Method for increasing network bandwidth across multiple network interfaces with single internet protocol address

摘要

A communication network having a server which communicates with a switch using a high bandwidth connection. The switch also communicates with one or a plurality of servers at a low bandwidth connection. The client connects to the switch using multiple bandwidth connections. Applications running on the client and server address the client having multiple low bandwidth connections utilizing a virtual internet protocol (IP) address. Devices which communicate using the virtual IP address include a virtual network driver (VND). The VND determines whether the application desires to read or write to a virtual IP address. If so, the VND distributes the data for transmission amongst the multiple bandwidth connections. Similarly, when a network devices receives data written to a virtual IP address, the VND assembles the data for utilization by the application so that the application appears to have received data from a single IP address.