2 network adapters as one???

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Bubba Gump

I'm running Xp pro and I've got 2 wireless network adapters in my
machine. One is a linksys wireless-n pi card and the other is a linksys
usb wireless-g adapter. Both are connected and both has static IP's
assigned to them. Is there a way to somehow use both of these together
to get a faster connection? I'm running a Linksys wireless-n router. I'm
just wondering if there's a Windows setting to tell Window to utilize
both as one.

Thanks!
 
That's called teaming, but you need duplicate units, and the software
from the manufacturer.
 
Won't matter as the determining factor is
whatever the network adaptors are connecting to.

If you manage to get both of them to connect to
an AP, the AP will simply split its bandwidth to
each of them in approx. half, the two adaptors
will each receive the half bandwidth data stream,
put them back together.

You will gain nothing over just using one adaptor and letting
it receive the entire stream.
 
Bubba Gump said:
I'm running Xp pro and I've got 2 wireless network adapters in my machine. One is a linksys wireless-n pi card and the other
is a linksys usb wireless-g adapter. Both are connected and both has static IP's assigned to them. Is there a way to somehow
use both of these together to get a faster connection? I'm running a Linksys wireless-n router. I'm just wondering if there's
a Windows setting to tell Window to utilize both as one.

Thanks!
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No, there is no Windows setting.

Sorry to get back to the philosophy... but do you want
more thruput or less latency?
Only in the former case teaming can help.

--PA
 
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