NIC Teaming / Rotating NIC's

[Phunky]

I've been looking into setting up NIC Teaming without extra software for a while now, but i just cant seem to get it going.

If i use WinGate 6 + i can setup a software proxy which will rotate connection requests through both my NICs and helps me double my connection (i have 2 modems)

But i wish to do this myself without a extra software, does anyone have any idea how to do this via Windows XP or even old skool way via cmd ROUTE?

 

[FragTek]

AFAIK there is no way to do this without either using a dual-WAN router or using software such as Wingate.

I just picked up a new dual port NIC last night to run my 2 cable modems in to and will be using Wingate as it's the most highly recommended software for modem binding and load balancing. I have a Buffalo router with DD-WRT that is programmable to have dual WAN ports but it only does simple round-robin load balancing which isn't as technical as I need.

So basically, Wingate FTW.

 

[Phunky]

From what i've read some Intel NIC's allow you to setup rotation, but what i was wanting to really do is to create the ROUTE myself.

All that Wingate does is setup a ROUTE through the MS TCP Loopback Adapter.

Maybe i need Win2k or something, as this can be done in itself as its use in servers...

 

[JN]

I could be off track, but are you trying to team two ADSL connections mate, effectively doubling your up/down speeds?

 

[Phunky]

Kinda

I have two cable modems, i know i cant bond the upstream but i can increase the downstream.

WinGate does this fine, but i wish to setup the same thing without the software proxy.

But also, im wanting to look at bonding for a server as well as im hosting a lan next month and wish to make sure our Patch/Fileserver will be able to handle a lot of requests

 

[nunzio]

Its doable with linux. Can you get away with using that?

 

[Phunky]

Yeah for the servers for the lan UNIX will be fine, but for my PC @ Home it needs to be some form of windows.

Looks like i will just have to make do with WinGate :/ its just so bloated with extra crap i dont need.

 

[nunzio]

Isn't windows 2k3 server with ISA installed able to do it?

 

[JN]

Kinda

I have two cable modems, i know i cant bond the upstream but i can increase the downstream.

WinGate does this fine, but i wish to setup the same thing without the software proxy.

But also, im wanting to look at bonding for a server as well as im hosting a lan next month and wish to make sure our Patch/Fileserver will be able to handle a lot of requests

Ahh right, I've bonded a few ADSL connections in the past but that was using a bootable linux CD designed for that exact task. There's also a Cisco ADSL router that does the same thing (but is muchious $$$$).

 

[Phunky]

Yeah ive seen the Dual WAN routers and the not worth the £££'s

I'll just stick with WinGate it does me for now and i can still hit 2.35MB/s cant wait until May when Virgin up 10mb to 20mb will mean i have 2x20mb

 

[FragTek]

Kinda

I have two cable modems, i know i cant bond the upstream but i can increase the downstream.

WinGate does this fine, but i wish to setup the same thing without the software proxy.

But also, im wanting to look at bonding for a server as well as im hosting a lan next month and wish to make sure our Patch/Fileserver will be able to handle a lot of requests

U can most definitely bond the upstream, it's the same theory as the downstream however. If it's a single connection either direction it's only going to be able to utilize one of the modems capabilities. For me, I torrent a whole helluva lot, and require the additional upstream bandwidth which can be spanned by 400+ concurrent connections (approx. 200 / modem).