Hmm, using 2 internet connections in sync

[Darknight]

Good old dialup, I think we all remember how you could use more than 1 dialup connection at once in sync to get higher speed well.

I will be moving to a new place soon, we both have nextg wireless gateways.
These are pretty good speed for what anyone in the household will do/need 1.5mbit-4mbit depending on the time of day BUT,
In australia we have low data allowances and both connections get capped after 10GB, then you end up with dialup speed.

I started to think, since I am keeping mine and the other person is keeping theres mayhaps we could sync them together to offer 128kbps when they are capped?

Is it possible? I dont mind buying another old box or something to get it to work.

[bariteau]

I know it can be done with expensive equipment (load balancing) and it usually is only rack-mountable. I'll check when I get into work tomorrow if I can't find any reference to load balancing in my *nix books

Failover is generally a simple setup so I'm guessing load balancing is doable.

[bariteau]

quick find on the net:

http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html

keep in mind that I'm unsure if this will work well because:

1. I didn't read through the doc
2. If it's splitting by packet (packets are send anywhere or 1 here and 1 there) you might end up with breaking SSL connections (since the server will receive request from IP address X instead of Y) and many other protocols.
2. If it's splitting by link (more likely) you might have issues if one line is cut for some reason.

Again I haven't tested this so I can't say if it'll work but if you have a spare box, load linux and give it a shot!

You might also want to read through this: http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/t7306.html?