combine network connections

[Scott Micale]

I am wondering if it is possible to combine two wireless connections on my
XP machine to make them one so that I have better bandwidth with the two
connection. I thought there was a way to do this.

thanks!

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Ok, assuming that you have 54 Mbps wireless connections, at best, and are connected via cable, DSL or fiber, which will have a maximum of 16 Mbps, at best for the latest cable/, what's the point?

 

[Vincent Xu [MSFT]]

Hi,

For your stand-alone box, I'm afraid it is impossible.


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Vincent Xu
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[Scott Micale]

Doug I think you are misunderstanding my point. I have a MCE box in my
office. It is connected to my network with CAT 5. I have my laptop in my
basement and my XBox 360. My 360 is hardwired and my laptop is wireless. I
have a 802.11b connection. I want to be able to stream my TV shows from my
MCE box to my laptop. I can do this, but the playback is very choppy
because it is a wireless connection. The reason for watching the TV shows
on my laptop is because at the same time I am downloading content off the
XBox Live Marketplace and for whatever reason Microsoft does not allow the
360 to download content and use the 360 as a Extender to watch the TV shows
that are on my MCE at the same time. So sounds like my only option here is
to get another hard line down to my basement or split the one I have there
now with a switch and branch off from it.

Hope this makes sense.

-Scott


Ok, assuming that you have 54 Mbps wireless connections, at best, and are
connected via cable, DSL or fiber, which will have a maximum of 16 Mbps, at
best for the latest cable/, what's the point?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

XP does not contain this capability. You might be find a 3rd party utility that would do it. The process is called "NIC bonding" or "NIC trunking" . A quick Google search didn't turn anything up, but you can try it for yourself.

 

[Bob I]

perhaps "NIC teaming" would be the search term.

 

[Steve N.]

Doug I think you are misunderstanding my point. I have a MCE box in my
office. It is connected to my network with CAT 5. I have my laptop in my
basement and my XBox 360. My 360 is hardwired and my laptop is wireless. I
have a 802.11b connection. I want to be able to stream my TV shows from my
MCE box to my laptop. I can do this, but the playback is very choppy
because it is a wireless connection. The reason for watching the TV shows
on my laptop is because at the same time I am downloading content off the
XBox Live Marketplace and for whatever reason Microsoft does not allow the
360 to download content and use the 360 as a Extender to watch the TV shows
that are on my MCE at the same time. So sounds like my only option here is
to get another hard line down to my basement or split the one I have there
now with a switch and branch off from it.

Hope this makes sense.

-Scott

The bottleneck is the wireless connection, as Doug pointed out. Yes,
running a CAT5 line to the basement and hooking it up to a switch on the
LAN upstairs would probably be your best solution. A little work but not
expensive.

Steve N.

 

[Vincent Xu [MSFT]]

Hi,

You definitely need a wired line for wide bandwidth.

Thanks Doug for providing third-party utility suggestions.

Have a good day.


Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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