Combine bandwidth?

by **Weasel Meat** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:05 am

At my work we recently got cable internet access to increase our speed because our DSL line was not fast enough and not giving us the speed we were supposed to be getting.

After getting the cable installed we tried to cancel the DSL line but discovered that there is a contract and it cannot be cancled for another year, unless paying an early termination fee.

Is there a cheap and easy way to combine the cable connection and the now unused DSL connection to increase the available bandwidth to the office?

Am I also right in thinking that this will not increase the download speed of a single file but will increase the total bandwidth available?

by **Major SONAR** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:51 am

I'm no expert, but I dont' think you can combine them. Even if you could find a modem that supports BOTH cable and DSL, you would still be dealing with two different providers with two different IP addresses.

I suppose it might be possible (Hell, anything is possible if you work at it long enough).

How about convincing your employer to let you have the DSL line all to yourself?

That might be an easier solution.

by **jfmaday** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:34 am

There are things called "fatpipe routers" which take two broadband connections and combine them. Keep in mind these routers aren't cheap. I know of these things cuz when ferret and I do LAN games we were looking for a way to get the whole party online for more fun. Anyway, those fatpipe routers will do what you are looking for. Just do a search for a router that supports dual WAN inputs.

by **BladeRunner** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:53 am

as jfmaday said, "fatpipe routers"
here is one:
http://www.pchardware.ro/Reviews/usereview.php?categId=14&ord=4
another one:
http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=701000&cm_mmc=Traffic%20Leader-_-Overture%20SMX-_-Data%20Storage%20%26%20Networking-_-Linksys%20RV082%2010%2F100%208%2DPort%20VPN%20Router

by **Major SONAR** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:00 am

See.. what do I know.

Looks like a good product.

by **JimmyTango** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:02 pm

Originally posted by Weasel Meat

Is there a cheap and easy way to combine the cable connection and the now unused DSL connection to increase the available bandwidth to the office?

There is a cheap way to get rid of the DSL.

Cancel the service, then do not pay the termination bill.

What will they do? Take you to court? Court/lawyer costs will equal what they are owed.

Plus, if it is not running at the speeds they claim it is to be, then you have a good case on your hand should they sue for why it was canceled.

I have done it with my family's business. They didn't do shit when i pointed out it was not runnign anywhere near what it was supposed to be and that is the service I was paying for, yet never even got.

by **BladeRunner** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:40 pm

Weasel, here is another cheap way if you have an old
computer laying around not doing anything.
http://www.wifi.com.ar/english/cdrouter.html#pro
:beer:

by **Major SONAR** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:41 pm

What will they do? Take you to court? Court/lawyer costs will equal what they are owed.

I suppose they could put a lien against your business. That's what I would do if someone owed me money and refused to pay. Still, you're probably right. Not much would happen.

by **JimmyTango** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:19 pm

Unsecured debt = no lien.

I do not see how a phone or internet service would be a secured debt(like a home loan).

by **Chacal** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:55 pm

Back to the original topic ("Combine bandwidth"):

Adding a second combine nearly doubles the bandwidth, as this picture shows.

Notice there's a little overlap though.

by **ferret963** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:14 pm

Originally posted by Chacal
Back to the original topic:

Adding a second combine nearly doubles the bandwidth, as this picture shows.

Notice there's a little overlap though.

by **Sabres** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:25 pm

Chacal makes this understandable to even the biggest idiots out there.

by **RCglider** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:43 am

Ah yes, load balancing.

Before broadband was available I asked my ISP if they supported modem bonding (multilink PPP); they had no idea what I was talking about.

So for the heck of it I installed another modem and already had two phone lines. Voila! 80k connection; good enough to play Quake2 at the time.. Worked great for about 2 years until they caught me and disabled it.

You can still do something similar with two different ISP's and IP addresses without expensive equipment using two NIC's, two modems and/or a router or something like that (it's been a while); modem teaming. The problem will be finding software that supports it anymore. I used Midpoint software after my ISP put the stops on Multilink, and then when I first got wireless broadband (paid $5 for second line) but Midpoint is no longer in business. It doesn't work for gaming, only downloading.

HOWEVER, follow this link and you can still download Midpoint 20 day trial. It's probably not hard to "extend" it for research purposes only of course..
http://www.myzips.com/download/MidPoint-Plus-6-User-Edition.phtml
I did not try it, but see no reason why it wouldn't work. when messing with it years ago I had version 5 if I recall.

Modem teaming isn't as good as bonding, but will increase the speed substantially.

Good luck.

P.S. jfmaday, Charter used to be @Home and it was possible to bond modems with their service. Of course now with Charter the connection is so blazing fast we don't need to :lol:

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