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Don't know if this make sense but here we go...


If you have 2 computer connected to a router with a dsl connection.
Caymen router w/ 4 port switch 10mbit


Here is my idea...

Put 2 lan cards in each computer

1 of the lan cards in each computer is conected to the router for internet communicatons ftp,downloading,uploading,etc...

But the thing is I have a ftp so there is always traffic. So if i do a file transfer i thinks its going to affect everything. Maybe I need to understand how much 10mbits can handle but heres an example. If i had 3 people on 1 downloading at says 16k a sec and 2 uploading at 50 k a sec and i tried to trasfer some stuff would it affect them.

My idea is to use a crossover cable or switch between the 2 useing the other lan cards so it would be 100mbit on that line. Then I could do all communications localy on that connection.

Don't know if this makes sense but do you think it worth it.....
 
I could be wrong, but I don't think that will work! If you are running Windoze, I'll bet it just gets confused seeing the same PC from 2 different connections.

If you are running an FTP server that is getting a lot of traffic, your best bet is to set up a dedicated server. Connect it to the internet via a switch or router/switch that runs 100BaseT full duplex. The switch will isolate all the ftp traffic to that node.

Irreguardless, if the ftp traffic is coming from your DSL connection you internet throughput will always be affected.

A dedicated ftp server doesn't have to be a speedy machine though as long as it has plenty of ram for caching disk reads.

hope this helps!
 
Your FTP server isn't going to come close to dragging all of your bandwidth out of your 10MB link. 3 users at the rates you say doesn't even begin to come close to taxing your internal network. The FTP users will notice some dropoff in performance but you will get that no matter what when users have to fight for the same resources (HD, etc.) that you are transferring with. If you still want to do the 2 nic idea it really depends on what operating systems you are running. I wouldn't try multiple NIC's with windows 98. 2000 can easily handle them, as well as any Linux/Unix flavor OS.
 
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