Hey folks!
I know that macOS has built in support for teaming network connections. I'm using a 2014 Mac Mini as a home server, and am considering adding a USB 3.0 Ethernet adapter to give me a second network connection. The Mac Mini is located right next to my switch, so that's easy peasey. My switch is a TP-Link TL-SG1016DE, if that matters.
So, I know that macOS can do this; my question is whether the behavior will work as anticipated. My storage is capable of exceeding 250MB/s read and coming close to that on write; meaning it would be capable of full speed file transfers with two clients on gigabit ethernet at the same time. The goal is to facilitate that. If I merely bought an adapter to add a second NIC, plugged it into the switch, and used macOS's built in features; would I then see both of my clients (My wife and I's machines, as it happens) capable of a full gigabit transfer at the same time?
I know that macOS has built in support for teaming network connections. I'm using a 2014 Mac Mini as a home server, and am considering adding a USB 3.0 Ethernet adapter to give me a second network connection. The Mac Mini is located right next to my switch, so that's easy peasey. My switch is a TP-Link TL-SG1016DE, if that matters.
So, I know that macOS can do this; my question is whether the behavior will work as anticipated. My storage is capable of exceeding 250MB/s read and coming close to that on write; meaning it would be capable of full speed file transfers with two clients on gigabit ethernet at the same time. The goal is to facilitate that. If I merely bought an adapter to add a second NIC, plugged it into the switch, and used macOS's built in features; would I then see both of my clients (My wife and I's machines, as it happens) capable of a full gigabit transfer at the same time?