Windows Networking & Bridges
- From: Redneckbikerjedi <loctavius@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:30:34 -0800 (PST)
Hello,
I have two ethernet cards in all of my computers. One is wired to a
Cable connection (Cox, 10MB), the other is wired to a DSL connection.
(Embarq, used to be Sprint, 1.5MB) The DSL is using a standard Netgear
router, the Cable is using a Wi-Fi netgear router, as it shares
traffic with the Xbox 360 and other wireless devices in my home. So I
have two physically separate computer networks that all of my
computers have access to.
When I disable the DSL or the Cable, they both seem to run at pretty
close to their respective maximum speeds, occasionally bursting faster
than what they should. However, if I bridge the connections in
windows, the maximum speed drops by almost 1mb/sec. By monitoring the
traffic in my taskbar, I can see traffic flowing through both
connections, so I know the bridge is working correctly.
So why is it that my two connections working together are slower than
the Cable alone? You would think that combining the two would speed
things up. I understand that I won't get the maximum performance out
of either the DSL or the Cable based on network conditions and other
factors, but still, the two connections bridged together should be
faster than the Cable by itself, and it isn't. Is there something I
have to tweak in the routers? Do I need to physically bride the
routers with a patch cable?
If anyone knows how to fix that problem, or if there is an application
that does a better job of bridging the connections than Windows does,
I'd be thrilled to know. Thanks in advance for your help.
.
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