Well you can run 'shotgun' modems in paralell, but I never heard of that with network cards. Brock On 9/28/05, Mike Olson <molson4 at operamail.com> wrote: > Could someone please settle an argument between my friend, > and I? Is it possible to increase the transfer rate > between two computers by putting two network interface > cards (NICs) in each computer, and putting two Ethernet > connections on each computer, and connecting the two > computers with two Ethernet cables? I said that it would > not, and may even slow transfer rates because the > processor is switching between two NICs. Also, since each > computer can have only one IP address since each MAC > address is unique, and that computer will process the > packets of information it receives one at a time. He > thinks that the NICs have buffers in them that allow the > packets of information to be stored until the CPU > processes them. So according to him, you can send a chunk > of data faster by splitting it in half, sending the halves > over two cables, and receive the halves with the other > computer and NICs, and put the chunk of data back together > again. He thinks that transfer rates would increase if > you increased the CPU speed, since each CPU could split > the info and put it back together faster, and faster. I > told him that transfer rates are dependent upon the rate > of your NIC and your transfer medium (ex. Ethernet, > optical, wireless) and cannot be affected by simply adding > more NICs and transfer mediums between two computers. I > think he's confusing processing rates with transfer rates. > Whose right? > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: > Download Opera 8 at http://www.opera.com > > Powered by Outblaze > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Brock Noland Loan Officer Caspian Mortgage Cell: 612-203-9568 Office: 612-605-8739 Fax: 612-605-6808 http://brocknoland.com