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Re: [LUG] Bonding ADSL

 

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:11:20 +0000
David Johnson wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:12:59 +0000, stinga <stinga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > G'day all,
> > 
> > Is it possible?
> > 
> 
> Absolutely. For best results you'll need an ISP that supports bonding
> and a suitable router (or Linux box with multiple ADSL modems) to do
> the bonding.
> 
> Google is your friend to find ISPs and routers, but UKFSN is one of
> the ISPs that offer it:
> http://www.ukfsn.org/business/internet/bondedadsl/
> 

As does Andrew & Arnold (aaisp).

We looked into this a while back, trying to bond two ADSL lines (from
separate suppliers) together - the best we managed was to get
load-balancing sorted out, but for any single TCP conversation you were
stuck at the maximum speed of the ADSL line the conversation started
(and therefore continued) on.

Grant.

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