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[NEETIN]

hey member's

quick question hope this is the right place

i got a new server

spec are:
Intel . 2,4 GHz
80 GB of HDD disk
1GB MB of RAM
Traffic-Unlimited
100Mbit Switch Port
Windows web os

from hosting-ie yes i know the bad reviews but i got my server in 2days

now i saw a good deal that for 12 euros extra get 2 * 100mbit
so i upgraded to a 2 * 100mbit connection as the server would be
used to let members from my forum download music / music videos [remixed] made by me and my other producer so 200mbit server will do nicely for my site

now when i got it it shows me two network connections each saying 100mbit

but only one of the connections is being used and the other is not in use

is there a way that i can use both at the same time or maybe use one for http/ftp and one just for ther server itslef

thx to any member that can help

[NEETIN]

OK i just need to know how to conf one port for ftp and the other for http

[webcertain]

well, each port should have its own IP address, yes ?

so run ftp on one IP, http on the other.

[NEETIN]

Originally Posted by webcertain

well, each port should have its own IP address, yes ?

so run ftp on one IP, http on the other.

thx i will do that but is there any way to get both of them combined to 200mbit

[hosteur]

You have to play with eth0 et eth1...

[webcertain]

yes you can combine them, as we've done it on our in-house windows fileserver here, but i'm not sure how its done.

[NEETIN]

Originally Posted by hosteur

You have to play with eth0 et eth1...

gow would i go about doing that

[Flumps]

could hire a server admin to do it. im not 100% sure but i think its to do with eth0 etc like said above. however im sure a server admin would know. seeksadmin are good. not a self promotion just what ive read around here.

[jNive]

if a service listens on different interfaces, it will only affect the interface of incoming traffic. All outbound data will exit the highest priority interface connected to the default gateway.

You could make sure that you add a second default gateway, specifying the eth1 interface if it is the same gateway as eth0, make sure the metrics are the same. In this scenario, outbound traffic would swap between the 2, however the source IP of those connections will also.

Ideally what you want is to Load-Balance, Bond or Aggregate the interfaces to a single IP-link, but this should be configured specifically with the appropriate assistance depending on setup.

[mikeyoneshot]

Two Ethernet cards are used in Internet Gateway's and web filters. You can combine the two into a 200mb/s connection but I don't see why you want that. It would be better for you delegate traffic between the nics. FTP and HTTP is a great idea and to accomplish that you really should contact the hosting provider. You are going to load-balance the two connections and good load balancers (hotbrick etc) have settings how to delegate traffic via ports, and etc. Check that out