Is it possible to team from the same router?

[Artinz]

If you have a motherboard with two LAN ports, and you want to team (by plugging in two internet sources to increase bandwidth), is it possible to do that from the same network, on the same router, or would the second cable be redundant?

 

[Clarko]

If you did manage the connection to be set up you would only use one anyways. The connection you have let say is 3 Mbps. It will always be that. So no router or dual port motherboard will make it 3mbps each. I think that is what you are trying to ask. Am I right?

The router just makes it so multiple hardware access the connection. Your dual port mobo ( I have one as well) would more likely be for connection to another computer as well as the internet access point.

 

[gothroach]

There are a few options if you want to load balance multiple internet connections, with certain limitations.

If you're load balancing two 6mbit lines, typically you would be able to download two files at 6mbit each, but not one file at 12mbit (unless you're using a download manager or other multi-connection download program). If one internet connection goes down, all outgoing connections will automatically be routed through the other WAN.

My favorite for load balancing connections is pFSense, which is free. Another good one is Untangle, but the multi-WAN module for that costs a few bucks a month to use (though Untangle is free).

Both of those solutions traditionally require a dedicated computer running one of the mentioned routing platforms. The actual hardware can be pretty old, but you will need at least three ethernet ports if you want to load balance two WANs, but they can be PCI or whatever.

As for running this off of your computer, it's harder to do that way. The easiest would be to run Untangle for Windows, which is essentially Untangle and Debian installed in a standalone VMware Player package. I don't think you need VMware player installed to use it.

In my eyes, the best solution for any multi-wan connectivity is probably pFSense installed on dedicated hardware (AKA an old computer), or a commercial-grade multi-wan router (~$100-250 for a decent one).

Hope this helps!

 

[xKodiakx]

If it's easier think of it like a road... if there are 2 lanes you can't drive faster, but if 1 gets congested you can move over to the less trafficed lane

 

[squircle]

To answer the original question, having two internet sources plugged in to the same motherboard could be useful, but having two connections to the router would be useless and wouldn't provide much redundancy.

 

[Pizza Steve]

Do you pay for 2 separate internet connections to your home? If you don't there really is no point using load balancing.

 

[Clarko]

There are a few options if you want to load balance multiple internet connections, with certain limitations.

If you're load balancing two 6mbit lines, typically you would be able to download two files at 6mbit each, but not one file at 12mbit (unless you're using a download manager or other multi-connection download program). If one internet connection goes down, all outgoing connections will automatically be routed through the other WAN.

My favorite for load balancing connections is pFSense, which is free. Another good one is Untangle, but the multi-WAN module for that costs a few bucks a month to use (though Untangle is free).

Both of those solutions traditionally require a dedicated computer running one of the mentioned routing platforms. The actual hardware can be pretty old, but you will need at least three ethernet ports if you want to load balance two WANs, but they can be PCI or whatever.

As for running this off of your computer, it's harder to do that way. The easiest would be to run Untangle for Windows, which is essentially Untangle and Debian installed in a standalone VMware Player package. I don't think you need VMware player installed to use it.

In my eyes, the best solution for any multi-wan connectivity is probably pFSense installed on dedicated hardware (AKA an old computer), or a commercial-grade multi-wan router (~$100-250 for a decent one).

Hope this helps!

This is nice to know. Thanks

 

[Artinz]

Ok, so I see that using two connections from the same router is useless other than downloading specific files, so I won't be using it. Thanks for all the help.

 

[Saeten]

I'm pretty sure this is possible.

 

[Passerby]

I'm pretty sure this is possible.

it is possilbe yes is there a point no

 

[FreakingHell]

it is possilbe yes is there a point no

Exactly this. Short and sweet.