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Brady

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Hey All ... my sincere apologies if this has been discussed somewhere, but in trying to search the forums, I found too many posts matching the keywords "dual gigabit".

There are a number of NAS models (from QNAP and others) which feature dual gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Is this a true statement?
Dual gigabit is only an advantage when connected to a switch that supports link aggregation.
If the above is false how would I benefit from dual gigabit interfaces when my local switch has no such aggregation capability? (Presumably, the NAS would have 2 separate IP addresses so what's the "trick" that allows it to be used to increase performance?)

Thanks,
Brady
 
basically you need a switch that supports LACP. There are 2 types of aggregration - bonding or LACP. Some switches support both, Some support only 1.

There is a bonding mode called non switch dependent meaning it will have 2 uplinks but only 1 downlink.
 
With LAG - each session is going to be the same as any single link speed...

LAG improves capacity, but speeds for any single client are going to be similar..
 
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