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December 4, 2018 in Networking nic teaming windows 10 solution

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Hi Guys,

So I was able to enable teaming of multiple NIC cards by typing in

the following command in Windows PowerShell.
This command was implemented on a Windows 10 Pro 1809 Build
(x64bit).

The command I used was as follows:

New-NetSwitchTeam -Name "SwitchTeam01" -TeamMembers "Ethernet"

Where I replaced "SwitchTeam01" with a name that refers to the

teaming of multiple NIC cards and replaced: "Ethernet", "Ethernet 2"
etc... with the name of my NIC's as seen on "Control Panel\Network
and Internet\Network Connections".

Previously I tried the following commands:

New-NetLbfoTeam -Name "Team1" -TeamMembers "NIC1","NIC2"

New-NetLbfoTeam -Name "Team1" -TeamMembers "NIC1","NIC2" -Team

But wasn't able to implement the NIC teaming within the cards as I

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would constantly receive the following error:

New-NetLbfoTeam : The LBFO feature is not currently enabled, o

At line:1 char:1
+ New-NetLbfoTeam
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (MSFT_NetLbfoTeam:
CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 1,New-NetLbfoTeam

Form this I understood that LBFO is not supported in "Windows 10

SKU" but only in "Windows Server".
Another way to enable NIC Teaming could be to use the "Intel
Network Connections Application" and enable Teaming.
Unfortunately since I do not have a Intel Network Card this option
wast possible for me to test out.
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Since I have a Realteck NIC I first uninstalled the drivers and then
reinstalled the NIC's with the latest drivers form Realteck.
Next I checked out the Network Properties of my NIC cards and
made sure that "Realtek Teaming Protocol Driver �NDIS 6.40�" was
installed.

After this was done I executed the above mentioned command in

Power Shell which in turn resulted in the creation of my Teamed NIC
Adapter to be visible in "Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network
Connections".

Finally the end result of this was that I was able to create on
"Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor Driver" Adapter that was
able to connect to all my other NIC cards at the same time and
hence enabling me to have a solid 3Gb/s internet connection.

* Do note that I have removed my DNS name and IPv4 & IPv6

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address as I do not want to make that info public but if you carry out
the same steps as mentioned above you should end up with the
same result. Also note that the box marked in "red" show the
network connection speed of the network adapter.

• This newly created network adapter can then be used for your
VM in Hyper-V also.
• This will also enable for you to have one static IP address for
all your NIC's.
• Although If you'd prefer to have different static IP addresses
for each NIC then its better that you do not follow the above
mentioned steps as you will not be able to set individual IP-
addressees for each card.

tarfeef101, dantech and NinJake

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Very cool. I'm assuming this 3Gb/s is either for testing purposes just
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to say you can, or for moving files on your local network quicker?
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Yup its mainly for moving files quicker through my network but also
helps me in having a redundant network in the case that something
fails. This solution also help me to connect to my VM's quicker while
managing their resources remotely and enable me to have a higher
local data bandwidth for applications and services that I would like to
run locally.

I currently have a 1Gb/s UP & DW fiber-optic internet connection

hence it also allows for external users to connect the VPN and
Servers quicker while allowing them to access their resources even
faster. Hence making the average latency between users less than
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So if someone wishes to access large files, system backups quicker

or run graphic intensive applications, games or simulations etc.. on

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the VM's this will enable them to do so with hardly any network lag.

Currently I am using this solution with 1Gb/s NIC but the same can
also be done with 10Gb/s, fiber-optic network cards etc... Hence
allowing for more bandwidth and higher network speeds between
servers, media solutions, backup servers, remote hosts & clients,
vm's, storage solutions, graphic and simulation intensive workloads.
2 months later...

Hello i am trying to do the same on Windows 10 1809 but with no

luck until now.
i get the same error as you

New-NetLbfoTeam : The LBFO feature is not currently enabled, o

i have installed Realtek Teaming Protocol Driver �NDIS 6.40� (its NDIS
6.20 in my case) but when i run the command
New-NetSwitchTeam �Name "SwitchTeam01" �TeamMembers
"Ethernet","Ethernet 2","Ethernet 3","Ethernet 4","Ethernet 5"
i get the error
New-NetSwitchTeam � The parameter is incorrect.
At line:1 char:1
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3 � New-NetSwitchTeam �Name "SwitchTeam01" �TeamMembers
"Ethernet","Ether ...
+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
� CategoryInfo � NotSpecified:
�MSFT_NetSwitchTeam:root\StandardCimv2\MSFT_NetSwitchTeam)
[New-NetSwitchT
eam], CimException
� FullyQualifiedErrorId � Windows System Error �2147024809,New-
NetSwitchTeam

Any other ideas what to do ?

