> Greetings, > > > > I currently have 1 cable internet connection being > firewalled and routed by netfilter on RedHat 8. I am thinking about > getting another cable connection to speed things up a bit. My > question is, can this be done? Is it possible to bond 2 separate > cable Yes, if they're from the same provider and if the provider accepts to bond... But if so, why don't you get more bandwidth by upgrading your service? My ISP has 1 bandwidth package only. The only add-ons are IP addresses (which don't seem to work) > connections on 2 modems, each in their own nic and combine the > bandwidth? I know this can be done on windows, a friend had a DSL and > cable and teamed the downstream, however I would like to team the > upstream as well. Can you say how this could be done on windows? I don't remember exactly how it was done, but what I do remember that the DSL was a 5 static IP package, (1.5 down 256 up) routed to the LAN via a speedstream router. The cable connection was on 1 PC only and on that PC ran software that would combine the downstream from the local cable connection and nat'd DSL connection. As soon as I can get him to answer the phone I'll let you know what software did it. (I think it was called Internet Gateway or something of the like) AFAIK, bonding two Ethernet ports requires both ends to bond it. When you say DSL and Cable had been bonded, it doesn't make sense, since the upstream end points of these two access methods are definitely not on the same box... I know that windows can do magic sometimes, but I don't buy this one... Ramin > > Many thanks in advance > > Matt
