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LAN Party Forums => Hardware Discussion => Started by: gravdigr on November 18, 2006, 04:35:41 PM

Title: Multiplexing NICs
Post by: gravdigr on November 18, 2006, 04:35:41 PM

OK not entirely a hardware question, but bear with me.

I am planning on setting up a gigabit backbone to the FITHLan network for file and dedicated game servers (not that we need it, but because I want to).  Until then I just set up a new file server and the mobo has dual 100Mb lan ports.  Is it possible using winxp pro to multiplex those 2 lan ports giving double the bandwidth to the file server?

Title: Multiplexing NICs
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on November 19, 2006, 11:12:26 AM

You can do Network Load Balancing on a system with Dual Nics but you need a server operating system to do it.  Windows 2000 Advanced server or Windows Server 2003.  Windows XP will not do it.  Sorry Digr.