I want to build a freenas system using the c2550d4i, and I know that it has 2 intel nics onboard. My home setup will consist of a gaming rig, a htpc and a plex client. What I want to do is for my htpc and plex client to connect to 1 nic, and my gaming pc to connect to the other nic so that the laod would be balanced as I plan on running some VMs off my htpc, which might use up quite some bandwidth. My gaming pc will also be loading some games which I don't play as often on my freenas system. I know that I can use LACP to do that but as it is I'm don't have the budget to by a 802.3ad switch, so I hope that this setup will work. I will be using CIFS shares
Gaming pc - nic 1 (192.168.1.2)
HTPC - nic 2 (192.168.1.3)
Plex client - nic 2 (192.168.1.3)
Can anyone advise me on this? I have yet to build any of these systems and I would like to know if what I want to do is workable or should I just save up for a LACP switch?
Gaming pc - nic 1 (192.168.1.2)
HTPC - nic 2 (192.168.1.3)
Plex client - nic 2 (192.168.1.3)
Can anyone advise me on this? I have yet to build any of these systems and I would like to know if what I want to do is workable or should I just save up for a LACP switch?