combine two or more ethernet adapters together for same connection
I want to have a new computer.
Re: How to combine two or more ethernet adapters together for same connection
Can'tOriginally posted by wangnan
How to combine two or more ethernet adapters together for same connection, in order to increase network throughput?
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Ummm... yes you can... I don't know how, but my brother did it before. Windows 2000 Server Edition has the feature, and there are some third party software developers that provide it.
I believe it's called NLB-Network Load Balancing.
Unless you have two internet connections or are running a server on your LAN it's pretty pointless.
I believe it's called NLB-Network Load Balancing.
Unless you have two internet connections or are running a server on your LAN it's pretty pointless.
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wangman,
not really sure but maybe this is what ur pertaining to:
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/ ... leID=23258
or go to http://www.ntfaq.com query "load balancing"
not really sure but maybe this is what ur pertaining to:
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/ ... leID=23258
or go to http://www.ntfaq.com query "load balancing"
Take a look at:
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=23258
I've tried RandomAdapter = 1(dword), but why it does not work?
By the way, Does Windows XP Professional support Network Load Balancing Service?
Thx.
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=23258
I've tried RandomAdapter = 1(dword), but why it does not work?
By the way, Does Windows XP Professional support Network Load Balancing Service?
Thx.
I want to have a new computer.
I don't believe a simple reg hack will enable it. There have to be drivers bound to the adapters which will only occur if you have Windows 2000 Server Edition or third party software.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... S;Q240997&
Definitely seems to be server edition or datacenter ed. feature.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... S;Q240997&
Definitely seems to be server edition or datacenter ed. feature.
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Load Balancing is a feature of Advanced Server or Datacenter Server only, not Server or Pro.
Load Balancing is NOT combining for increased throughput, it is balancing the workload/demand across servers, hence the reason it's not part of Server or lower levels of the OS.
wangnan -
Unless your're running something very complex off a server, it's hard to believe you need more than 100mps speed on the network.
You could always step up to Gigabyte-over-copper IF you really need that much network speed.
What exactly are you trying to do?
Load Balancing is NOT combining for increased throughput, it is balancing the workload/demand across servers, hence the reason it's not part of Server or lower levels of the OS.
wangnan -
Unless your're running something very complex off a server, it's hard to believe you need more than 100mps speed on the network.
You could always step up to Gigabyte-over-copper IF you really need that much network speed.
What exactly are you trying to do?
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yes, i'm thinking about combining two NICs together in order to increase throughput.
I think dual network chips may help on throughput or response time.
However, the only thing i could find is NLB. I wonder if there will be a kind of technology can do the combination, like Diamond's Shotgun(TM).
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I think dual network chips may help on throughput or response time.
However, the only thing i could find is NLB. I wonder if there will be a kind of technology can do the combination, like Diamond's Shotgun(TM).
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I want to have a new computer.
Micro, you are right, but I'm not completely wrong. 
I was thinking of balancing the load between two nics. I was wrong when I used the word network.
Anyways, there are two third party software products that you can use: Surfdoubler and Midpoint.
Midpoint is actually a gateway of some sort, but also supports nic bonding.
SurfDoubler is also a gateway, and supports nic bonding/"connection teaming".
http://www.vicomsoft.us/surfdoubler/fea ... aming.html
http://www.midpoint.com/midpoint_new/index_us.htm
There's also a router, Nexland ISB Pro800Turbo, that supports it, but that might be expensive.
It definitely doesn't come with an OS except maybe Linux.
I was thinking of balancing the load between two nics. I was wrong when I used the word network.
Anyways, there are two third party software products that you can use: Surfdoubler and Midpoint.
Midpoint is actually a gateway of some sort, but also supports nic bonding.
SurfDoubler is also a gateway, and supports nic bonding/"connection teaming".
http://www.vicomsoft.us/surfdoubler/fea ... aming.html
http://www.midpoint.com/midpoint_new/index_us.htm
There's also a router, Nexland ISB Pro800Turbo, that supports it, but that might be expensive.
It definitely doesn't come with an OS except maybe Linux.
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neo86 - Yea, I understood what you meant, just not what wangnan is after.
btw - midpoint does connection bonding using nics, but the nics themselves are not bonded and remain independent, a small, but VERY important difference, as the PC is still limited to 100mps across whatever network it is connected to, and it also allows the NICs to be multihomed for normal use on a network (lan or wan).
I haven't seen surfdoubler in use, but it should work the same way.
wangnan - sorry, I'm still not clear as to your goal.
Combining NICs to increase network throughput across a network or combing gateways to increase connection speed to the internet? They are far from the same.
IF what you are trying to accomplish is combining/teaming of 2 internet gateways, then the software sources neo86 suggests are good ones and should do what you want.
IF you are trying to increase the load balancing of 2 gateways on a network, then you simply need a decent router that incorporates load balancing across connections. The Nexland Pro800 Turbo comes to mind as reasonably priced. It WON'T combine the gateways, but it will load balance (allow the network to fully use the 2 available gateways) rather than arbitrarily load one gateway.
IF you are actually trying to inrcease throughput across your network, properly tuning the OS or going to gigabyte NICs would be the way to go. But that has nothing to do with your internet gateway, as the simplest 10mps NIC is more than adequate for any available consumer connection to the internet.
Hope that helps
btw - midpoint does connection bonding using nics, but the nics themselves are not bonded and remain independent, a small, but VERY important difference, as the PC is still limited to 100mps across whatever network it is connected to, and it also allows the NICs to be multihomed for normal use on a network (lan or wan).
I haven't seen surfdoubler in use, but it should work the same way.
wangnan - sorry, I'm still not clear as to your goal.
Combining NICs to increase network throughput across a network or combing gateways to increase connection speed to the internet? They are far from the same.
IF what you are trying to accomplish is combining/teaming of 2 internet gateways, then the software sources neo86 suggests are good ones and should do what you want.
IF you are trying to increase the load balancing of 2 gateways on a network, then you simply need a decent router that incorporates load balancing across connections. The Nexland Pro800 Turbo comes to mind as reasonably priced. It WON'T combine the gateways, but it will load balance (allow the network to fully use the 2 available gateways) rather than arbitrarily load one gateway.
IF you are actually trying to inrcease throughput across your network, properly tuning the OS or going to gigabyte NICs would be the way to go. But that has nothing to do with your internet gateway, as the simplest 10mps NIC is more than adequate for any available consumer connection to the internet.
Hope that helps
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