Z170 with two Ethernet Connection

[TenzoNakami]

Hi guys, so I'm planning on getting the Asus's Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1, and since it has two ethernet ports,

does it mean I can utilize both at the same time? Or it is just for redundancy?

I have two different connection right here, one with 5MBPS download and 90MBPS upload and the other one with 72MBPS download and ~5MBPS upload..

If I could utilize both then I would get something crazy like 72MBPS down and 90MBPS up then.

If it's just redundancy... Then it'd be so sad.

 

EDIT: Both are on a different ISP and different routers.

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can use the both at teh same time. 

 

You cant easily combine the inputs like that, you need a router to do that.

[SCHISCHKA]

Using 2 internet connections to increase speed was done with dialup modems, using one for upload and one for down but I wouldn't know if anyone is still doing this. Since ADSL I have only seen business get two ISP for redundancy

[Lord Nicoll]

13 minutes ago, TenzoNakami said:

Hi guys, so I'm planning on getting the Asus's Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1, and since it has two ethernet ports,

does it mean I can utilize both at the same time? Or it is just for redundancy?

I have two different connection right here, one with 5MBPS download and 90MBPS upload and the other one with 72MBPS download and ~5MBPS upload..

If I could utilize both then I would get something crazy like 72MBPS down and 90MBPS up then.

If it's just redundancy... Then it'd be so sad.

 

EDIT: Both are on a different ISP and different routers.

That is quite a bizarre set up, but you need a router to combine the two into preferable a single ethernet, since trying to do it in software is very difficult, or you could look for a single 100mbps down and 100mbps up connection, as if you can get two like that, you could probably get one.

[itzzkolt]

Combining two separate connections into one is not that easy, and would require expensive equipment with appropriate configuration.  This is a question geared more towards networking and although I am not a network engineer, I will try to help as best I can.  Link aggregation is the practice you are talking about.  You would possibly need a NIC (Network interface controller) to accomplish this.  I recommend you searching and understanding it as it's not simple to explain in a post. 

 

Have a good night

[TenzoNakami]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can use the both at teh same time. 

 

You cant easily combine the inputs like that, you need a router to do that.

I was thinking of the same. I'll check out on a router that can do that later.

 

1 minute ago, SCHISCHKA said:

Using 2 internet connections to increase speed was done with dialup modems, using one for upload and one for down but I wouldn't know if anyone is still doing this. Since ADSL I have only seen business get two ISP for redundancy

I was hosting my office's server in my home, hence why I could get that massive upload speed. But then they decided to make it better and moved the server. I don't want to lose that connection so I still pay for that even though I rarely use that.

In my country ~5MBPS up speed already is gigantic for most person.

[TenzoNakami]

3 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

That is quite a bizarre set up, but you need a router to combine the two into preferable a single ethernet, since trying to do it in software is very difficult, or you could look for a single 100mbps down and 100mbps up connection, as if you can get two like that, you could probably get one.

That's why I was asking if I could just utilize both at the same time with this Z170 motherboard.

I can't get a dedicated connection for 100MBPS down and up here, it's way too expensive. Both of my current connection is dedicated and isn't that expensive hence it's speed is very unbalanced.

 

2 minutes ago, itzzkolt said:

Combining two separate connections into one is not that easy, and would require expensive equipment with appropriate configuration.  This is a question geared more towards networking and although I am not a network engineer, I will try to help as best I can.  Link aggregation is the practice you are talking about.  You would possibly need a NIC (Network interface controller) to accomplish this.  I recommend you searching and understanding it as it's not simple to explain in a post. 

 

Have a good night

Thanks for the reply, I'll take a good look into it.

And have a good night too!