bridging two nics on a machin for doublespeed

[htyei]

I had to do some troubleshooting with my built in lan and ended up with a pci network adapter and the built in lan both in my machine working.

This may be a stupid question, but if I hook them both to my switch and bridged them together.

And I had another computer in the network with the same setup, would I be able to copy files at 200mbps theoretical bandwidth? (kinda of like when us robotics came out with dual modems)

(100mbps network)

Bridging seems to put the to network cards under one IP.

Can any wiser person tell me what is horribly wrong with this scenario?

 

[Haden]

You want port trunking not bridging, for this your switch has to support it.
Bridge is a device which forwards packets based on link layer information, it may have ip assigned and may not.

 

[Peter]

The switch must support it AND the network driver(s) on your workstation must support it too. Usually this ain't going to happen unless the two channels use the same chip and driver.

 

[JackMDS]

List of Clichés Related to Small Networks.:evil::frown:

1. You get what you pay for.:brokenheart:

2. Format you Hard Drive to fix simple Network Problems.

3. Switch is much much better than Hub.:beer:

4. You do not need software Firewall.

5. It takes too much CPU power.:|

6. Double the ?Speed? with two NICs. :wine:

7. What is the Best (NIC, Router, Switch etc.):light:

 

[htyei]

thanks for the answers!