Windows 7 + NLB?

[l1nuxfre4k]

seen many posts regarding Windows 7 and load balance for networks.
Windows 7 is suppose to have it built in if im not mistaken.
I did a simple test,
As i got internet from 2 sources
1 Wireless
1 Cable
I tried Utorrent and tried a torrent since it uses a lot of connections,
My result is that 98% of the traffic went through the cable and the other 2% the other cards, it only spiked up now and then, nothing much.
What is the best way to get the most of a 1 wirelss and 1 cable internet?

 

[l1nuxfre4k]

nobody got suggestions how to fix it? :S

 

[Kari]

I don't understand what you want to achieve with this. It is not going to give you faster downloads. If network is working properly, this happens automatically; when windows detects a working LAN connection, it is prioritized because it's faster than WiFi.

 

[l1nuxfre4k]

hehe in my case wifi is faster.
Im after just to fully use both connections, not to dubble my speed or something.
more like that i can download either on both lines seperate or download on one and game on the other one

 

[Kari]

If you have two independent lines, both with own router and / or modem, then it's possible to assign for instance LAN to line/router 1 and WiFi to line/router 2, and with little work get the load balanced.

If you have one line only, both NIC's connected to that, there's not much you can do.

 

[severedsolo]

Is this what your looking for? http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/22630-load-balancing-nics-internet-2.html#post248374

 

[Kari]

Martin, as I hinted in my previous post this needs two lines, with two routers. Otherwise it does nothing.

Somehow I understood OP only has one line.

 

[severedsolo]

OP can you please clarify this? I can see Kari's point... in one post it looks like you have one line, in the next it looks like you have 2

 

[l1nuxfre4k]

Its two lines so not just one.

severedsolo, your method, does it work after a reboot i assume and it should balance between my two cards?

 

[Kari]

Now I'm confused. If you have two independent lines, follow Severedsolo's link to read about how it's done.

If you have only one line, learn to live with it

 

[severedsolo]

Its two lines so not just one.

severedsolo, your method, does it work after a reboot i assume and it should balance between my two cards?

yes and yes. Just so we are absolutely clear on this.... If you have 2 internet connections coming into your house. that is 2 Modems or Routers connected to 2 independant lines that you are paying for seperately. then my method will work.

Sorry to spell it out so clearly, but I'm still a little confused myself

 

[l1nuxfre4k]

Thanks i´l try it out and see if it works.
yea i do have two lines, one very cheap and then my real one on top of that ^^

 

[severedsolo]

Thanks i´l try it out and see if it works.
yea i do have two lines, one very cheap and then my real one on top of that ^^

thats alright then you can test it's working by going to Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test if the total is the sum of the two connections (give or take about 10%) then it's working

 

[Kari]

Good to get it cleared. In addition, I'm using Netlimiter, to limit the max bandwith of certain apps.

 

[l1nuxfre4k]

hm seems to work very bad at least
it load balancing like both are lan networks and there for is my guess it wont balance at lower download speeds.
my download speeds on one line is about 600-700kb/s the other one is 500kb/s
and at the moment only one of them is taking everything for some reason
solution for this or ?

 

[severedsolo]

just came across this

Another note...
Windows 7 will in fact use to two separate WAN connections. It doesn't, however, do any active load balancing (as far as i can tell). I think it routes traffic through one connection or the other based on the IP it's connecting to. For example, if I visit whatismyip.com, it will always show the same IP address. But if i go to a different site like ip-adress.com, it will display my other IP.

Also, online bandwidth tests will not show the results of load balancing. When you start a test, it establishes a connection with only one of your internet connections, and uses that for the entire test. To truly see the result of load balancing WAN's, you have to use something like Bittorrent, which establishes hundreds of connections. This will allow your load balancing setup to distribute the connections between your two internet connections.
Finally... Whether you want to set up active load balancing with a VM, or simply let windows manage the two connections, you will need to make sure each connection is on a different subnet. So if you have two routers, configure one to operate on 192.168.1.XXX and the other 192.168.0.XXX. Configure both NIC's manually. If you rely on DHCP, they will both connect to the same network

from this thread:http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/35025-load-balancing-2.html#post392204

 

[Kari]

I think that's because Windows by default prefers LAN. I'll ask an expert to check this thread.

 

[l1nuxfre4k]

hm yea, could it be possible to use the route command somehow maybe?
and route it to specific programs and such
any programs for this?

ah thanks kari

 

[severedsolo]

something i've just thought of which noone has mentioned yet. you DO have two NIC's right?

 

[Kari]

Martin, according to first post he's using LAN NIC and WiFi NIC, two NIC's.