From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 25 20:01:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA12656 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 20:01:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA12604 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 20:00:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA25526; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 02:54:59 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199711260254.CAA25526@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "keith Spencer" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can 2 modems increase bandwidth? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:27:32 GMT." <199711252258.IAA09286@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 02:54:59 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > HI all, > Thanks for the serial port info so I can add more modems.....seems > the shared irq cards are the way to go. > > Question for those with this as their special category ;^) ..... > 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. > > I feel certain that FBsd is smart enough for this one and probably > not that tricky but I have no idea where to start looking for the > help...what is the topic called??? Any personal experience out there > on this one folks? You're talking about ``multilink ppp''. There's a port called ``mpd'' that does this, but your ISP has to support the protocol. The stock ``ppp'' will support this soon (once I get finished abstracting the CPP layer so that I can plug in new compression capabilities). > Xmas coming up...wish you all good cheer > Keith Spencer > BSD newbie & IT coordinator @ St Margaret Marys College > in Townsville Australia -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....