multiple ethernet connections

if u have 2 ethernet cards and connect them two different
jacks, is there a way to utilize both of them to get max
speed or a way to distribute programs so different
programs use the card that is assigned to them.
thanks;

[Paul Russell]

There is no real way to double speed via multi-link aggregration like this
unless your ISP support it. This was generally only the case for dual
dialup scenarios and not broadband.



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Paul.


> wrote in message
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> if u have 2 ethernet cards and connect them two different
> jacks, is there a way to utilize both of them to get max
> speed or a way to distribute programs so different
> programs use the card that is assigned to them.
> thanks;

thank you for the reply paul;
i figured there wouldn't really be a direct approach but
does anybody know any trickery to go about this situation.
thanks;

[Paul Russell]

There is no trickery actually, your ISP would need to support multilink
aggregration. If they don't there is nothing you can do.

On your latter question about being able to route applications through
different paths that will work by having multiple active connections to the
Internet however you will need to adjust your routing tables accordingly
based upon desired end point.

e.g. App1 goes to www.foo.com, App2 goes to www.foo2.com
I adjust the routing tables to have all requests going to the the network
address for foo2.com through interface 2 and I don't do anything special for
foo.com as I would not need to. It would route normally through the default
interface.

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Paul.


> wrote in message
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> thank you for the reply paul;
> i figured there wouldn't really be a direct approach but
> does anybody know any trickery to go about this situation.
> thanks;