[NTLUG:Discuss] Multiple dialup connections?

[Stephen Davidson]

Greetings.
I have been having excellent success in this area using v90/v92 modems.  My transfer speeds have been pushing 20KBytes/sec down and 10KBytes/sec up (on ISP-West, anyways).  For my "solo-surfing" 
needs, that has been more than adequate.

-Steve

Eric Schnoebelen wrote:

> Aaron Goldblatt writes:
> - > What is the easier way to use multiple dialup connections
> - > to get get higher than 56k bandwidth in Linux?
> - 
> - It's called bonding, and your ISP needs to support it.  I haven't heard
> - of one that offers it in a long time.
> 
> 	Alternatively, there is PPP-Multilink, and most of the
> Communications server vendors support it (I know my rather
> antiquated MAX1800's support it quite well, even across multiple
> chassis.)
> 
> 	It may still require a service upgrade from your ISP to
> support multilink-PPP (assuming your local PPP agent supports
> it.)
> 
>