Line bonding

Well im getting the itch to look into line bonding as we will see no FTTC for some time.

I only option available is bonding with linux etc however i have not seen a decient guide on how this is done, even google isnt doing well.

Anyone got any information for this?

thanks

Here's one way http://www.beusergroup.co.uk/technotes/index.php?tit...

Here's another http://kac-ani.xt.pl/en/node/29/

and another http://www.tomschaefer.org/web/wordpress/?p=538

And real line bonding https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/linebonding

Edited by deleted (Thu 24-Mar-11 00:01:40)

thanks, i have a linux box (basic p4 with 2gb ram) running mandriva however its been in the loft for a year+

Got a TT LLU line thats at 16.7 and looking at picking up a sky llu line as its so cheap and hopefully that will get 16 aswell

think im going to go this route, i presume its easier and will work just as well?

http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi_WAN_/_Load_Ba...

Looks similar to my 3rd link

sorry, only checked the first

Decided against it, wont help me with what i was planning....dam servers that wont allow multiple ips for the same account , who would have thought hey lol.

Edited by deleted (Thu 24-Mar-11 09:59:45)

It will be fine, although you may find you have to force some connections down one link as some sites don't like the IP address changing during a transaction - https for example.

I think wifigeek had success a similar way http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/ukonline/t/3848415-...

[ed] Oh, VPN bonding then

Edited by deleted (Thu 24-Mar-11 10:12:45)

any additional equipment required?

I would love to do that as it would get passed the multi ip issue on newsgroups. I only have sky and tt llu so was going to get a sky line to join my tt line.

I have pm'd him to see how he has set it up, would be perfect for me.

In reply to a post by Lemzip:

any additional equipment required?

A modem for each line and a router (e.g. a PC) to combine them.

I would love to do that as it would get passed the multi ip issue on newsgroups. I only have sky and tt llu so was going to get a sky line to join my tt line.

Maybe some news providers allow you to use multiple IP's

difficult to find one, but now this vpn issue i like!

Juts need to do some research into it, see what software is required.

EDIT: Seems i need a server to sit somewhere on the internet to do vpn bonding and not just a machine at my property....pain!

Edited by deleted (Thu 24-Mar-11 12:38:27)

yup..

I have a few colocated servers at icecolo (and use a VPS on one of these to do my line bonding)

FYI, I use newsdemon and they dont seem to care too much if I appear from multiple IP's (jjust care about the amount of connections I use).

I share my account with a few others.

Edited by deleted (Sun 27-Mar-11 00:57:44)

There are commercial multi-ISP bonding solutions available

In reply to a post by sharedband:

There are commercial multi-ISP bonding solutions available

How much do they cost?

Thought I'd reopen this thread

The commercial options available range and there are allot of different providers, for any Multi ISP bonding to work.

It's something i'm looking into for my uncle who runs an independent garage, in the middle of nowhere so can barely get reliable DSL. I've read good things about the Sharedband Managed service (http://uk.sharedband.com).

The other way is to host an appliance your self in a datacentre somewhere, but that just sounds like far too much hassle, i want something that can be installed and left to run (no upkeep required)

Reopening someone else's thread after seven and a half months is always a bad idea. The OP is unlikely to be even looking any more and will have long since done something or other. It also confuses what you are on about with what went before.

As for your uncle, it's unclear whether you are telling us or asking for help. But if you mean you want to set him up with a website running on his own computer, with line bonding, you are barking up two wrong trees at the same time. Or even three, seeing as you say his DSL is unreliable.

i want something that can be installed and left to run (no upkeep required)

Impossible to achieve.

The whole point of hosted services is that they have a huge investment in comms and database equipment, fail-safe systems, real-time backup, and fall-back power supplies. Just for starters. And SLA's (for the services provided to them) for when things go wrong.

He can have all that for under £2pm. Within minutes of signing up.

(Edit - typo).

Edited by RobertoS (Fri 18-Nov-11 11:15:22)

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Thought I'd reopen this thread

The commercial options available range and there are allot of different providers, for any Multi ISP bonding to work.

Hmm interesting. But how much do they cost?