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Typically no unless you use clustering technology. &nbsp;What will happen is if one of the ports goes down, Windows will automatically adjust with a new primary port.
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Typically no unless you use clustering technology.  What will happen is if one of the ports goes down, Windows will automatically adjust with a new primary port.

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You usually can team them for failover and/or faster throughput, but whether you will notice the difference in the real world is a different story. &nbsp;You also would need a switch that supports it.
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You usually can team them for failover and/or faster throughput, but whether you will notice the difference in the real world is a different story.  You also would need a switch that supports it.

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Thanks for the help, I now have a 4gbps connection to my server.
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Thanks for the help, I now have a 4gbps connection to my server.

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I have a &quot;server&quot; with an ASUS P5Q Premium motherboard which has 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports. &nbsp;Is there a way I can connect all of them to my Gigabit switch and have faster throughput to my server?<br />
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I'm not sure if Win7 bridging is the actual solution but if it is that would be pretty easy.<br />
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Win 7 x64 Ult with a SATA Raid 5
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I have a "server" with an ASUS P5Q Premium motherboard which has 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports.  Is there a way I can connect all of them to my Gigabit switch and have faster throughput to my server?

I'm not sure if Win7 bridging is the actual solution but if it is that would be pretty easy.

Win 7 x64 Ult with a SATA Raid 5

Use multiple ethernet connections on motherboard for faster LAN access

The Windows operating systems have distinct methodologies for designing and implementing networks, and have specific systems to accomplish various networking processes, such as Exchange for email, Sharepoint for shared files and programs, and IIS for delivery of web pages. Microsoft also produces server technologies for networked database use, security and virtualization.

Windows Networking

Networking software modules are interfaced with a framework implemented on the machine's operating system that implements the networking functionality of the operating system. The best known frameworks are the TCP/IP model and the OSI model. Systems typically do not use a single protocol to handle a transmission. Instead they use a set of cooperating protocols, sometimes called a protocol family or protocol suite.[9] Some of the best known protocol suites include: IPX/SPX, X.25, AX.25, AppleTalk and TCP/IP. Other protocols indirectly related to networking include the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and its related technologies, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name Server (DNS) and other Internet protocols.

Networking Protocols

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