can you run your wireless network card and plug in your wired card for faster downloads?

Question

for instance 100mbps on wired and 54 mbps on wireless for a total of 154mbps?

Answer 1

No..The system will only use one download point or path.

Answer 2

Yes. If your operating system allows it.

For the example given, the following must also be considered:

If you are doing this over the Internet, your connection must support a download speed of 154Mbps.
The nearest connection type which would allow that would be an
OC-3 connection which give you 155 megabits per second.
This is roughly equivalent to 100 T1 lines and the average cost is $20,000.-$45,000./month

It you are transferring it from computer to computer within a LAN, both the transmitting and receiving computer adapters must handle a 100mbps transfer rate (not just connection - transfer rate).
The sending and receiving disk drives must also support read and write rates of 154mbps. This would require a SATA-2 drive supporting 300mbps - or an ultra-3 (AKA Ultra-160) or ultra-320 SCSI drive supporting a 160-320mbps read and write rates.

As no single drive can probably really handle these sustained rates (they are almost always quoted as at a bursts rate) - you'll probably need several striped drives configured as RAID 1 with hardware controllers.

You can use this link to check your network speed if desired.
http://miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/

Answer 3

You can use just the wired, but you have to disable the wireless first. Many laptop systems have a switch on them somewhere that turns the wireless adapter off. Otherwise you have to go into the network connections and disable the wireless connection.

Remember, though, that your download will only be as fast as the fastest leg of your connection between you and the download source.

Answer 4

That's not going to help any.

First off, your internet bandwidth is probably more like 5 mbps so 54 or 100 internally isn't going to make a difference. Secondly, running two NICs on one machine on the same IP subnet will only confuse network connections and make a mess out of things.

Answer 5

nop, you cannot have a 154 mbps internet speed, but yes you can bridge them and create a faster link to your router and you will see an increase.

Answer 6

not to my knowledge...
you can disable wireless and enable the wired...
There is still a boost of 46mbps

Answer 7

No, they would generate two different IP destinations. Not unless you were sending on one, and receiving on the other....or vise versa.

Answer 8

No