On Wed, 22 May 1996, Jared Mauch wrote:
> Um, no.
>
> Ethernet is a broadcast media, so whatever is said
> on the network all others hear.
>
> Putting more people "broadcasting" stuff on the ethernet will
> only cause more colissions on your network, and not increase performance.
>
> To increase performance, I'd recommend getting a switched ethernet
> hub.
>
> - jared
>
> Derrik Pates graced my mailbox with this long sought knowledge:
> > Is it possible to put 2 Ethernet cards in one Linux box to increase
> > bandwidth? I'm not talking about bridging or firewalling, but 2 netcards
> > on the same machine and same network, to provide double effective
> > bandwidth. Is it possible? If so, is it any different than just putting
> > in 2 netcards, adding the right "append=" line to LILO, and starting it
> > up? If so, what? Would this introduce routing problems? Thanks much.
> >
> > Derrik Pates
> > dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu
> > --
> > Win95 isn't the problem - OS/2 and DOS are. Win95 is the answer.
> > -- also --
> > Linux is the answer to the same problem.
> > -- but --
> > Linux is free.
> >
> >
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