Load Balancing on desktop NICs

[campyracr]

I have a desktop with 2 NICs I use for large and frequent file transfers. I want to share the load across both, but can't seem to find the settings in XP Pro.

Tried help/F1 to no avail.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Auger282]

only available on server os's to my knowledge

 

[linney]

Modify bandwith reserved for QoS-aware programs

http://www.tweakxp.com/article37149.aspx

Windows XP Quality of Service (QoS) Enhancements and Behavior (Q316666)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q316666

Port Explorer is a program that has these configurable options.

Set Max. Send Speed - Allows you to set a "throttle" on how much data can be sent per second.
Set Max. Recv Speed - Allows you to set a "throttle" on how much data be be received per second.

http://www.diamondcs.com.au/portexplorer/

How To Set Up TCP/IP for Network Load Balancing in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303817&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

How To Configure Network Load Balancing Parameters in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303608&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH