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2nd Ethernet Port
Hi all, I have a ReadyNAS 4 Ultra Plus. What are some of the uses of the 2nd Ethernet port? Is it only for making it available on two different networks/subnets? Can I use it to obtain better perfo...
NIC teaming will only help if you either do one of these Things:
* Use NIC teaming on a 100Mbit switch, getting 200Mbit of Maximum bandwith, and getting that output through a 1Gbit port (or 2 100Mbit ports set in NIC teaming themselves)
* Use NIC teaming on a 1Gbit/s switch, and get the Maximum output of 2Gbit/s. You will only get this output to a single computer if you NIC team on that one as well or use a 10G card (which tbh isnt that common in a household) You will get better output if you transfer large files to several computers at once though.
It will also depend on how the trunking works on the switch, whether it just simply balances the traffic 50/50 or if it bases itself on sessions (like ESXi does)
If you dont NIC team you could also use DNS round robin if your internal DNS server allows for that configuration.
To the question on how to trunk the connections I'd do as follows:
If you are supposed to get the extra bandwith between your floors then you'd have to trunk the 2 ports going to the NAS, and then 2 ports going to the next switch to get the total bandwith out on a Device (or multiple Devices) connected to the desired switch
* Use NIC teaming on a 100Mbit switch, getting 200Mbit of Maximum bandwith, and getting that output through a 1Gbit port (or 2 100Mbit ports set in NIC teaming themselves)
* Use NIC teaming on a 1Gbit/s switch, and get the Maximum output of 2Gbit/s. You will only get this output to a single computer if you NIC team on that one as well or use a 10G card (which tbh isnt that common in a household) You will get better output if you transfer large files to several computers at once though.
It will also depend on how the trunking works on the switch, whether it just simply balances the traffic 50/50 or if it bases itself on sessions (like ESXi does)
If you dont NIC team you could also use DNS round robin if your internal DNS server allows for that configuration.
To the question on how to trunk the connections I'd do as follows:
If you are supposed to get the extra bandwith between your floors then you'd have to trunk the 2 ports going to the NAS, and then 2 ports going to the next switch to get the total bandwith out on a Device (or multiple Devices) connected to the desired switch
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