Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-07 Thread Roger Heflin
routing on the linux end. On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 5:48 PM ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > On 2020-05-06 15:11, Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Wed, 6 May 2020 15:02:08 -0700 > > ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > >> Not to ask too silly a question, but what happens

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-07 Thread J.Witvliet--- via users
From: "ToddAndMargo via users" mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> Date: Thursday, 7 May 2020 at 00:03:05 To: "Community support for Fedora users" mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> Cc: "ToddAndMargo" mailto:toddandma...@zoho.com>> Subje

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/6/20 8:13 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-05-06 15:55, Samuel Sieb wrote: Would I have to bond at both the Lixux side and the switching hub side? Yes, the switch has to understand the bonding or you can get very interesting results. And I presume the hub have to be twice as

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 2020-05-06 15:58, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/6/20 3:44 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: By the way, both are hubs.  "switch" is a short name for a type of hub. I suppose that's correct, but it's terminology that's not used now.  If you say "hub" to someone that's too young to have actually

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 2020-05-06 15:55, Samuel Sieb wrote: Would I have to bond at both the Lixux side and the switching hub side? Yes, the switch has to understand the bonding or you can get very interesting results. And I presume the hub have to be twice as fast as your Ethernet cards to take advantage of

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/6/20 3:44 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: By the way, both are hubs.  "switch" is a short name for a type of hub. I suppose that's correct, but it's terminology that's not used now. If you say "hub" to someone that's too young to have actually used one, they most likely won't know

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/6/20 3:45 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-05-06 15:11, Tom Horsley wrote: On Wed, 6 May 2020 15:02:08 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Not to ask too silly a question, but what happens when you have dual Ethernet adapters and you hook both of them to your (switching) hub

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 6 May 2020 15:45:39 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Would I have to bond at both the Lixux side and > the switching hub side? I assume so, I've never used it. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 2020-05-06 15:14, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/6/20 3:02 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Not to ask too silly a question, but what happens when you have dual Ethernet adapters and you hook both of them to your (switching) hub? You go twice as fast? Only if you have a smart switch that does

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 2020-05-06 15:11, Tom Horsley wrote: On Wed, 6 May 2020 15:02:08 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Not to ask too silly a question, but what happens when you have dual Ethernet adapters and you hook both of them to your (switching) hub? Mostly you need something that supports "bo

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 2020-05-06 15:15, Digimer wrote: On 2020-05-06 6:02 p.m., ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Not to ask too silly a question, but what happens when you have dual Ethernet adapters and you hook both of them to your (switching) hub? You go twice as fast? Many thanks, Yes

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread Digimer
On 2020-05-06 6:02 p.m., ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Hi All, > > Not to ask too silly a question, but what happens when > you have dual Ethernet adapters and you hook both of > them to your (switching) hub? > > You go twice as fast? > > Many thanks, Yes and n

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/6/20 3:02 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Not to ask too silly a question, but what happens when you have dual Ethernet adapters and you hook both of them to your (switching) hub? You go twice as fast? Only if you have a smart switch that does bonding or trunking. Then you can

Re: dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 6 May 2020 15:02:08 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Not to ask too silly a question, but what happens when > you have dual Ethernet adapters and you hook both of > them to your (switching) hub? Mostly you need something that supports "bonding" to go faster. As

dual Ethernet adapters?

2020-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Not to ask too silly a question, but what happens when you have dual Ethernet adapters and you hook both of them to your (switching) hub? You go twice as fast? Many thanks, -T Tony Ewell, B.S.E.E. Owner, Rent-A-Nerd Computer Services 775-265-5150, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm PST/PDT