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Summary: Everyone wants a faster internet connection, and I'm frequently asked if it's possible to combine two or more connections for speed. The answer is yes ... but. Can I merge two internet connections so that I have doubled bandwidth? I have a DSL connection as well as a separate EVDO connection. I want to know if it is possible to merge the internet connections so that the bandwidth speed would be added to each other, resulting in increased bandwidth. Don't I wish. Seriously, I do wish. My DSL is limited to 768k down and 128k up. Nowadays that's slow, but it's the best my telco can do for me. No cable in my area either. I'd love to be able to hook up a second DSL line, and simply "add" the two together. It's possible, but a) you won't like what it takes, and b) it won't necessarily get you what you think it will. • Here's what it takes: money. There are devices, specialty routers, that can take two internet connections. They're typically called 'load balancing' routers, since their goal isn't so much to provide higher bandwidth, but rather "spread the load" between two (or sometimes more) connections. Quite often large sites will use routers to both load balance between multiple connections, or provide redundancy in case one of the internet connections goes down. The problem for us more "normal people" is that load balancing routers are typically expensive, and not that easy to setup and configure properly. "...there's no real consumer-accessible solution for
this at this time."
And even when set up, they don't do exactly what you're asking. The 'problem' is that a single connection from your computer to another can happen across only one connection at a time. So if you're downloading a large file, for example, it will download at the speed of only one of your connections. You won't be able to combine the bandwidth for these types of downloads. The good news is that the other connection would be available for other things, so instead of the download hogging all your bandwidth, it'd be limited to hogging only one of your multiple connections. The other good news is that typically downloading things off the internet actually involve multiple downloads, which can happen across both connections. For example, while you might consider viewing this page as a single operation, in fact there are several different items being downloaded. The page itself consisting of the text you're reading and for formatting information is only one. Each graphic image, such as the site logo, is a separate download. Each such separate download can happen on a separate connection, thus increasing the apparent download speed of the entire page. But as I said, there's no real consumer-accessible solution for this at this time. Given the "need for speed" we're all increasingly feeling, it wouldn't surprise me if one came along at some point - hopefully from one of the major consumer networking equipment manufacturers. Until then, I'm stuck with a single line at whatever best speed I can get. As, I suspect, are most of us. Related:
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I was thinking of buying two services DSL which offers me 1.5 up and 1.5 down and Cable which offers me 8 MB down and 785k up. Could I use a load blancer and make all my up traffc go up the DSL and down traffic to go though the cable?
Posted by: Daryl at May 17, 2007 6:00 PMWell 1st, i ahve a router isnt there a port just like the phone lines connector (yes the one witha box shape)come with not 1 but 2 ports for line and then pass trough to 1 line as thats the purpose of the connector? if u get me!
Posted by: chr|z m'sia at October 25, 2007 9:04 PMor why cant i just remove the cover of the connector attach another line (screw the colour cables together and fix it back making it werk as one. its not bout power but data right? am i nuts? would i blew up something? nid this for my company..hit me back somebody!
Am i missing something?
I'm living in Edinburgh, Scotland. I'm currently moving from 2048/256 cable internet to potentially 24Mb down/1.3Mb up through ADSL2+. Here it is getting to the stage that dial up is more expensive than broadband, and having dialup is frowned upon due to the high availability of broadband. I know someone, who's parents are so old fashioned, they won't upgrade from Dial up, even so broadband is cheaper.
In my transition of providers, I've considered having a dual internet connection for a month, just for the novelty.
Posted by: Shaun McDonald at November 1, 2007 4:02 PMHi, here in Romania, the GSM provider Orange-Ro, has o good offer of internet on mobile phone. I test the 3G conection and is very good speed in contrast with GPRS. What I whant to know if can I make a bridge conection betwen two mobile phones both with 3G conection ? Or something to work together ?
And then can I use multiple internet conection in the same time with more the two mobile phones conected to the same PC ?
Posted by: kosmin at January 26, 2008 5:37 AMBest Regards
Kosmin D.
Well I found something affordable on this one:
http://www.gohawking.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=126
Prices start at $69,-
I'm getting myself one of these :)
Posted by: NeoVamp at May 28, 2008 9:28 PMHi there. I have 2 usb huawei modems and two internet accounts. Can I use both at the same time on the same pc.Can i use 1 or one download and the other for another download, what i mean is that can i download two files at the same speed.
Posted by: Ghost Rida at September 20, 2008 3:12 AMHello,
if i am correct u want to merge the two dsl modems into 1 then there is a solution available now.
The great WOWWEB PRO software i am using it on windows xp as a service ...
some features of it includes..
WOOWEB-PRO is a router and firewall software providing a solution at the corporate level for outgoing and incoming Internet access - See WOOWEB V2 for home use. It runs in any PC on Windows 2000/XP/Vista and supports the most popular Internet connection types such as routers, cable modems, ADSL modems (PPPoE, USB PPPoA), analog or ISDN modems.
When installed on the computer that drives the modem(s), it behaves as a multiple-port router and enables all networked computers to access the Internet simultaneously, whatever their type and operating system.
The WOOWEB-PRO firewall provides a strong protection against Internet attacks. It can be configured and it gives information details about the intrusion attempts. There is no need for an extra networked firewall.
WOOWEB-PRO accepts incoming connections. However, the access to your servers is tightly controlled by the rules you set up. These rules permit to forward the remote Internet users to the right servers, only to the right applications, at no risk for other computers. In addition, all accesses are recorded in log files.
WOOWEB-PRO V4 can manage up to 16 Internet connections in dedicated, balancing, or fail over mode. The global bandwidth can be distributed evenly to all users, or shared out according to configurable per-user rules, guaranteeing a minimum or a maximum percentage of the global throughput.
Posted by: Mubi at October 4, 2008 7:44 AMforget to give you the link lolz...
http://www.prosum.net/wwp_E.html
Regards
Posted by: Mubi at October 4, 2008 7:45 AMyes you can
Posted by: Adam at October 28, 2008 6:44 AMi have resently but a device calld MAHA Integrator and it dos the job
i connected 4 internet lines to it and after that have don a speed test on my combined lines and it shoes 4 times as moch as a single line in both upload and download
if anyone needs one you can call and get one from them
the phone number i have behind the device is (888) 462-0476 and 001 (916) 335-1063
thay both say customer service but i think you shuld be able to get a sales departments number from ther to
well i red all the comments very usefull, one more thing can we use one connection as download and the other one as upload , if its bossible let me know
Posted by: GM at November 4, 2008 1:15 PM