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Tatsujin:

--- Quote from: kitamesume on May 06, 2014, 05:32:00 PM ---thats what i just said.

but if it were a concern the work around is pretty simple, bridge two NICs and connect both into the switch.



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NICs? That picture is losing me. I don't what is going on D: at work ATM.

kitamesume:
NIC is just short for (LA)Network Interface Cards, or LAN Card.
LA stands for Local Area, if that also needs wording.


--- Quote from: halfelite on May 06, 2014, 05:51:55 PM ---Correct but just so you get your terms right for future use. You are referring to teaming not bridging. Birding just combines two networks to allow nat translation across them. teaming you use to either split incoming/outgoing over two separate nics or combine them for increased bandwidth.

In all honesty when I built my server I had a switch that had 10Gb/s so I installed a 10GB/s interface and only time I have ever used over a what gig interface would have offered is when I first transferred everything from my old NAS to my new one.

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looking it up, yeah i guess i used the wrong term.
for reference - http://sysadminupdates.com/blog/2013/09/12/what-is-the-difference-between-nic-teaming-and-bonding/

you gave me an idea, i wonder if i team two NICs to split in/out traffic just to minimize latency is worth the trouble.
could potentially be effective for PFSense hybrid router, with file server features.

edit: just to note, i've experienced wild latency fluctuations(its small but noticable, like stutters) whenever someone transfers files over the LAN, i guess its due to the slow router though.

Tatsujin:
ethernet connection you mean? So then what's the "switch" box used for? Shouldn't that be the router? ................... ..........

kitamesume:
you could google "switch" "hub" and "router" you know.

halfelite:
most consumer grade routers are slow. its why they only cost 100$ but once you bump up to small business and above you start paying 500$+ if you want fast connections between local devices buy a switch and just use the router for nat translation.

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