From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Feb 21 11:51:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA17439 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 11:51:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay2.mail.uk.psi.net (sys1.london.uk.psi.net [154.32.108.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA17430 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 11:51:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net (sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net [154.32.106.14]) by relay2.mail.uk.psi.net (8.8.4/) with ESMTP id TAA07402 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 19:50:52 GMT Received: from nadt.org.uk by sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net (8.7.5/SMI-5.5-UKPSINet) id TAA27688; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 19:41:54 GMT Received: from infodev.nadt.org.uk (infodev.nadt.org.uk [194.155.224.205]) by charlie.nadt.org.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA06360; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 19:05:27 GMT Posted-Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 19:05:27 GMT X-Website: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~nadt Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970221190520.00b2eb98@wrcmail> X-Sender: robmel@wrcmail X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 19:05:20 +0000 To: Paul Sondhu , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: Robin Melville Subject: Re: Multiple PPP connections from the one host to increase effective B/W Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 13:47 21/02/97 +1100, Paul Sondhu wrote: >What I want to do is set up a FreeBSD machine as a router so that >a small LAN can access the internet through dialup modem lines. >This part I have set up OK using dialup PPP to our internet service >through one 33.6K modem. The FreeBSD machine is routing fine. > >What I want to do is have multiple 33.6K modems coming out of the >FreeBSD machine dialling up to our internet service so that I have >an effective bandwidth of say 67.2K ( 33.6K x 2 ) or higher. Is >this possible? Does anything special have to be set up to make this >possible? We dialup into a Xylogics Annex terminal server. You might want to consider ISDN for this. The lower latency on a single 64K ISDN will give you greater throughput than 2x33K acoustic modems. Good luck Robin. -------------------------------------------------------- Robin Melville, Addiction & Forensic Information Service Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team (Extn. 49178) Vox: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 Email: robmel@nadt.org.uk WWW: http://www.innotts.co.uk/nadt/ ---------------------------------------------------------