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Off the wall question but please consider the following simple (imaginary / theoretical) scenario.
As I say, this is a theoretical question, I believe that it used to be called link aggregation in the days of 10 Mbit/s NICs and wondered if it still applied and was in use today
- One server with a four port Gigabit NIC
- Two workstations, each with a two port Gigabit NIC
- RJ45 crossover cables from each workstation NIC port to a port on the server NIC (therefore two connections each)
- How would (could) one set this up effectively to double the file transfer rate between the workstations and the server?
- Could one add more four port Gigabit NICs to the server and further workstations?
- I am working on the assumption that using a single multi-port Gigabit switch would not extend in quite the same way?
As I say, this is a theoretical question, I believe that it used to be called link aggregation in the days of 10 Mbit/s NICs and wondered if it still applied and was in use today