INTEL PRO/1000 GIGA NIC

[MadcatDJ]

Originally Posted by NSanity

If you plan on connecting to multiple machines, that means you need infiniband between each of them AND an infiniband switch.

Just pick up a second hand 24 port HP 2824 for like $100.

For the Record, i've seen Windows software that bond's NIC's together - not sure if the functionality is the same as what elvis is discussing (this was more about doing bonding with NIC's that weren't supported by the vendor to do 802.3ad) but it might be worth a google.

yeah i found this before, but maybe if I can find something on a smaller scale, maybe 16 port, thats all I need at home. And put dual infiniband cards in the server and maybe my main pc. and go server > switch, pc > switch, server > pc

http://www.ebay.com/itm/48-Port-Giga...-/140862595459


Well that intel page has this statement

"Intel® PROSet Utility for Microsoft* Device Manager Provides point-and-click power over individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection teaming, and VLAN configuration."

That sounds awfully like a software solution for windows to me. I think I have some googling to do tonight. So many options, for someone paranoid about things not working like me it makes it hard to do a server build that is done perfect from the start, to a budget as well haha.

Thanks for the help guys, much appreciated.

[NSanity]

Originally Posted by MadcatDJ

"Intel® PROSet Utility for Microsoft* Device Manager Provides point-and-click power over individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection teaming, and VLAN configuration."

No.

The PROSet utility will let you team specific Network Cards (not all Intel NIC's are created equal) to 802.3ad or LACP standards.

It will not do "bonding without a switch", as Elvis is describing.

[elvis]

Originally Posted by NSanity

For the Record, i've seen Windows software that bond's NIC's together - not sure if the functionality is the same as what elvis is discussing (this was more about doing bonding with NIC's that weren't supported by the vendor to do 802.3ad) but it might be worth a google.

Back in 2001 Intel shipped software for Windows with all of their cards that achieved the same thing. I used these on a bunch of production Dell servers back in the Win2K Server days.

Then Dell switched to those cheap shit Broadcom NICs, and it all went to hell. Cheap and nasty shit.

[MadcatDJ]

Originally Posted by NSanity

No.

The PROSet utility will let you team specific Network Cards (not all Intel NIC's are created equal) to 802.3ad or LACP standards.

It will not do "bonding without a switch", as Elvis is describing.

does that mean I can team a 2 port intel card + the motherboard port for a 3x connection?

Well the good news is the other routers all have 802.3ad and Im fairly sure my one at home does cause its only a couple of months old.

So I just ordered an Intel EXPI9402PT PRO/1000 PT 2 port card, and that will do for now and one day down the track I may go infiniband