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Any simple way to combine two internet connections?

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Windrider

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Decided to try out DSL because of problems I've been having with my cable connection. So, right now, I have them both. I'm using an MSI Neo2 Platinum mobo which has dual WAN connections. Right now, I have them both plugged in and they both work, but in order to be sure I'm using one or the other, I have to disable one of the connections.

Is there any software readily available that would be able to combine the two connections? I know I can get a router with dual wan connections that will combine them, but I'd rather not have to buy more hardware.

I'm using Windows XP Pro, btw. Thanks for any help.
 
Combine, as in double your download speeds?
There is no affordable way for you to do that, nor is there a practical way. The server you would be connected to would have to somehow allow splitting up the data.
 
There is a router type product that can do this for you but it is not cheap and I can't remember who makes it.
 
That sucks. So what about something that would allow me to assign a network connection to a specific application? Like web browsing using the cable connection and gaming using another connection.
 
There used to be a company that sold a little home router that would let you do this. It wasn't cheap, I remember it being something like $300. It wasn't perfect either, but if you had two computers connected to it, or if you were downloading more that one file at a time, it would balance the load between the two broadband connections.

The problem is, their company was bought by Symantec who turned it into some sort of really expensive firewall product. I don't think it even has the dual broadband thing anymore.

I suppose you could build a $200 PC or buy a used PC for $50 and set up your own FreeBSD based router and do the same thing. But sometimes it's nice just to buy a little plug-and-play router appliance and not have to worry about recompiling the kernel and learning unix...
 
Take a look at these products from Hawking Technologies. But I don't think they give you the combined speed of the two wan ports; it looks like it's more of a backup kind of solution.
 
Sorry guys, didn't read the first post properly about not wanting to do this in hardware, but as a caveat I've seen some of these things go for $20-$30 which IMHO is not too expensive.
 
A friend of mine wrote an application for a linux server he operates. At one LAN party, we had 8 cablemodems load-balanced. WOW, it was so crazy to experience that. The back of the case was lined with NICs...single and dual-port. 😀

Yes, it's doable for a cheap price. 😉
 
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