Raid0 internet idea ....

Paul11 · 27 Mar 2009 at 19:06

is it possible (and if so why havnt they done it)

to have two phone lines, two broadband connections and one router which shares the data over both lines ?

kind of like Raid0 for harddrives but for internet connections ?

FrenchTart · 27 Mar 2009 at 19:07

Yes it's possible and "they've" already done it.

You can even get it yourself if you have money to burn - google bonded adsl.

adeq1 · 27 Mar 2009 at 19:09

you don't even need a specific service, you can simply pick up an ADSL modem that supports load sharing.

Paul11 · 27 Mar 2009 at 19:11

Aekeron said:
You can even get it yourself if you have money to burn - google bonded adsl.

oh, you learn something new every day..

FrenchTart · 27 Mar 2009 at 19:15

adeq1 said:
you don't even need a specific service, you can simply pick up an ADSL modem that supports load sharing.

Load balancing and line bonding aren't the same thing, but yeah - load balancing can give you good results in certain circumstances.

Trifid · 27 Mar 2009 at 19:15

adeq1 said:
you don't even need a specific service, you can simply pick up an ADSL modem that supports load sharing.

Not the same thing as bonding as it appears as 2 seperate IP addresses so some services will not allow you to connect using both of them (Usenet for example). Bonded ADSL doesn't work correctly on rate adaptive lines (ADSL Max/2+). It works quite well on 2meg fixed lines. The ISp needs to support it too.

FrenchTart · 27 Mar 2009 at 19:18

Trifid said:
Not the same thing as bonding as it appears as 2 seperate IP addresses so some services will not allow you to connect using both of them (Usenet for example). Bonded ADSL doesn't work correctly on rate adaptive lines (ADSL Max/2+). It works quite well on 2meg fixed lines. The ISp needs to support it too.

I'm pretty sure that bonding works fine with rate adaptive lines?

tolien · 27 Mar 2009 at 19:22

ISPs offer it, but your mileage (if the rate changes frequently) may vary. ADSL2+ does bonding natively.

adeq1 · 27 Mar 2009 at 21:45

Aekeron said:
Load balancing and line bonding aren't the same thing, but yeah - load balancing can give you good results in certain circumstances.

I know, I didn't say it was, but in a lot of cases can give you the same result. The OP asked:

is it possible (and if so why havnt they done it)

to have two phone lines, two broadband connections and one router which shares the data over both lines ?

both load sharing across 2 lines, and a bonding/bonded service will do this. With loadsharing the broadband connections don't both have to be ADSL, i.e. you can load share across a cable line, and an ADSL line.