2 NIC's installed with Windows 2000...

[RDSport323]

This might be a stupid question, but I was curious, if I had two NICS installed running Win 2k, and each had its own IP address from a router connected to a DSL line, is it possible to have different NICs browsing different sites? Or is there any way to combine the two lines just to increase speed? I have DU Meter running constantly and I always watch my U/L and D/L speeds, and it seems as if my D/L is ALWAYS limited at 160KB/sec, and if I were to d/l from another computer on the same switch, then my speed would compromise but both computers would still equal out at 160 KB/Sec..

I just wanted to know if we had 2 NICs, is there any way to use that to our advantage rather than it being used as a ICS device?

Thanks

 

[jsm]

I know what you are asking.. and the closest I can think of is something Intel makes. It is a dual channel NIC with load balancing software.

Anyhow, my point is - in theory, what you are saying sounds good. BUT, I think you need some kind of software for this to happen. I know that some older ISDN "modems" did this - they would use one channel until more bandwidth was needed and open the other channel.

Here is a link to the Intel NIC.

Intel Dual Channel NIC

 

[kyoshozx]

I really Doubt your DSL service is fast enough to utilize 100% of your nics bandwidth. Remeber your nic is rated for 100mps and dsl usually from 600k-1.5mps

 

[RDSport323]

If DSL is supposed to offer about 600k - 1.5meg of bandwidth, what I dont quite understand is why I am limited at 160Kb/sec? Or maybe I am reading it wrong. I went to dslreports.com, and did all those tests, and basically my max speed was about 1300 Kb/s, but is there a reason that with DU Meter, all it shows at most is 160 KB/sec? or am I being stupid and reading it incorrectly or ...?

I really want to test out that theory of having 2 NICs in my computer.. That won't damage any settings later on will it? Or will it cause the computer to crash?

Thanks a lot

 

[RDSport323]

Or actually, I just thought of this... if anyone knows whether this is possible or not, it's just an idea...

Is it possible to have two NICs, one for daily usage such as browsing the internet, d/ling, etc, while the other NIC could be used as an FTP server? or anything that uses a particular port such as networking gaming?? Or is it possible to have one NIC browsing specifically for IE, while the other specifically for Netscape?

If these are stupid way out of line ideas, please say so. Im just really curious and amazed as to how far these babies can go!

 

[lsd]

I think Your confused
Your max speed is 1300 kiloBITS per second
Which equals to ~162 KiloBITES
So when you d/l @ 160KBps you are achieving your max throughput.
Remember 8 BITS equals 1 BITE

Also there is some overhead involved with tcp/ip or pppoe.

 

[RDSport323]

Ahh! You're right... I completely forgot or overlooked that fact... Thanks for pointing that out to me, but in regards to the other question about having separate nics for separate purposes, you think that'll work?

I'm just gonna try it, and see if it works, and Ill post the results here if anyone's interested.

Thanks again