i believe it's called eql. i came across the term in the
menuconfig one bright and sunshiny day while i was in the middle
of configuring my kernel. in order to implement it, i think your
isp needs to have support for eql on their side of the connection
as well. as to exactly how it's done, i've no idea, but a quick
look under /usr/src/linux/Documents might prove enlightening.
On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Michael Stearne, in her/his infinite wisdom, wrote:
MS> There is a product for windows called Midpoint Gateway. What it does is
MS> take a computer with 2 modems,2 seperate phone lines, and 1 NIC and
MS> share an Internet connection with a LAN. I realize the second part is
MS> done with IP Masquerading, but I am wondering about the first part,
MS> dealing with the modems. What it does is setup two dialup connections
MS> to an ISP and then (I guess) share the TCP/IP stack between them (or
MS> vise versa) creating a connection that is 128K (assuming 2 56K modems).
MS> The question is: is this possible on Linux (of course, but how)? I
MS> would assume ppp0 and ppp1 are created, one for each modem, but then how
MS> are those connections "combined". After that, the IP Masquerading would
MS> handle sharing it with the rest of the CPUs on the LAN.
MS>
MS> Any thoughts?
MS> Michael
MS>
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