I am looking at bumping up the available bandwidth in a couple of the wiring closets. Right now they have 1Gbps and I'd like to do 2Gbps. I also want it to failover to one pair if the link is severed ...
A coworker and I are setting up a FCServer Test rig and wanted to also play with Bonding / Link Aggregation, we are running OSX Server 10.5.5. <BR><BR>We have set up the link so far with a dual port ...
If you're regularly moving files between your Wi-Fi-connected PC or laptop and your NAS, you can put your extra Ethernet port to use by connecting your PC directly to your NAS with a network cable.
When it comes to networking, a wired connection is always the best one. When one connection isn't enough however, link aggregation or bonding two network connections together can boost throughput.