Combining / Allocating Internet Connection for Greater Speed.

[deba]

Dear All,

I have two Internet Connection one is BSNL ADSL Broadband and the other is BSNL 3G.

I want to use the bandwidth of both the connection to download and surf the Internet in Windows XP Home Edition and Windows 7 Home Edition.

Is it possible?

If the above is not possible then can I use one connection to download files and the other to surf the Internet using any web browser.

Kindly help.

Thanks.

 

[bnsbhat]

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[deba]

Thanks! I heard that Load Balancing can be done by Software also........kindly discuss......

 

[gobble]

when the packets for the same connection between two tcp endoints take two different paths via two different ISPs, there will be heavy out-of-order packets and re-ordering due to differnt paths taken and differing latencies. this will lower the throughput and give poor performance. I would advice against it - it may be useful for torrents with some connections for a download going via one link and some on the other. Not otherwise.

The link bundling is only useful when it is terminated at the same point.

HTH

 

[NetFreak]

Thanks! I heard that Load Balancing can be done by Software also........kindly discuss......

Yes you can do it completely in software, but it would take some doing.

At a high level, is this what you want to do:

1. Reserve one connection for browsing. Technicaly, http / https protocol and and file size than 100 MB (E.g. youtube videos) + VOIP ports like Google talk, Vonage, Skype
2. Use a different connection for everything else (torrents, http downloads larger than 100 MB)

 

[deba]

Yes you can do it completely in software, but it would take some doing.

At a high level, is this what you want to do:

1. Reserve one connection for browsing. Technicaly, http / https protocol and and file size than 100 MB (E.g. youtube videos) + VOIP ports like Google talk, Vonage, Skype
2. Use a different connection for everything else (torrents, http downloads larger than 100 MB)

100% right ...but how do I do it in Windows Xp and 7 Home Edition ?
Can I ask the Internet Explorer to use a specific connection..I have configured the BSNL 3G as the default connection but still it uses the BSNL ADSL Broadand.

 

[gadgetcrazy]

I too wanted to know this. I have reliance broadband plus and mtnl wired broadband.

 

[NetFreak]

Ideal way it do install a virtual machine inside windows and run a router OS (Like Vyatta) on it. Details on Vyatta.org | The Open Source Networking Community. It has a version that is designed to run on VMs so you don't have to dedicate a machine for it.

This feature works out of box on this and most other router OS.

Other way is to install an HTTP/HTTPS proxy and have it capture all http requests and ask it to use a specifc connection.

Wingate is easiest to use and supports this feature (WinGate Proxy Server).

Squid is a free proxy, but you would have to read howtos for doing that.