Messages in this thread |  | | From | Herbert Rosmanith <> | Subject | Re: 2 Ether cards for more bandwidth? | Date | Thu, 23 May 1996 02:42:48 +0200 (MET DST) |
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> > Derrik Pates asks: > > Is it possible to put 2 Ethernet cards in one Linux box to increase > > bandwidth? I'm not talking about bridging or firewalling, but 2 netcards > > on the same machine and same network, to provide double effective > > bandwidth. Is it possible? > > On the Ethernet only one card can send packets at the same time, > so your two Ethernet cards will never work simultaneously and > network speed will not be increased.
well, they could be used in a fashion like ISDN uses channel bundeling, but this would require *significant* changes to the network code....
note: i don't mean two cards on the same cable, but two cards = two segements and the target computer would also have to have two card on two seperate segments. anyway, all you'd get would be 20MBit/sec at max., so if one wants better network transfeer, why not put in a 100Mbit card ...
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