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Hi Dantech,

Can you put up a screenshot of your: "Network Adapters" form

"Device Manager" and of your Network Connections form: Control
Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Centre and then
click on "Change Adapter Settings".

With regards to the code:

New-NetSwitchTeam -Name "SwitchTeam01" -TeamMembers "Ethernet","

You need to run it as an admin on Windows PowerShell where:

Member • SwitchTeam01 � is the name of the NIC team �You can name it
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• "Ethernet","Ethernet 2", "Ethernet 3 � is the name of the name
of your Ethernet Adapters (by default they will be named
Ethernet, Ethernet 2, Ethernet 3, Ethernet 4 ect ... to the
number of NIC's you have installed on your system).

Also, can you confirm with me that the five Ethernet NIC's you are
trying to team are actual physical NIC's and not virtual NIC's, for if
they are virtual NIC's it might be better to create a network
bridge. Also, you cannot create a team with a NIC if that NIC is
already assigned to a virtual switch.

Kind Regards,
Paul

dantech

Work for me thank you so much

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Hi Dantech,

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Can you put up a screenshot of your: "Network Adapters" form

"Device Manager" and of your Network Connections form:
Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing
Centre and then click on "Change Adapter Settings".

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Hello and thanks for your quick response.

Here are the screenshots you asked for
My hardware is the onboard nic of my motherboard and the other is
a RTL8111G with 4 gigabit ports on pcie
I run the Powershell as admin.
I tried with and without the VM software installed
If i bridge the nics do i get the same result ? i want to achieve a
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nic and one onboard that runs Windows Server 2019 and i
successfully managed to do nic teaming to.

Hi Dantech,

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Yha bridging the network adapter should give you the same result,
but I am not a 100% sure about that. From your pics, I can't seem to
figure out what the issue could be ...

I don't know if its an option for you to check the RTL8111G NIC on
another PC just to make sure that it works.

Secondly, you could also try to remove all the drivers associated with
the NIC and try the steps again without installing any drivers to do
this you can follow the steps:

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 11 1. Go to Device Manager
2. Select one of the Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controllers
3. Click on the "X" button at the top bar that says "Uninstall Device".
4. Do this for each of your NICs including you onboard NIC.
5. Click on the "search of hardware" icon.
6. Try the PowerShell steps again.

Yha do let me know if this works.

Kind Regards,
Paul

Thanks for this, i havent yet tried it as i have never done nic teaming
before. My questions is: does hyper v have to be enabled to do this?
I have read somewhere that such command would need Hyper V to
be enabled. Also as a back up, what do i do if the teaming fails and i
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want to revert/remove the teaming? is Remove-NetSwitchTeam �
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Name "x" for that purpose?

Hyper V enabling btw: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/

virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/quick-start/enable-hyper-v

2 weeks later...

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I tried this. In network status says it has 2gbps �I use only 2 NICs for
teaming, picture below). Also, I have activated LAG on those 2 ports
on my Netgear gt784ts switch.
It doesn't work... At all... I have tried two 1 gigabit transfer
simultaneous and it capped at �970mbps, so the speed of the 2
transfers between 2 separate 1 gigabit devices connected directly on
the switch halved.
Did anyone tested this and got positive results?

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1 month later...

K
Hey Paul well I am running 1903 it is working fine for me as well. I
could not get the team function to show up in Device Manager and I
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have 2 Intel NICS. Tell your guys to make sure they are in
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Administrator Power Shell

1 month later...

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post removed - network card not compatible

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2 months later...

ok, say you want to unteam the 2 connections, the delete option is
not available, what now?
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how do you undo it?

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Thanks for this, i havent yet tried it as i have never done nic
teaming before. My questions is: does hyper v have to be
enabled to do this? I have read somewhere that such command
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would need Hyper V to be enabled. Also as a back up, what do i
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do if the teaming fails and i want to revert/remove the teaming?
is Remove-NetSwitchTeam �Name "x" for that purpose?

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Nope Hyper-V doesn't need to be enabled in order to perform a Nic

Teaming. If the NIC Teaming fails you can just go the the Device
Manager and Uninstall "Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor
Driver" and then just restart your machine. Do note tho: All of your
IPv4 & IPv6 settings will disappear then.
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Member post removed - network card not compatible

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The NIC Teaming can take place with multiple cards from different
providers.

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ok, say you want to unteam the 2 connections, the delete

option is not available, what now?

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how do you undo it?

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Go the the Device Manager and Uninstall "Microsoft Network

Adapter Multiplexor Driver" and then just restart your machine. Do
note tho: All of your IPv4 & IPv6 settings will disappear then.

Chaz042

3 weeks later...

Dear PaulVarghese

Thank you for providing me with useful information.

