Using 2 broadband connections together

Kartikp · 19 Feb 2006 at 20:37

Is it possible to use two broadband connections together?
I have 8mbit ADSL and 10mbit cable.

How can I use both together to take advantage of all that bandwith?

Malt_Vinegar · 20 Feb 2006 at 00:29

http://www.vicomsoft.com/vig/features/teaming.html
this software might help?

tolien · 20 Feb 2006 at 10:07

Best you'll get is load balancing, and you'd need either software or (more expensive) hardware to do it. You wouldn't get the combined bandwidth of the two in a single connection either.

Gavin · 20 Feb 2006 at 11:23

how come you have two lines like that at one address? is it your home or business?

OllyM · 20 Feb 2006 at 12:24

Because he has a cable connection and an ADSL line? It's not against the law to have more than one internet connection

Blackstar_solar · 20 Feb 2006 at 13:01

Gavin said:
how come you have two lines like that at one address? is it your home or business?

Ditto that...wouldn't it be cheaper to just have the one? Do you really need upto 18mb download?

Could you wait for the 24mb single line adsl(2?) to come out?

LewisStuart · 20 Feb 2006 at 13:07

If one line goes down he still has the other, plus a upstream at around 1Mb is nice

Gavin · 20 Feb 2006 at 16:18

OllyM said:
Because he has a cable connection and an ADSL line? It's not against the law to have more than one internet connection

I was only asking out of interest no need for smart alec comments like that

gam3r · 20 Feb 2006 at 16:21

need a special router. all that comes to mine is a bonded line and something to do with mlppp or something

derbyjake · 20 Feb 2006 at 18:24

its nothing special to have 2 connections some of us have 4

Gavin · 20 Feb 2006 at 18:27

derbyjake said:
its nothing special to have 2 connections some of us have 4

For a normal home user?

derbyjake · 21 Feb 2006 at 14:35

depends what you class as normal i guess

jamoor · 21 Feb 2006 at 14:54

oh come on!
he needs linux iso's!