Say I have access to two modems that each offer me around 3 or 4 Mbps download rate. What is a feasible way to make combined use of their connections on one machine ( hopefully at 6 or 8 Mbps down )?
I was looking at routers with built-in 'Load Balancing' support, is this useful with just a single machine trying to utilize the connections?
In one experiment, I have connected both modems to my machine and changed a network setting that seems to allow them to both be active. In ipconfig I have two active adapter configurations, each with their own local IP address. But when I bring up a speedtest website in my browser, I get the same result as with only one modem attached. So my web browser probably just picks one of the adapters, yeah?
I don't think this is possible for arbitrary TCP streams, if you have two IP addresses then there's no way to share a connection between them. They're distinct from the network's perspective, even if it's the same machine on the other end. I believe speed tests usually work by monitoring transfer on one connection, so not much you can do there. If you have something like "I want to download a set of files" then sure, you could split them up and transfer half on one connection and half on the other and you should see an improvement in transfer speed if the bottleneck was network IO. Although you have to start thinking about things like work stealing at some point.
I think my web usage would be twice as good if it worked like I want, lol.
The thing is, I find 3 Mbps downstream rate generally insufficient for group video conferencing and dreadfully slow for downloading high-definition video. I have two devices each capable of similar rate and if I could use them simultaneously for the same cause, shit would be lit and I should be able to easily stream HD even while the service provider diddles my connections.
I'm just reading crap that other gonts like us are saying but it sounds like "Load Balancing" might be useful providing more bandwidth to one machine if you have traffic on multiple "sockets" at one time. Apparently torrenting could be well served by this, and perhaps 'normal' file downloading( would this be well described by calling it an HTTP download? ) if you use a download manager/accelerator capable of running the download over multiple "sockets". I dunno, I ordered an adapter so I can connect both modems at once and play with my router's load balancing settings.
It sounds like the best technology for what I want to do is described as "Link Bonding" or "Channel Bonding" and is performed at a lower data level ( packet level? ). Still reading about this but it looks like you might have to have a whole nother provider your web connections tie back into as the "other end" to work with..
Quick/basic description of link bonding in this short vid starting at 1:24 mark;
That's true, and they're pretty competative. Rollout to my area is obnoxiously slow though. Part of it is that they don't want to invest in infrastructure in poorer areas and part of it is that it's not the easiest pitch to landlords to authorize adding more wiring and shit into these old buildings when renters will already suck your dick if you knock a couple bucks off the rent. Like you don't really need to advertise sexy new ISP availability to get people to rent from you, so there's not a lot of motivation to do it.
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lol 3mbps, what is that, 3g? are you using a phone for a hot spot like a broke nigger? I have 200mbps and it's worth every penny. Get a job and get a better connection you lazy bitch.
That's pretty rich coming from an arrogant has-been. It's for mobile use you fucking schlomo. Now get the hell out of my thread before I rip your other shitleg off and beat you with it like the little bitch that you are.
stupid noob
VICTIM of farm equipment
[the momentously grade-constructed phasmatodea]
That's pretty rich coming from a retarded never-was. It's you asking basic noob questions google could have answered Achmed. Now get a job and an actual place to live that isn't in a van down by the river before I rape you harder than Bill Krozby rapes a fat girl.
Never-was what, a lowlife SSDI leech? A barnacle propped up by a woman? I give you props and recognize your crowning achievements of actually following old textfiles and making firecrackers and dissolving some of the Tylenol out of your shitty painpills ( skript kitty want his milllllk? ). Oh and what's this about you wanting to have sex with me lil schlomo? How very jedi and progressive of you.
stupid noob
VICTIM of farm equipment
[the momentously grade-constructed phasmatodea]
Originally posted by Lanny
This is a T&T thread stupid noob. If you're just going to insult the dude's internet connection and person then do it in B&M or something.
Update: Channel bonding works and seems to work VERY WELL. Can seamlessly disconnect one WAN connection and active video conferencing doesn't even miss a beat, the slack is instantly taken up by the other. And as you can see in my experiment it basically did add the download rates. These tests were conducted within minutes of each other, just enough time to do my editing magic on the images.
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5 gigs free every month with no billing info needed, and so far it's balllllin! 9 Dollars a month of 50/yr. That allows you to run the program on 5 of your machines at any given moment ( not seeing anything about running it on a router ). Not sure how many total connections you can bond per machine but they say more than two.
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