Use two modems without multilink ISP?

[8thNote]

After nine Creative Labs modem replacements, I think I finally have one that works in my computer (like the first one did). This gives me two modems and our house has two phone lines that we use for the computers (one is mine, the other is my parents'). Since I'm under the curse of dialup, I'm always looking for ways to improve my connection speeds.

Multilink ISP is out of the question because we just switched ISPs, and multilink locks us into only one computer connecting to the internet, which isn't always optimal for us.

So I ran across an old program call MidPoint that supports "connection teaming." It dials two modems on two phone lines and when web download requests are made (for pictures or files) it splits the nn requests between the two modems or if on HTTP 1.1 servers, it splits a single download across the modems and supposedly doubles internet download speeds.

But I'm finding this to not necessarily be the case. All the speed test websites I found (c|net, PC Pitstop, DSLReports, and several others) don't seem to be splitting the downloads, so I'm not getting an "accurate" speed report. Does anyone know of other speed tests that may do this? And watching the modem status, I see the second line barely touched.

Additionally, are there other programs out there that support this client-side-only connection teaming or "virtual multilink" without ISP support? This is also sometimes called load balancing.

If I could even make one modem download-only and the other be upload-only it would really help with online games (where I'm really hurtin' for speed). MidPoint claims to do that, but it doesn't seem to actually work for me.

Any ideas? Software to download/purchase?

 

[JackMDS]

If you get an Account with this service you can do it. :thumbsup:

Link to: http://www.incom.net/dialup.html

Notice that: "SHOTGUN/Bonding and ISDN 128K 2b Service are billed at the hours online times the number of channels used". :thumbsdown:

If you think you can squeeze it out without ISP cooperation? Nah! :shocked:

:sun:

 

[8thNote]

No no. You missed my point. I'm looking for something other than dual-side multilink/PPP. Midpoint was supposed to do it but seemed to do a terrible job at it (documentation for the program was quit poorly writen as well). It *IS* possible to do client-only bonding/balancing or whatever you want to call it. It's just a matter of the right software.

Or like I also asked, what about something that simply restricts one dialup to upload-only and the other to download-only?

 

[JackMDS]

Midpoint Teamer (if it works at all) requires two ISP accounts.

Diamond's Shotgun channel bonding software requires only a single account, but your ISP must support the Multilink PPP protocol.

Few years ago just before the Explotion of Broadband there were few companies promising the moon concerning this type of software. However since Broadband took over nothing really was further developed.

One Modem Up another down? I do not think that with Entry Level devices there is such a solution.

:sun:

 

[8thNote]

Oh. I forgot to say that I do have two ISP accounts.

Yeah, I'm all-too-aware of the broadband explosion, but I'm out of the blast zone and can never hope to have broadband for several years.

In another forum, someone mentioned a LAN modem with multiple modems to hook up to my router. Would that do the trick (although it means ignoring my current modems and buying something else)?