Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 04:46:41 GMT From: mouth@ibm.net (John Kelly) To: "keith Spencer" <bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can 2 modems increase bandwidth? Message-ID: <347da364.15283924@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net> In-Reply-To: <199711252258.IAA09286@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> References: <199711252258.IAA09286@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au>
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On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:27:32 +0000, "keith Spencer" <bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> wrote: >How is it if indeed at all possible to have 2 modems dial out to two >dialin accounts at my ISP and have modem traffic go through one modem >or the other depending on which is free or something like this? >i.e. increase my bandwidth for my school Internet access. >help...what is the topic called??? Multilink PPP, or MLPPP. I think there is a software implementation but your ISP may not support it on their end. A hardware implementation is easier to set up. I'm using an external 3Com Impact IQ ISDN T/A running Multilink PPP at 128k to my ISP's Livingston Portmaster 3. The 3Com is connected to my serial card which has clock speed jumpers for running the serial port at 230k, so I get the full 128k bandwidth across the ISDN line. I consistently get FTP throughput of 13.5 kBytes per second. The 3Com has Stac compression which is compatible with the ISP's Livingston PM3. If you can get ISDN from an ISP it's more reliable than trying to bond multiple analog modems with software MLPPP. John
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