What I am trying to accomplish here is to use my two Gigabit LAN cards and have Windows route all inbound traffic on one LAN card and then route all outbound traffic on the other. Is this possible, Google did not turn up anything useful today. Basically I want Gigabit in and out of my file server I have setup.
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Brandon,
You don't seem to be aware of the distinction between half-duplex and full-duplex. Most modern networks run full-duplex (i.e. their are two channels, one for inbound and one for outbound traffic). Unless you are using a really old network device (e.g. a hub instead of a switch), you should already be running at full duplex. So you should already have a full 1Gbps both in and out with just one NIC.
CJ
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Gigabit Ethernet is full duplex. You get 1Gb/s simultaneously in both directions from a single port. If your switch supports link aggregation you can bond the two ports and get 2Gb/s in & out.
Monstieur
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