Can I Use Two Network Cards On One Computer To Speed Up Trasnsfers?!

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hello

i have just moved back to a wireless setup after a move and being fed up of loads of trailing cables everywhare!

My server is connected via wired RJ45, with my router i got a free USB wireless adapter with speed booster (which the router supports too) that works at 125mg.

so i was hoping i could install that and somehow bridge the connections so the act as one for super fast transfers from my server. (i.e. multipul compters at the same time 100mg to each for example)

is that possible? both connections will be connecting to the same router. i am hoping there is some magic out there for me.!
 
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Transfers from where? If your server's the only thing connected by wires, then all the other clients are going to be slow.

802.11g only gives a real world throughput of around 10-20Mbps - and that's shared between all the clients. The wired connection really is orders of magnitude faster.
 
csmager said:
Transfers from where? If your server's the only thing connected by wires, then all the other clients are going to be slow.

802.11g only gives a real world throughput of around 10-20Mbps - and that's shared between all the clients. The wired connection really is orders of magnitude faster.
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transfers from whare? THE SERVER

yeah thanks for pointing out the obvious.... like i said what if i want to transfer to several different computers at once?!
 
Cogent said:
transfers from whare? THE SERVER

yeah thanks for pointing out the obvious.... like i said what if i want to transfer to several different computers at once?!
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As I just said, wireless bandwidth is around 20mbps maximum. There's still 80Mbps of bandwidth left in the server, it hardly requires any more.
 
csmager said:
As I just said, wireless bandwidth is around 20mbps maximum. There's still 80Mbps of bandwidth left in the server, it hardly requires any more.
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which is of course why i am asking the question in the first place.... jezz.. if you dont have anything useful to say dont say it
 
I'm sorry to burst your bubble mate but he is right.

Maybe a different method of explaination:

Wireless Router to ALL Wireless Clients = 20-30Mbps (thats not each client individually that is ALL of them)
Wireless Router to EACH Wired Client = 80-90Mbps (100mbps is rarely achieved iirc)

Based on Maximum Wireless Throughput (30Mbps) and Minimum Wired Throughput (80Mbps):

80-30 = 50Mbps Spare bandwidth left between Router and Server.

The best way to speed up file transfers is to go back to RJ45 :D You will NOT get 100mbps transfers to your wireless clients without forking out a large sum of money for something like the Netgear NEXT stuff.
 
Cogent said:
...jezz.. if you dont have anything useful to say dont say it
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He WAS giving you useful information, you just didn't want to hear it.

As stated - Wired LAN is MUCH faster than Wireless.
(Unless you spend £££)

You can get 200 MB/s by using 2 NIC's and a Cisco switch.
(Wired)
Then play with the switch and trunk the 2 connections so it acts as one.

If you want fast transfers = Wires
If you don't want wires = Wireless and put up with the speed.
 
If you realy want to speed up wireless, you could get an AP set to one channel and the router set to another (AP wired to router). Then get 2 wireless cards for the PCs each on different channel, or if multiple PCs use different channel on each PC.
As said if you want more speed go back to wired.
 
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