"outernet" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've got a file server with multiple nic cards, and was wondering if there
was an effective > way of joining these multiple connections to increase the
bandwidth without installing the
> network load balancing feature?
No. That is what Network Load Balancing is for. It also depends on the
type of connections. Just because a connection exists doesn't mean you can
use it the way you want. For example multiple LAN routes that create
rudundant paths might be combined since you have the control over them,
while multiple WAN links probably won't work, especially if they aren't all
from the same provider and the Providers won't allow the other Provider's
traffic through their system. You'd have to work with the providers to
create a solution.
Besides all that, if speed is the issue,...bandwidth doesn't mean
throughput. You might combine 3 T1's and get the combined bandwidth of 3
T1's but you would still only have the throughput of a single T1. It is like
a four lane highway vs two lane highway when both have the same speed limit.
The four lane can take twice the number of cars (bandwidth) but they still
all travel the same speed (throughput). Translation,...you can have more
users at the same time before the speed slows down, but the
*maximum-possible-speed* of each user remains the same single T1 speed.
Last but not least,...replacing an existing line with a faster one may be
cheaper than adding multiple slower lines that add up to the same bandwidth.
Check the pricing in your area. As the car dealers like to say,.."your
mileage may vary".
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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
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