What would happen?

[The Green Bean]

...Two seperate internet sources through into my computer? One would be coming from router 1 through WLAN, and one from router 2 through LAN.

Anyways to utilize both connections?

 

[JackMDS]

A single regular computer would befit from multiple connection.

A Network with special Router would: Combining two Internet Connections - Combining Bandwidth, or and Load Balancing of two Internet connections.

:sun:

 

[The Green Bean]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
A single regular computer would befit from multiple connection.

How do I do that?

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: hatim

Originally posted by: JackMDS
A single regular computer would befit from multiple connection.

How do I do that?

I am sorry I forgot the Not.

Should be: A single regular computer would NOT befit from multiple connection.[/b]

The OS and the Hardware are not geared toward such a setting.

:sun:

 

[The Green Bean]

Anyways I can brigge the two networks? I want to be able to share files between the two.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: hatim

Originally posted by: JackMDS
A single regular computer would befit from multiple connection.

How do I do that?

3COM Network cards can do this using driver settings, you just need a pair of them.

Adaptec and LSI make a NIC that has multiple RJ45 jacks on one pci card, the adaptec card (I have one) can do load balancing. I think but am not 100% sure about the model from LSI, but I belive it is the better of the two.

 

[The Green Bean]

I think I might go in for the 3COM cards 🙂 ...They arent too expensive here at $15 a peice 🙂

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: hatim
I think I might go in for the 3COM cards 🙂 ...They arent too expensive here at $15 a peice 🙂

Not all 3COM cards support load balancing. My 3CR990SVR97 does, but my Adaptec ANA64022LV has much better performance than the 3COM. The 64044LV is the 4 port version of the same card.

LSI uses a dedicated INTEL CPU on their NICs to handle the TCP/IP processing and Load Balancing saving your CPU from the work and increasing network performance at the same time. I have not used one yet but would love to give it a try.

Adaptec 7211C Gigabit NICs are the best, notice in this picture the dedicated Intel XSCALE Processor and RAM/CACHE
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...e=M&Product_Code=600180&AFFIL=FRG&NR=1

 

[The Green Bean]

Thats out of my budget 😛

Anyways, to bridge the two connections?

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: hatim
Thats out of my budget 😛

Anyways, to bridge the two connections?

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getp...php?masterid=293998&search=3cr990svr97

I paid $90 for mine a while ago, there is one listed there for $15. I would be skeptical of the $15 one, I could be a counterfeit. The chineese are getting good a making fake electronics: Including CPU's! Buy one From ICT they are fairly reputable and extremely knowledgeable. The Installation CD is avaleble from 3Com's website.

 

[dnoyeb]

A regular computer using windows XP or Linux should be able to do this. I have a ZyXel router that can do it IIRC (its basically a Linux box).

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: dnoyeb
A regular computer using windows XP or Linux should be able to do this. I have a ZyXel router that can do it IIRC (its basically a Linux box).

I am not running XP, my OS is Windows 2000 PRO so I bought a nic does the work in place of the OS. Hardware Accelaration is always better than it's software counterpart.