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[waqastariq]

Hi,

Glad to be a part of this lovely on-line community, I am a long time reader and first time poster here. I am Waqas from Karachi

I have two DSL connections;

1) LinkDotNet 2Mbps (I hope i wrote it correctly ) connected to a DLink WiFi router (DSL-2640U)
2) PTCL 2Mbps connected to the standard PTCL (non WiFi) router

I have these two connections as once or twice a month I get a disconnection(down time) on LDN or PTCL so I switch to the one that is on-line (yes, I am paying for two 'just to be on-line all the time')

Question;

What I want to do is somehow connect my PTCL router (via its LAN) to my LDN WiFi router (via LAN) so that both connections can work simultaneously, is this possible? will the speed be bumped as well? if this is NOT possible is there a way I connect the PTCL router to my LDN WiFi router so that when LDN is down I can use PTCL instead, so I do not have to switch routers all this time?

Thanks in advance to the members,

Looking forward...

[excuse-me]

i think its impossible, buy a seperate pc for that connection

[ziayaar]

i seen an option in KERIO Firewall that u can use 2 or more connections at a time .....

but i never use it...

another idea i have you can use it with enter manually enter gateway and DNS of both connections in ur LAN

[Joji]

This is indeed very interesting and makes sense. If you are paying for two dsl lines, you would want to combine the two to get higher speeds.

Okay, I know there are equipment out there which does this kind of stuff, but that is expensive hardware and usually only ISPs need that kind of gear. There is one residential grade product which is exactly what you need:

http://www.draytek.c...r3300vplus.html
but its too expensive for you, I guess. Its about 600 dollars. And most probably not available in Khi.

There should be some software solutions available which do load balancing but that is not what you are looking for. You need a software to do this in level 4 of ISO protocol and definitely a second Lan card. Go and buy a second NIC i.e. lan card first and foremost, they are dirt cheap. You can find some good ones from old machines for 200 Rs easily.

You can use a software called surfdoubler. You can try to maneuver it to do what you need. I will see if I can find something else for you.

Post in this thread if you find some thing.. ya ?

Cheers

[shakirz1]

use TP-Link loadbalancer its cost 18000-21000 I think. and u can use upto 4 dsl in that loadbalancer.

[Ahmsun]

@waqastariq
If you really want to enjoy the speed then check this Old thread
Zeroshell
you can bond two connection with linux.

[Joji]

use TP-Link loadbalancer its cost 18000-21000 I think. and u can use upto 4 dsl in that loadbalancer.

This is not what he needs, a load balancer effectively senses which of the lines have lowest congestion and uses that one to communicate. Ineffect you will still be using only one connection at a time.

@waqastariq
If you really want to enjoy the speed then check this Old thread
Zeroshell
you can bond two connection with linux.

Good read!! b-)

[muhd86]

actually windows 7 has its own load balance program all u need is to connect 1 connection via ethernet and the other via wifi , there is a dedicated thread in the ptcl internet section .

i am going for it as well ..

[striker111]

actually windows 7 has its own load balance program all u need is to connect 1 connection via ethernet and the other via wifi , there is a dedicated thread in the ptcl internet section .

i am going for it as well ..

And this thread is 7 Months Old ...

[wasiqjaved]

Hi,

Glad to be a part of this lovely on-line community, I am a long time reader and first time poster here. I am Waqas from Karachi

I have two DSL connections;

1) LinkDotNet 2Mbps (I hope i wrote it correctly ) connected to a DLink WiFi router (DSL-2640U)
2) PTCL 2Mbps connected to the standard PTCL (non WiFi) router

I have these two connections as once or twice a month I get a disconnection(down time) on LDN or PTCL so I switch to the one that is on-line (yes, I am paying for two 'just to be on-line all the time')

Question;

What I want to do is somehow connect my PTCL router (via its LAN) to my LDN WiFi router (via LAN) so that both connections can work simultaneously, is this possible? will the speed be bumped as well? if this is NOT possible is there a way I connect the PTCL router to my LDN WiFi router so that when LDN is down I can use PTCL instead, so I do not have to switch routers all this time?

Thanks in advance to the members,

Looking forward...

You Need Load Balancing Router (DUAL WAN Router)

Cheap Option : Buy any Tomato or DDwrt compatible customizable DD-wrt routers. Most probably Linksys E2000 (Watch this video -> E2000 Dual Wan DD-WRT. This guy has given failsafe scripts for it). I was using this solution 6 months back, but had given it to my younger brother

Expensive Option : Buy any TP-Link or Cisco router (hugh ones). They usually cost around more than Rs.15000

Edited by wasiqjaved, 26 July 2012 - 07:39 AM.