Using 2 netowrk cards

[Marc Fruchtman]

I have 2 different NICS on the same computer and would
like to improve my badwidth by making one receive from the
hub and the other send to the hub or something that would
allow improved bandwidth...
Does XP do this automatically or do I need to do something
to enable it?
Thanks.
Marc.

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

In article >, "Marc Fruchtman"
> wrote:
>I have 2 different NICS on the same computer and would
>like to improve my badwidth by making one receive from the
>hub and the other send to the hub or something that would
>allow improved bandwidth...
>Does XP do this automatically or do I need to do something
>to enable it?
>Thanks.
>Marc.

I'm sorry, but XP doesn't have any way to do that. If two different
NICs are connected to the same network, it will use one or the other
of them, but not both.
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[CheshireCat]

> I'm sorry, but XP doesn't have any way to do that. If two different
> NICs are connected to the same network, it will use one or the other
> of them, but not both.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Your reply it hints it may be possible using another OS, am I
misunderstanding?
If possible, then how would that work with a single TCP/IP stream socket
connection?