2 internet connections and one computer. How to harness the combined power of both?

[fyleow]

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[IanthePez]

at one time, www.analogx.com had a utility to use dsl and cable at the same time, but I couldn't find it on the site anymore. I'm sure there is something out there for you, I just don't know were.

 

[VikingDude151]

Someone stop me if I'm wrong, but if you configure the cards correctly. Then in XP, if you select the to connection in the network connections control panel, just click on the two connection icons, then right-click and select 'bridge connection,' and XP does all the work and atomatically does all the loadbalancing, too. I'm pretty sure that that would work, but I've never tried it.

 

[axelfox]

I remember diamond had the SHOTGUN technology for dial ups...

let us know how it goes and if you can feel the speed

 

[CZroe]

Hmm, you can't just "shotgun" two Internet connections. Modems basically encapsulate TCP/IP within their own protocol (PPP, SLIP, etc), so shotgunning is done without TCP/IP. I'm not sure what Shotgun modems use, but they have only one IP address and therefore one "point of presence" on the 'net. How can a website or game possibly know to send replies to data to a different IP address than it recieved it from? This would be an have to be an application feature as it would have to be aware of what was there on BOTH ends to take advantage of it. If you bridge the connections, I'm no expert but I'd imagine that it would just be useful for NAT LANs that need redundancy in case one connection fails.

 

[splice]

You need to buy some load balancing software (maybe some freeware proxy can do it.) or get a LB router

NexLand LB Router

 

[fyleow]

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[fyleow]

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[Cuular]

There is another program called surfdoubler, that claims to be able to "team" connecitons of different types together. Surfdoublers "teaming" description. I have not tried this. So don't take this as an endorsement of the usability of the product.

 

[jthoske]

Since you would be running through different providers and different IP classes, you would have to have some sort of server. (easiest)

I wouldnt want to manage and run all that software on my personal desktop.

Setup a DHCP NAT machine that acts as a gateway- then you have an itnernal IP