Dual Nics -- how do i get the most out of them?

[feld]

I have dual nics on my mobo. My question is how do i get the most out of them. Sometimes when i'm gaming i'm doing large file transfers in the background to my server. Things like that.... now i dont have them both hooked up yet, but assuming i do, what extra steps should i do or what should i read about so i could configure them to be efficient.


thanks



-Feld
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< bmg505> I think the first line in reiserfsck is

if (random(65535)< 65500) { hose(partition); for (i=0;i<100000000;i++) print_crap(); }

[codergeek42]

If your router supports it, you could play around with bonding them, perhaps.
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[feld]

i've got a wrt54g... if i throw openwrt on it and compile the bonding module (i think i saw it has it) then is that all that is needed?

bah this means i will have to learn iptables also though....



-Feld
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< bmg505> I think the first line in reiserfsck is

if (random(65535)< 65500) { hose(partition); for (i=0;i<100000000;i++) print_crap(); }

[feld]

hrm it appears that i'm wrong.

are there any other solutions?


-Feld
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< bmg505> I think the first line in reiserfsck is

if (random(65535)< 65500) { hose(partition); for (i=0;i<100000000;i++) print_crap(); }