a) Wouldn't recommend it. It's no different than linking 2 switches with a cross cable - if your switches don't have spanning trees enabled you've just created an ethernet loop and brought down your network.
b) Yes c) Generally so Joe Heaton wrote: > Is it ever a good idea to bridge two NICs inside a server? Wouldn’t it > be better to use whatever utility is provided and team them for either > Fault Tolerance or Load Balancing? Also, if you have them teamed for > load balancing, does that also provide fault tolerance? -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
