gigabit lan vs dual

[N.E.A]

the title and description says it all .............

Edited September 29, 2009 by N.E.A

[hardnrg]

Network interface cards (NICs) trunked together can also provide network links beyond the throughput of any one single NIC. For example, this allows a central file server to establish an aggregate 2-gigabit connection using two 1-gigabit NICs trunked together. Note the data signaling rate will still be 1Gb/s, which can be misleading depending on methodologies used to test throughput after link aggregation is employed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_aggregation

[Jump4h]

I have an idea; if you connect both ethernet ports to the router, will that make anything faster or more fail proof?

[Waco]

I have an idea; if you connect both ethernet ports to the router, will that make anything faster or more fail proof?

Nope.

 

I don't know of any consumer level boards (or routers) that support trunking. Bridging is entirely different as is running a file server with multiple NICs.

[Zertz]

I don't know of any consumer level boards (or routers) that support trunking.

 

The Gigabyte P55-UD6 supports teaming, don't have a router to test it out though <_<

[Guest ajmatson]

Teaming works in a LAN environment however, your router speeds are only as good as your provider. If you have a max 6Gbits down on your internet plugging in two cables wont yeild 12Gbits it still maxes out at 6Gbits.

[Compxpert]

So the router has to support teaming as well? My board supports teaming but I have no idea how to use it... does one just simply plug in both NICs and it works? How is it setup beyond that?

[hardnrg]

If you have a max 6Gbits down on your internet plugging in two cables wont yeild 12Gbits it still maxes out at 6Gbits.

I often find when I have a 6Gbit connection, it's still just not enough bandwidth to download the Internet

[Bizzlenitch]

Pretty sure my EP45-UD3P Gigabyte supports teaming as well... so a router that supports it would be needed too, eh?

[N.E.A]

what i did understand is , if i used the dual gigabit lan , it will not increase speed

 

thanks guys for the help

i asked this because i am getting a new system and i was looking for two boards

 

one of the does not have dual lan , so i thought it is a drawback (for my use )

thanks guys..........

[Waco]

The Gigabyte P55-UD6 supports teaming, don't have a router to test it out though <_<

I'm not sure what "teaming" is...but if it's the same as trunking the router/switch/whatever has to support it as well.

[RHKCommander959]

I'm not sure what "teaming" is...but if it's the same as trunking the router/switch/whatever has to support it as well.

teaming=trunking.

 

my old dfi cfx3200's had teaming until the second port stopped working .