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by ryanpair

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I am not so sure how i should or could setup my Server 2003 EE on my network and use both NICs to "balance" the load. I am not trying to use network load balancing for multiple servers as a measure of redundancy, but rather would like to use both NICs to increase throughput on the server (2 gigabit ports, essentially use one for inbound traffic and the other for outbound traffic), can anyone help with this?

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by Former member

http://www.tech-report.net/articles.x/13010
Ok on here it is aimed at games but the same issues arise from servers or client machines trying to get a faster network connection.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

by ryanpair

I was wondering more of the different between the different types of network teams... Such as Smart Load Balancing and Failover, 802.3ad link aggregation using LACP, and Generic Trunking. Which would be best for performance.

by bart777

One thing to watch out for though. If you are using Cisco hardware you will need to configure your switch to match the teaming protocol. Dell and Cisco don't match by default and the cisco side can be told how to interpret the port trafic so that the NICs will be properly balanced.

Sorry I don't have a link for this. I've run into it several times in the past but have always had the network admin take care of the problem.

Best of luck.

by casey.wolters

use team nic util on server side win 2003

switch side use

interface GigabitEthernet3/8
description WINPRINT
switchport access vlan 106
switchport mode access
logging event link-status
channel-group 14 mode on
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