speed up connection using dual nic? - 12/07/05 09:05 AM
My dorm has a very low bandwidth cap to prevent people from hoging resources. Problem is that it is set way too low. I cant even stream small video from cnet, somthing my home dsl is easily capablble of.
I decided to experiment. I have two nic's both connected to different ports in the wall. Although both register, it seems to just use whichever one's Ip was assigned first. I have looked online for a while now, but cant seem to come up with an answer. Most people who mention this arn't dealing with a cap, but instead are just pluging into their own router twice. Wouldnt this essentially be the same as when people had dual dialup/isdn lines?
Is it as simple as adjusting advanced settings in windows, would a proxy be helpfull, what about third party software? thx
I decided to experiment. I have two nic's both connected to different ports in the wall. Although both register, it seems to just use whichever one's Ip was assigned first. I have looked online for a while now, but cant seem to come up with an answer. Most people who mention this arn't dealing with a cap, but instead are just pluging into their own router twice. Wouldnt this essentially be the same as when people had dual dialup/isdn lines?
Is it as simple as adjusting advanced settings in windows, would a proxy be helpfull, what about third party software? thx