Can I use NIC bonding on Windows environment?

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with 2 ethernet network card, I want to boost up networking speed and

give PC a network redundancy.

main purpose is redundancy. what kind of solution can I apply on windows
environment?

endusers using XP home edition, switches are cisco 2950 or 3550 10/100.
 
The feature you seek to implement, commonly called "NIC teaming", is not a
Windows feature. You must use network cards and drivers that are designed
to do this. You can't just plug in a second network card and have it work.

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with 2 ethernet network card, I want to boost up networking speed and

give PC a network redundancy.

main purpose is redundancy. what kind of solution can I apply on windows
environment?

endusers using XP home edition, switches are cisco 2950 or 3550 10/100.
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If you use two network cards, you will get redundancy. The Automatic Metric
feature will provide that.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=299540

As Richard says, though, NIC Teaming or Bonding is not a feature in Windows.
You have to have NICs, with drivers, that support that.
 
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