how to use two or more internet connections

[kmkmahesh]

can any one please tell me that is it possible to connect two or more internet connections to a pc, i mean i have 2 internet connections of 160Kbps each i want to use both internet connections like 320Kbps at a time can any one please help me if i am not posted in correct forum, plz move it to correct forum Waiting for ur valuable replies Thnx in advance

[Ray Cassick]

Typically you don't do this by just connecting the interfaces to your PC. You need a router that allows load balancing and\or connection aggregation. you could probably set up a Windows server with several NICs in it to do this (never looked into it before) but my guess is that your simplest solution would be just a hardware box to do it. I have dual Inet connections at home but I only use it for traffic segmentation not aggregation (ie: I have 2 gateways on my network and depending on the one you are set to use dictates where your outbound traffic goes) just so that my and my kids heavy use does not bug the rest of the family.

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[Michel Godfroid]

Short answer: no Long Answer: Yes, but.... The problem is your default gateway configuration: this is the router that is at your ISP location, and basically takes all the traffic that is not on your home network (typically 192.168.0.0/24 if your pc is connected directly to your ISP). When you install two internet connections, the PC suddenly sees two default gateways. I know windows server will deal with the problem (though it will warn you that you are multi-homing, and I think it will just use the second NIC as backup, in case the primary gateway fails), but I don't know how client OS's will deal the problem. A possible solution is to configure one network card manually, omitting the default gateway. You should then adapt your routing table so that some of the network traffic is routed through the manually configured NIC. Note that this will not increase your session speed, it will just divide sessions over 2 connections, so that you can for examples do 2 downloads at once (as long as they go through separate NICs). Yeah, but my company has multiple redundant connections to the Internet. Yes they do, but this requires an agreement with all the internet providers, the use of a public address space, an Autonomous System Number and the use of Border Gateway Protocol, which is available on professional routers ( and takes a PhD to configure, if you don't want the whole country's network traffic suddenly passing through your home. I speak from experience :omg: ) On solution 1: you could still buy a Dual WAN router, they cost about as much a PC, and do all this stuff automatically. Trying not to do product placement, but have a Google for SYSWAN and XINCOM.

[kmkmahesh]

while i am trying for software router that is not getting working perfectly, and i tried a trail version of multiconnect software, which is not availble now so i am searching for a best method to connect more than two or more internet connections with only software router, and i am using two dialup connections of same isp, one is from usb-modem, and another is from mobile, i also tried wingate for this it is not working, so if any solution is there for this plz help me