On 2020-05-06 15:15, Digimer wrote:
On 2020-05-06 6:02 p.m., ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
Not to ask too silly a question, but what happens when
you have dual Ethernet adapters and you hook both of
them to your (switching) hub?
You go twice as fast?
Many thanks,
Yes and no...
There's seven bonding modes, six of which aggregate bandwidth in various
ways (one, mode=1, is focused on reliability). So with those, you'll
double your bandwidth.
Of course, this is bandwidth to the switch (point of order, "hub" is an
old style that shares bandwidth to all ports, modern switches are per
port). If you've got data coming/going from more that one source, you'll
potentially benefit, but between two machines, you'll need the other
machine to also have enough bandwidth as connections always go at the
slowest link.
Thank you. Good explanation.
By the way, both are hubs. "switch" is a short name for
a type of hub.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch
A network switch (also called switching hub, bridging
hub, officially MAC bridge)[1] is networking hardware
that connects devices on a computer network by
using packet switching to receive and forward data
to the destination device.
I use the word "hub" because it is proper English:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hub
1 : the central part of a circular object (such as a
wheel or propeller) spokes attached to the hub
of the wheel
2a : a center of activity : focal point The island
is a major tourist hub.
b : an airport or city through which an airline
routes most of its traffic
c : a central device that connects multiple computers
on a single network (see network entry 1 sense 3b)
And since not everyone know the difference, I put "Switching"
in parenthesis.
"Level 3" would also be short for "level 3 switching hub"
-T
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