I have to apologies first, I may be showing some ignorance here, but I'm struggling with a subnet dilemma.
I intend to develop an autonomic system based on a LAN (Layer2 switch) without any external connection!!! The system includes 3 or 4 nodes actually the constraint here is to use Win7 computers. Each computer (SBC) uses two adapters for the GbE communication (TCP or UDP IP protocols) and finally I want to point that the performance is the main issue here (i.e. Short latency between the sender node to the receiver node)
The dilemma
If ,for example, I defined all the Net adapters under the same subnet (As I mentioned earlier, two adapters for each node).
1. Which adapter will be selected for a simple Tx communication? Is it A or B? What is the sense behind this decision?
2. At the next time (i.e. Next transmission to the same destination) Does the Win7 OS might use the other Net adapter? If so, what is the rule behind this decision made? Is it balance-load matter?
mm ..mm ..
In the other hand, it seems that, if I will use a different subnet for each adapter I can implicitly select the Tx adapter (While I send a message from one node to another).
3. Is this a wise decision?
4. Is it effective way for Load-Balancing ? Means, juggling from one subnet to another according with the load level.
Willing for your suggestion 
Thanks.
Yoram B.
I intend to develop an autonomic system based on a LAN (Layer2 switch) without any external connection!!! The system includes 3 or 4 nodes actually the constraint here is to use Win7 computers. Each computer (SBC) uses two adapters for the GbE communication (TCP or UDP IP protocols) and finally I want to point that the performance is the main issue here (i.e. Short latency between the sender node to the receiver node)
The dilemma
If ,for example, I defined all the Net adapters under the same subnet (As I mentioned earlier, two adapters for each node).
1. Which adapter will be selected for a simple Tx communication? Is it A or B? What is the sense behind this decision?
2. At the next time (i.e. Next transmission to the same destination) Does the Win7 OS might use the other Net adapter? If so, what is the rule behind this decision made? Is it balance-load matter?
mm ..mm ..
In the other hand, it seems that, if I will use a different subnet for each adapter I can implicitly select the Tx adapter (While I send a message from one node to another).
3. Is this a wise decision?
4. Is it effective way for Load-Balancing ? Means, juggling from one subnet to another according with the load level.
Willing for your suggestion 
Thanks.
Yoram B.
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