Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:33:59 -0500 From: dave@hawk-systems.com (Dave) To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Two NICs In FreeBSD Message-ID: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNGEGLCLAA.dave@hawk-systems.com> In-Reply-To: <20010104002809.U292@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Or get rid of the hub and move to a switch with gig or higher backplane... then each port you connect from the server to the switch can use the full 100mb raw bandwidth. The limitations on a 100mb or 10mb network really shine when you are running hubs, then you are correct, you only have 10 or 100mb to deal with unlesss you have a higher bw uplink as Alfred mentioned. If you are intelligently routing the packets then you can increase the aviabiliity of the server(processing power permitting) by increasing the number of connections. Dave -----Original Message----- From: bright@fw.wintelcom.net [mailto:bright@fw.wintelcom.net]On Behalf Of Alfred Perlstein Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:28 AM To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu; Brent B.Powers; David Kelly; Tim Gustafson; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two NICs In FreeBSD * Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> [010104 00:23] wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:47:37AM -0500, Brent B.Powers wrote: > > > Someplace I've a sun doc that discusses how to do this on SunOS and > > > Solaris. The reason you might want to do it might include redundancy > > > (I've had NIC's die on me, sometimes from overheat) > > > > This is not the way to do it. The IP address of a fried card will > > still be unreachable. > > > > > and possibly increasing bandwidth. > > > Increase bandwidth ? A pipe doesn't increase it's width just because you > try to pour more water into it. At least not under the conventional laws > of this particular universe... > > > > > In fact, for the second reason, it's relatively > > > commonly done with PPP links, which amounts to two NIC's on the same > > > network. > > > > Huh, how's that? 100mbit ports, GigE uplink? -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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