2 Internet connections, can I use both?

MisterJones · Post by **MisterJones** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:31 pm

I have currently 2 internet connecion, aDSL and cable (cable was intended to be suspended, but the ISP fuckers refuse to do so until we get to pay for a stupid service that malfunctioned for quite a long time). I would be interested to see the chance of using both services in the mean time, ideally my aDSL connection for torrenting and my cable modem for browsing.

I have heard stuff about load balance and such, but it seems they all involve more money that I'd be interested to invest (read, free) for something I'd just use until the cable providers get their modem back. Could it be possible to bridge the somehow in a simplistic manner? I only have a single network card (onboard).

Squall_Leonhart · Post by **Squall_Leonhart** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:33 am

Not unless you have network hardware capable of teaming.

blargg · Post by **blargg** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:46 am

See multi-homing and load-balancing. I think OpenWRT, DD-WRT, etc. support it.

Squall_Leonhart · Post by **Squall_Leonhart** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:55 am

I think Teaming is nvidia's term for load balancing :\

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:02 am

my gigabyte motherboard supports teaming with the dual gigabit ports (as stated in the manual). I was wondering when you'd ever need that, but now I see. I love my motherboard... it's so bad.

paulguy · Post by **paulguy** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:56 am

I'd like to know if you can do this with wifi connections and if I can prioritise them.

I have the wifi here that I can use and is stable and whatnot, but then there's another unsecured one that I can connect to but isn't too stable that I could maybe make some use of when torrenting or something. :p I tried bridging in windows but it didn't seem to be what I wanted and it seemed to use the shakier connection for all the internet access.

ZH/Franky · Post by **ZH/Franky** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:06 pm

I honestly don't understand why someone would want two internet connections on the same machine. Isn't one enough?

Post by **odditude** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:27 pm

Franky wrote:I honestly don't understand why someone would want two internet connections on the same machine. Isn't one enough?

redundancy, increased bandwidth, avoiding traffic limitations...

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:27 am

Franky wrote:I honestly don't understand why someone would want two internet connections on the same machine. Isn't one enough?

no, it is not.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:44 am

Franky wrote:I honestly don't understand why someone would want two internet connections on the same machine. Isn't one enough?

You can never have enough internet.

desktopgaming.com · Post by **desktopgaming.com** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:51 am

PHoNyMiKe wrote:my gigabyte motherboard supports teaming with the dual gigabit ports (as stated in the manual). I was wondering when you'd ever need that, but now I see. I love my motherboard... it's so bad.

The teaming on your mobo wouldn't be used in this scenario. Teaming is often referred to as port trunking or link aggregation. (see this link) It's most often used locally on a LAN when the system is used as a server (file or app) for bandwidth intensive applications. It would basically double the throughput to that particular system.

Two separate internet connections would be most useful for redundancy.

darkbenny · Post by **darkbenny** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:55 am

I'm sorry, 2x internets is too powerful for you.

Post by **grinvader** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:40 pm

Your internets is in another castle.

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:01 am

they said I get 20mbit, and then if there's less traffic, they can route it to me and I get faster internets. I'm happy.