Shotta_tav <Shotta_tav.34ltuw@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> hath wroth:
>I have a wireless network and when alot of people is connected to the
>network the pages open slow..i was wondering if i could connect 2
>internet lines together to take the load off each other.im not talking
>to increase the connection speed but to help each other out..
Yes, with some limitations. What you're looking for is a "load
balancing router". For example:
<http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=49&pl1_id=3&pl2_id=20>
<http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=226&pl1_id=3&pl2_id=20>
Methinks the Edimax BR-6641 (2nd URL above) is the more appropriate
device. It will take up to 4 WAN connections and conglomerate them
into a single LAN connection. They can be a mix of cable, satellite,
DSL, ISDN, whatever, or all the same type. The traffic load will be
roughly equally distributed among these 4 WAN connections.
That's the good part. Now, the limitations. It will NOT combine 4
different IP's into a single stream. Therefore, if you have 4
different DSL lines at 1.5Mbits/sec each, you will NOT get 6Mbits/sec
download speed from a single download. You'll get 1.5Mbits/sec and no
more. The same applies to uploads to a single IP address. However,
you can do 4 independent downloads, from 4 different servers, and get
an aggregate speed of 4 times the 1.5Mbits/sec speed of a single
connection.
Where such routers work best is situations where you have multiple
users doing different things and needed more aggregate bandwidth. That
sounds like your situation.
However, it's possible that you don't need a load balancing router.
Have you looked into QoS (quality of service)? It might be that one
of your multiple users is doing something that is screwing up the
performance for the others. For example, if your broadband connection
is asymmetrical (most are), a user hogging all your outgoing bandwidth
(as in peer-to-peer file sharing) will saturate your outgoing
bandwidth. With the ACK's on downloads being lost by this outgoing
saturation, incoming download performance is severely compromised.
Look into QoS or "Bandwidth Management".
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