software load balancing on windows XP? (or hardware router suggestion?)

[tami]

ok, in light of what's been happening to me with optonline (i keep getting capped), i thought my best option is to get a second cable/DSL connection. this will probably be my best bet to avoid being throttled unnecessarily for 2 days at a time.

my goal is to connect my computer that does heavy uploading to that second cable line so that i can distribute the uploads evenly.

my primary concern is that i need one program to utilize two IP addresses. i want that one program to recognize both IP addresses and upload in that round-robin fashion so that i'm never consistently using up one pipe.

is there software that can do this? if not, what kind of options are available to me?

thanks in advance.

 

[JackMDS]

Can Not do it with Client OS like WinXP.

Needs Server OS, or Dual WAN Router.

Combining two Internet Connections - Combining Bandwidth, or and Load Balancing of two Internet connections.

:sun:

 

[nweaver]

you also need to realize that this is not an easy thing. TCP/IP is communication between 2 addresses, so unless you mean "upload file 1 on connection 1, file 2 connection 2, etc" and not "upload 5 K on one, 5K on the other" you are asking for a very difficult setup for home.

 

[tami]

i suppose that's not a bad idea -- i had already been considering getting a load balancing router.

the question is: is there a way to effectively make sure that bandwidth is distributed evenly by using this method?

what i'd like to do, at least for my uploads, is to ensure that if i have 2 IP addresses and have multiple files queued for uploading, that file #1 uses IP1, file #2 uses IP2, file #3 uses IP1 again, file #4 uses IP2 again, etc. if i can find affordable hardware that can do that, i'm so going for it.

do you know of any hardware that does that efficiently?

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: nweaver
you also need to realize that this is not an easy thing. TCP/IP is communication between 2 addresses, so unless you mean "upload file 1 on connection 1, file 2 connection 2, etc" and not "upload 5 K on one, 5K on the other" you are asking for a very difficult setup for home.

that's exactly what i'd love to do.

as i say in the previous post, i would do it on a file-by-file basis (one file uses one ip, the other uses the other ip, etc.)

the question is: is it possible?

i emailed hawking technologies and asked if their dual-wan router has that capability. i have no problem using a hardware router but i would like it to accomplish what i need done without the hassle.