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Double connection. Any advantage?

  • 06-12-2004 4:14pm
    #1
    Fibonacci
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭


    This is a hypothetical.

    Say there are two independent broadband connections. If I am connected to a wireless network at say 50KB/s and I connect my computer to broadband via an Ethernet cable (say again at 50KB/s). Could I achieve 100KB/s download speeds?


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  • #2
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,918 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    i want to know this aswell. i have the free trial of eircom in at the moment, aswell as broadband from NTL since last thursday.
    i was thinkin about this and i think ill need two network cards and ill have to bridge them. WinXP can do this automatically. i'd imagine it'll be the same for your wireless connection as it can bridge them aswell. however, i've never actually tried this so im not sure if it'll work.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,296 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    The two ISP's don't know each other so you can't multilink to them.

    You could setup different routes so some sites use one or the other.
    You could setup two browsers - one to use a direct route and the other to use a proxy, if you had a fancy router or 'Nix you could set different protocols to use different connections, or you could set ftp to use a proxy etc.

    You could achieve 2x50Kbs connections to one site but not on the same file.


  • #4
    tribble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,478 ✭✭✭tribble


    Capt'n Midnight wrote:

    You could achieve 2x50Kbs connections to one site but not on the same file.

    Well, you can but it's difficult.
    You'd have to use something like Get Right.
    If the server supports resuming (most do) then you can request the first half of the file over the first IP and the second over the second IP.
    Messy though and there is probably a better solution.


  • #5
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,918 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    course theres a better solution. i was thinkin more of the way that you can multiplex more ISDN lines to get higher speeds, but then again, they use the same IP address and have a common D-channel. i suppose you could just pay for the higher broadband package! ;)


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,296 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    tribble wrote:
    Well, you can but it's difficult.
    You'd have to use something like Get Right.
    If the server supports resuming (most do) then you can request the first half of the file over the first IP and the second over the second IP.
    Messy though and there is probably a better solution.
    But the ftp app would need to be able to handle multiple paths or maybe you could use something like OSPF to split the packets.


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