I've done this using HP servers. They use Broadcom NetXtreme in most servers unless you upgrade to Intel. Either way the include support in the driver for doing this and install a tiny app for managing it. Generally there are several configs to choose from. If one is primary/secondary, if it swaps to the secondary does it swap back when it back online or does it remain on the secondary. Or does one remain as 'in' and the other as 'out' so to speak. Even though it really doesn't work that way. Having hardware that supports it is definitely better. Bridging the interfaces in windows does not work as well as you would think, but it does work. Both Intel and Broadcom write apps that run in the systray/control panel for managing it. Never seen anything 3rd party other then the bridging built into windows.
in Linux this is generally referred to as bonding but in the Windows world its called NIC Teaming. Might help with the google searches On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Peter Manis <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually did it last night,go to network connections under control panel > highlight both interfaces and then choose bridge connections. There might > be another way but that was the immediate built in way. > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Anyone every setup a nic bond on windows between nics? trying to help >> some one out......... Im curious what you people use.... Is it >> difficult? >> >> Chris... >> >> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >> -Roger Penrose >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > -- > Peter Manis > (678) 269-7979 > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
