Re: [expert] Ethernet binding?

2002-06-26 Thread Ashley Reynolds
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Bill wrote: That makes sense. Thanks for the education. Now I know somethin new. One question though. If you have a 100mb nic and run it in full duplex mode isnt that like running at 200mb? Bill, You are correct in the sense that your available bandwidth will be

[expert] Ethernet binding?

2002-06-23 Thread Mark Lucas
Is it possible to install two or more ethernet cards in my server and get Mandrake to use them both on a single IP address in order to improve network throughput? Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Ethernet binding?

2002-06-23 Thread Bill
You cant do that it would be like having two nics on a network with the same ip's but you can use two nic's and assign seperate ip's to each one. eth0 and eth0:0 If its mor throughput you want try checking to see if your runing full duplex. You can allways upgrade to fiber or gig ethernet On

Re: [expert] Ethernet binding?

2002-06-23 Thread Ron Stodden
Bill wrote: You cant do that it would be like having two nics on a network with the same ip's but you can use two nic's and assign seperate ip's to each one. eth0 and eth0:0 Two NICs would give you eth0 and eth1. In Mandrake you can assign two or more data streams (IPs) to the one NIC,

Re: [expert] Ethernet binding?

2002-06-23 Thread kwan
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Mark Lucas wrote: Is it possible to install two or more ethernet cards in my server and get Mandrake to use them both on a single IP address in order to improve network throughput? There's a method called channel bonding that allows you to setup two nics to almost double

Re: [expert] Ethernet binding?

2002-06-23 Thread Bill
I was under the impression that running two nic's with the same ip addresses and differant mac addresses was a no no and would screw your network. On Star Date Sunday 23 June 2002 07:45 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this sub-space message. On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Mark Lucas wrote: Is it

Re: [expert] Ethernet binding?

2002-06-23 Thread Todd Lyons
Bill wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 03:56:48PM -0700 : I was under the impression that running two nic's with the same ip addresses and differant mac addresses was a no no and would screw your network. Normally you are correct, however there are two modes that you can utilize to gain

Re: [expert] Ethernet binding?

2002-06-23 Thread Bill
That makes sense. Thanks for the education. Now I know somethin new. One question though. If you have a 100mb nic and run it in full duplex mode isnt that like running at 200mb? On Star Date Sunday 23 June 2002 04:30 pm, Todd Lyons sent this sub-space message. Bill wrote on Sun, Jun 23,

Re: [expert] Ethernet binding?

2002-06-23 Thread Todd Lyons
Bill wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 04:53:42PM -0700 : That makes sense. Thanks for the education. Now I know somethin new. One question though. If you have a 100mb nic and run it in full duplex mode isnt that like running at 200mb? Yes. But that's combining both directions. If we think