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teaming NIC's on gigabyte X58A-UD5

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hclarkjr

Lifer
was bored and looking for something to do, so i hooked another cable to the extra NIC connection on my motherboard and enabled teaming. i think??? :\
😕 what exactly is this supposed to benefit? yes, i am googling it too!!! just wanted to hear what others have to say. ()🙂
 
Your switch also needs to support teaming, which yours probably does not. What you're seeing is a psychological effect. Unless your doing things VERY bandwidth intensive (which you're most likely not), you won't see a benefit.
 
Without a managed switch that supports the same type of teaming/bonding that you're doing it won't do anything.
 
Jamsan said:
Your switch also needs to support teaming, which yours probably does not. What you're seeing is a psychological effect. Unless your doing things VERY bandwidth intensive (which you're most likely not), you won't see a benefit.
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i am using this -
N300 WIRELESS GIGABIT ROUTER WNR3500L i believe that will support it?? it is wired via 2 ports on it
 
Nothinman said:
Without a managed switch that supports the same type of teaming/bonding that you're doing it won't do anything.
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That is not entirely true. There are several teaming modes/protocols, and not all of them do require an aware partner. Of course, a user of Windows may not have all of them to choose from.


Teaming, aka bonding, has two main uses: fault tolerance and increased bandwidth.

In FT one uses one physical link, and if it breaks, continues with another. The reserve connection takes over on failure.

In performance mode the traffic is split over both physical links all the time. But you only see a benefit, if either the wider bond continues to destination, or your machine talks to two or more targets simultaneously and at full speed.


WNR3500L? Being open source based, there might be a chance to hack such thing to bond with you. Or not. 🙂
 
when i set it up it gave me 3 options to use. i chose the one that had gigabit in title, not sure if i gained anything or not by doing it to be honest.
 
hclarkjr said:
that is why i put the ?? at end, i am asking that.
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unless you are using the other NIC to bridge/route another computer or segment (which you are not), you as an average user have NO PURPOSE for both connections. leave the other NIC empty as it will only serve to confuse you further.
 
hclarkjr said:
that is why i put the ?? at end, i am asking that.
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Putting a question mark at the end of a declarative sentence doesn't magically make it a coherent question.

Chances are D-Link doesn't support that in their software because virtually no home users care. And if they did they'd probably tack on another $50 to the price like they do when they add something like "VPN" or "Security" to the name of a SOHO device.
 
ok, you guys are taking this a little to seriously. i am just tinkering around. i said i was bored and just tried it to see what would happen, geezzz
 
You could see if there's any custom firmware released for the N300, they usually support lots of things that the original manufacturer firmware won't.
 
Teaming needs a whole system of peripherals to support it.

Even then, Windows client OS' (I.e., Not real server os like 2008) would Not support it.

The main idea of teaming is to enable a Server to provide more Bandwidth to a Network.


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ok, now that this has all been said why are the motherboard makers putting the extra NIC's on these boards then if it is of no use? this is my second board that has had multiple NIC ports on it. i am not disputing what you guys are saying either, just curious why they decided to put them on if they serve no useful purpose
 
hclarkjr said:
ok, now that this has all been said why are the motherboard makers putting the extra NIC's on these boards then if it is of no use? this is my second board that has had multiple NIC ports on it. i am not disputing what you guys are saying either, just curious why they decided to put them on if they serve no useful purpose
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Free money...

It's also nice when you want to use that mobo in a computer that will serve as a router. Plug one into your WAN connection and the other into your LAN and then use software to build a NAT and firewall between the two networks.
 
Basically it is a "Cheap" 10 Cents additional chip for Marketing purposes.

It is very successful "trick" almost every week there is a simliarr thread like this one.

Internet wise it is probably the number one (in frequency) issue that is discussed about Motherboards.

I must admit, it is one of the clever computer relate gimmicks.
And unlike the other Gimmicks (like 300 feet indoor Wireless) this one does is "innocent".


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