Network Expansion Card?

[Soulreaper005]

I was wondering if i could effectively double my download/upload speed by buying a networking card that has 2 input Ethernet ports on it and plug both into my router. Will this double my speed? If so what networking card should/do i need? Or if i dont need a networking card if there is like a wire combining hub that will connect 2 ports from my router to my computer into one ethernet port that would be great. My current download/upload is 100/100.

 

[bill001g]

If you really want to learn about this concept look up 802.3ad but the short answer is it likely won't do what you think.

If you are going to buy a new card why not just buy a 1g card.

Still you can't ever get more than you pay your ISP for. If you get 100m from the ISP it will still run at 100m even if you used a 10g nic card.

 

[kanewolf]

If you have a gigabit connection to your router then you have 10x the bandwidth of your 100/100 internet speed. BUT, back to your question... No that won't work. Unless you have special network switch hardware that allows link aggregation (LAG) it won't work. It will just confuse your PC and you will get bad or no connection.

 

[Soulreaper005]

Ok how do i know if my router has Link Aggregation. And I am not concerned about the internet i pay for. I pay for 100/100, BUT my provider guarantees that FOR EVERY PORT on my router being used at the same time. And if my router does support Link Aggregation how do I do it?

 

[kanewolf]

Ok how do i know if my router has Link Aggregation. And I am not concerned about the internet i pay for. I pay for 100/100, BUT my provider guarantees that FOR EVERY PORT on my router being used at the same time. And if my router does support Link Aggregation how do I do it?

I don't know of any consumer routers that support link aggregation with standard firmware. The simplest way to implement link aggregation is to purchase a managed switch. But you will still only use a single port to the router ....
Even with link aggregation, a single transfer would be limited by the WAN speed on the router. Which is still what you pay for 100/100 ...

 

[jsmithepa]

ISP can guarantee all he wants but you are not getting more than 100 for the whole house. It's your dream exercise.

 

[bill001g]

You read the documentation for your router but unless you have a commercial router it does not have that feature.

It is totally unrealistic to even think to say your provider guarantees you any rate for any port. So if I would buy a router with 48 ports I would get 4.8g rate from the ISP....all for only 29.99.. because they guarantee 100m per port. I doubt it. You need to go read the contract with your ISP.

Your first step is to go learn how link aggregation really works. Until you can explain why load balance by packet is not supported and why load balance by session will not likely give you the results you desire you are just wasting your time.

 

[Soulreaper005]

Thats because my ISP does not have interchangeable routers. They use Fibre, it is Verizon Fios. They don't allow/work with other routers because of the way that their internet and cable gets to your house. Through fibre

 

[kanewolf]

Thats because my ISP does not have interchangeable routers. They use Fibre, it is Verizon Fios. They don't allow/work with other routers because of the way that their internet and cable gets to your house. Through fibre

Unless your FIOS installation is DRASTICALLY different than any I have seen (including mine), you have the choice of coax or ethernet coming from the ONT on the side of the house. If you have coax then you have an Actiontec or similar device to provide ehternet ports from the coax. If you have ethernet, then you can use ANY router you want.

 

[Soulreaper005]

Mine is COAX

 

[kanewolf]

Mine is COAX

So you probably have an Actiontec modem which provides ethernet ports. The total bandwidth you will get from that device is the 100/100 (approximately) that you pay for. FIOS is pretty good about managing their bandwidth to what you pay for ...