On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 18:28:37 -0600, Shawn Yarbrough wrote:
> >So, you cram all three 10 Mbit/s network cards into the computer and hook >it up to the network's 10/100 hub on three seperate ports. You run an ftp >server bound to eth0, a web server bound to eth1, and an IRC server bound >to eth2. Your fast computer is now a 30 Mbit/s server on a 100Mbit/s >network. > Shawn, the basic fallacy in your plan is that the net is ~not~ parallel. It is serial, and each packet (or bit, for that matter) must wait its turn. While card 1 is whipping out data, cards 2 & 3 are twiddling their thumbs awaiting their turns to go down the wire. Three cards do not equal 3X speed, they equal the same speed, one-third of the time each. You could get parallel transmission by modulating discrete carriers. For example, modulate red, green, and blue light with signals from cards 1, 2, & 3, respectively. Then pump them through a fibre, and demod at the other end. But, I don't think that's what you have in mind. -- gt Everything here could be wrong--Messiah's Handbook--Bach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