I have a question to ask you.

I typed the command as you said, but it didn't succeed.

* I uploaded the attachments.

�Entered command: execute Powershell with administrator

authority>

T1� Intel(R) Ethernet server Adapter I350�T2

T2� Intel(R) Ethernet server Adapter I350�T2 #2

�Error Message>
� New-NetSwitchTeam �Name "SwitchTeam01" �TeamMembers
"T1","T2"
+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~
� CategoryInfo � NotSpecified:

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�MSFT_NetSwitchTeam:root\StandardCimv2\MSFT_NetSwitchTeam)
[New-NetSwitchT
eam], CimException
� FullyQualifiedErrorId � Windows System Error �2147024891,New-
NetSwitchTeam

I even deleted a network driver from Device Manager, but I still

haven't solved it.

�PC condition>
Windows 10 version 1903 (build 18362.267�

An error is occurring.
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3 months later...

To remove, use PowerShell again:

Remove-NetSwitchTeam -Name "SwitchTeam01"

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Substitute "SwitchTeam01" with whatever you used when you used
the New-NetSwitchTeam command.

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What is the benefit of using a 'netswitchteam'? From what
I've found, it is not interchangeable with "NetLbfoTeam"
and is specifically used for a "HyperV switch".

Here is a copy/paste of what I found:

The netswitchteam commands are used to configure

HyperV switch teams (think HyperV Virtaul switches) - "No
other cmdlets can be used to manage a switch team and
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the Network Switch Team Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell
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must not be used to manage standard, or non-switch,

network adapter teams". Whereas the NetLbfoTeam are
specifically for the management of non-switch, network
adapter teams for Load Balancing / Failover of NIC's.
See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/
netlbfo/?view=win10-ps
and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/
netswitchteam/?view=win10-ps
3 weeks later...

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Hello i am trying to do the same on Windows 10 1809 but with

no luck until now.
i get the same error as you

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Be sure you put a space after each comma when listing

TeamMembers �Example: "Ethernet 1", "Ethernet 2", "Ethernet 3" not
"Ethernet 1","Ethernet 2","Ethernet 3")

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Dear PaulVarghese

Thank you for providing me with useful information.

I have a question to ask you.
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2 I typed the command as you said, but it didn't succeed.
* I uploaded the attachments.

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Be sure you put a space after each comma when listing

TeamMembers �Example: "T1", "T2" not "T1","T2")

3 weeks later...

Totally new here but wanted to followup with the post

from draand28 on 3/30/19. I have the exact same issue. I had no
problem using the Intel tool, creating the Teamed NIC and the status
of the teamed NIC now shows 2 Gbps (it even updates when I unplug
and plug in the ethernet cable). However, file transfer tests show no
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difference at all. I see lots of people successfully teaming their NICs
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but has anyone actually done a real speed test to see if the speed
doubles (not just looking at the connection properties)?. Lots of
other forums have people stating that the SMB multichanneling in
Win10 limits single file transfer speeds to 1 Gbps.

2 weeks later...

March of 2020 and it worked for me.

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9 New-NetSwitchTeam -Name "NetworkTeam01" -TeamMembers "LAN1","LAN

3 weeks later...

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Totally new here but wanted to followup with the post

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from draand28 on 3/30/19. I have the exact same issue. I had

no problem using the Intel tool, creating the Teamed NIC and
the status of the teamed NIC now shows 2 Gbps (it even

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updates when I unplug and plug in the ethernet cable).

However, file transfer tests show no difference at all. I see lots

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I have the following setup: Win10�64 Home v1909 w/ Intel X550�T2

dual 10GbE NIC, connected with 2 short Cat6A cables to NTGR
XS716E 10GbE switch with static lag programmed. Also connected to
Member the switch is a NTGR RN528X NAS with dual 10GbE ports, with static
1 lag programmed. And finally, a NTGR RN214 NAS with dual 1GbE
ports is connected to the switch, with static lag programmed.
Windows Home is limited so of course used PowerShell to program
the X550�T2 for teaming mode. The NAS are programmed with
"Round Robin" mode for teaming, with channel bonding turned on
and a static IP address assigned for each NAS. All working
fine, Windows machine says I have a "20 Gbps" NIC interface, both
NAS machines say their ETH ports are bonded.

However, to your question � I see ZERO improvement in actual file

transfers vs. a single NIC connection, and in fact it's generally worse.
For example, move a file from/to PC to RN528, I can get over 1 GB/s
�8� Gbps) without teaming/static lag, but only about 600 MB/s �4.8
Gbps) with static lag implemented. With the RN214, I see 1 Gbps for
either config (static lag or single cable). I've yet to see any benefit
from teaming, after investing many hours figuring out how to make it
work. Disappointing.

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