NIC Teaming

Weets · 13 Mar 2011 at 22:27

I'm a bit underwhelmed by the performance of my (supposedly) 200Mbps powerline kit, which seems to be a bit of a bottleneck for my 50meg Virgin.

Currently, my networking arrangements look something like this;

Would I see any benefit in configuring the router as a wireless repeater coupled with the powerline?

The other option is NIC teaming thusly;

Does teaming work if the 2 NICs have different connection speeds? Also, if anyone is in need of an artist..... I'm available

I hate the lack of ethernet in my new flat. Shouldda stayed at home with the folks

mod1fied · 13 Mar 2011 at 22:42

I would guess that theres a lot of electrical interference dropping the speed? If you can get the hub and router talking over wireless N you could get a better speed.

Although I would try an Ethernet connection first to make sure its not VM

23JMZ07 · 13 Mar 2011 at 23:04

Is the superhub doing your routing or is the router?

bremen1874 · 14 Mar 2011 at 00:32

I'm 99.99% sure that neither of the proposed network configurations would even work. They certainly wouldn't provide any sort of speed increase.

What is the 'hub' in the diagrams? Is it just a Virgin cable modem, or is one of their Super Hubs? If it is a Super Hub, why is there another router in use?

If you can supply the make, model and version of all the equipment in use we'd be in a better position to help.

ecksmen · 14 Mar 2011 at 13:01

Will not work, for teaming you need to look at 802.11ad which will not be supported by anything you have (except maybe your computer).

PistolPete · 14 Mar 2011 at 13:28

My first comment would be don't rely on a single servers speedtest - try and few.
If I test at home on London I get 50Mb+, if I test Gloucester I'm luck to get 10Mb.

Look at these for example:

Massive variation