Combining multiple dial-up services

open0source · 03-08-2008, 06:25 PM

I'm using Hughesnet atm, which is just terrible. If I were to combine two dialup services I would get 10kb/s less bandwidth, but there would be no download threshold. Is there any way to do this? The fact that you have to dial into the connection could be a problem, but hopefully it's possible. Also, if I were to get this working, would the latency be better as well, or would it stay the same? I can think of 1 way it might work...

I could connect both of my computers seperately, turn on internet sharing, and connect the computers to eachother to get the better bandwidth. However, I'd rather run only 1 computer at a time and just get some extra hardware to get the double-connection.

**johnwill** · 03-09-2008, 01:01 PM

I think you're on a fools errand here. Unless you have both accounts with one ISP, you won't combine those connections. What you're looking for is called a Shotgun connection: http://www.modemhelp.net/faqs/shotgun.shtml

03-08-2008, 06:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
open0source Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Vista and OSX.4.11	Combining multiple dial-up services I'm using Hughesnet atm, which is just terrible. If I were to combine two dialup services I would get 10kb/s less bandwidth, but there would be no download threshold. Is there any way to do this? The fact that you have to dial into the connection could be a problem, but hopefully it's possible. Also, if I were to get this working, would the latency be better as well, or would it stay the same? I can think of 1 way it might work... I could connect both of my computers seperately, turn on internet sharing, and connect the computers to eachother to get the better bandwidth. However, I'd rather run only 1 computer at a time and just get some extra hardware to get the double-connection.

03-09-2008, 01:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,940 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Combining multiple dial-up services I think you're on a fools errand here. Unless you have both accounts with one ISP, you won't combine those connections. What you're looking for is called a Shotgun connection: http://www.modemhelp.net/faqs/shotgun.shtml __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience