- Jan 15, 2001
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i already read this thread, so dont point me there
i made a pretty sweet mp3 server for my school network, and i am getting anywhere from 10-50 connections at a time. it is simply too much for the computer to handle, and ive narrowed it down to the RAM and bandwith saturation. i ordered more RAM, and im wondering if i get another NIC if i can load balance.
our network works like this:
we go to the school website on a lab computer and input the mac address to the website. it then asigns a specific IP to that mac address. if i were to put another NIC in there and lease another IP, do you think i could somehow set it up to distribute music and users to each card with its own port on a switch instead of everything going through the single NIC?
FYI: i already checked with the school and they dont care as long as im not letting people copy the music. i have myself on my own workgroup inside the network with maximum restrictions on everything. no one will be copying my music and i wont be giving it out.
edit: and just incase anyone was curious, everyone here has iTunes and we all share that way. i got the bright idea to put a ton of hard drives in a custom made case and share it so all of the music will be on all the time. my current collection of music is about to hit 36,000 songs. every song on the drive is from a CD from somewhere on campus, so none of it is illegal.
i made a pretty sweet mp3 server for my school network, and i am getting anywhere from 10-50 connections at a time. it is simply too much for the computer to handle, and ive narrowed it down to the RAM and bandwith saturation. i ordered more RAM, and im wondering if i get another NIC if i can load balance.
our network works like this:
we go to the school website on a lab computer and input the mac address to the website. it then asigns a specific IP to that mac address. if i were to put another NIC in there and lease another IP, do you think i could somehow set it up to distribute music and users to each card with its own port on a switch instead of everything going through the single NIC?
FYI: i already checked with the school and they dont care as long as im not letting people copy the music. i have myself on my own workgroup inside the network with maximum restrictions on everything. no one will be copying my music and i wont be giving it out.
edit: and just incase anyone was curious, everyone here has iTunes and we all share that way. i got the bright idea to put a ton of hard drives in a custom made case and share it so all of the music will be on all the time. my current collection of music is about to hit 36,000 songs. every song on the drive is from a CD from somewhere on campus, so none of it is illegal.