Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 14:58:01 -0600 From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> To: mouth@ibm.net (John Kelly), "keith Spencer" <bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can 2 modems increase bandwidth? Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19971126145801.0091f210@midwest.net> In-Reply-To: <347da364.15283924@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net> References: <199711252258.IAA09286@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> <199711252258.IAA09286@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au>
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Too bad ISDN isn't avialable everywhere... :( At 04:46 AM 11/26/97 GMT, John Kelly wrote: >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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