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farmer goo 2005 · 05-12-2004, 10:19 PM

I dont know anything about connection pooling so please go easy on me. Anyway I was wondering if it would be possible to pool two cable modems together. I have two cable modems with different accounts and they both work so the internet end of the deal is fine. Now I was thinking if i could pool the two connections to run my server so i could get better up and down speeds. I have a old computer with a bunch of spare NIC cards and I have access to just about any OS. If you could help me out that would be really cool! Thanks.

Fearless_Hyena · 05-12-2004, 10:57 PM

I wish I was more current on stuff like the Linux Router Project, which allows you to turn a PC into a router, which is the cheap way to do it. The LRP had long since been abandoned, though, as it used to exist when I was in college. I ran it at home with my cable modem and it was bad ass at the time but that project is outdated now. It's the cheap way to do it but it would require more extensive knowledge and configuration. I can't remember any specifics about the configuration and I'm sure there's a newer, better project out there somewhere. LEAF might be what you're looking for, never tried it tho. Check out this page:
http://bengross.com/smallunix.html
for some projects that might work.

And If you Google "Dual WAN Router", that will come up with some hardware that can do what you're looking for, you can find one for about $150 or less. Here's a link where they compare two of them:
http://www.amdpower.com/sections.php...icle&artid=103

Based on your experience and if you can spare the cash, that would be the way I'd do it. Good luck!

pinkpanther · 05-13-2004, 03:08 AM

The admin disabled my account WTH?!?! So I guess i wont be using farmer Goo anymore..... Anyways, thanks for the great info ill keep looking for stuff related to connection pooling and if i find anything ill drop you a message th><!
p.s. Operation Ivy is a kick ass band

05-12-2004, 10:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
farmer goo 2005 Upright Location: Hawaii	Connection Pooling Help I dont know anything about connection pooling so please go easy on me. Anyway I was wondering if it would be possible to pool two cable modems together. I have two cable modems with different accounts and they both work so the internet end of the deal is fine. Now I was thinking if i could pool the two connections to run my server so i could get better up and down speeds. I have a old computer with a bunch of spare NIC cards and I have access to just about any OS. If you could help me out that would be really cool! Thanks.

05-12-2004, 10:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fearless_Hyena Hello, good evening, and bollocks. Location: near DC	I wish I was more current on stuff like the Linux Router Project, which allows you to turn a PC into a router, which is the cheap way to do it. The LRP had long since been abandoned, though, as it used to exist when I was in college. I ran it at home with my cable modem and it was bad ass at the time but that project is outdated now. It's the cheap way to do it but it would require more extensive knowledge and configuration. I can't remember any specifics about the configuration and I'm sure there's a newer, better project out there somewhere. LEAF might be what you're looking for, never tried it tho. Check out this page: http://bengross.com/smallunix.html for some projects that might work. And If you Google "Dual WAN Router", that will come up with some hardware that can do what you're looking for, you can find one for about $150 or less. Here's a link where they compare two of them: http://www.amdpower.com/sections.php...icle&artid=103 Based on your experience and if you can spare the cash, that would be the way I'd do it. Good luck! Last edited by Fearless_Hyena; 05-12-2004 at 11:05 PM..

05-13-2004, 03:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
pinkpanther Upright	The admin disabled my account WTH?!?! So I guess i wont be using farmer Goo anymore..... Anyways, thanks for the great info ill keep looking for stuff related to connection pooling and if i find anything ill drop you a message th><! p.s. Operation Ivy is a kick ass band