Windows Network question. TWO ETHERNET CONNECTION?
Hey I live in Dense Residential Area with alots of wireless connection.
I have a NIC card with Cable ethernet connection.
I have Wireless Card that can connect to a other network.
DO i Bennefit from connected both places at same time/??
IS that possible?
WIndows XP professional/
4 Responses
Alex
31 Aug 2010
gamingenius
31 Aug 2010
Not possible, not beneficial.
death_eater_grim
31 Aug 2010
id use the ethernet reguarly and wireless not as much not helpful to use em both doesnt change anything besides confuse your computer
Hardy
31 Aug 2010
No problem in receiving but sending.
WIth 1+ card installed, there have have more routing path or gateway added to your system. Checking improper gateway for routing sometimes cause long delay that deterios network performance severaly.
Besides, there is no performace boosted at all unless you did port aggregate (you can’t on low-end switch/router).
This is possible, and may even win you a tiny bit of performance, but I simply wouldn’t recommend it – it’s not worth the hassle. You’d need to spend a bit of time configuring the priority of your Internet connections (you’d want most of the traffic to go through the wire, and if it’s overflowing/not available, to go wirelessly).
So, while it might be a cool thing to do, I wouldn’t do it (I have the same thing at home, and I didn’t do it)