Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 23 May 1996 07:53:36 -0400 | From | James Hughes <> | Subject | Re: 2 Ether cards for more bandwidth? |
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Jared Mauch wrote: > > Um, no. > > Ethernet is a broadcast media, so whatever is said > on the network all others hear. > > Putting more people "broadcasting" stuff on the ethernet will > only cause more colissions on your network, and not increase performance. > > To increase performance, I'd recommend getting a switched ethernet > hub. > > - jared > > Derrik Pates graced my mailbox with this long sought knowledge: > > 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? If so, is it any different than just putting > > in 2 netcards, adding the right "append=" line to LILO, and starting it > > up? If so, what? Would this introduce routing problems? Thanks much. > > > > Derrik Pates > > dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu
Have a look at...
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/beowulf/beowulf.html
James Hughes
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