Look into bridging: http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/133849

Jeremiah E. Bess
Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four


On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 21:59, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 10:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 10:44:47PM -0500, Kari Matthews wrote:
>> >    This is not directly about linux. *Well, maybe.
>> >    My internet connection is about 1000 kbps down and 600 up. *(I live
>> in the
>> >    country; it is a wireless cxn.) *If I bought 2 systems, is there a
>> way to
>> >    set up a server to make my internet go twice as fast or more?
>> >    My husband swears there used to be a way to do this -- in Novell
>> maybe?
>> >    *IDK -- and I'd like to figure this out for our current system.
>> >    Oh, and that MythTV thing is cool.
>> >    Thanks,
>> >    Kari
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>> Sounds like you're talking about ISDN, where two separate phone lines
>> can be "added" to make their 56k lines combine to a sort-of 128k line.
>> Unfortunately, with wireless, you'd most likely be trying to run the two
>> systems in the same band - and won't see any speed increase (in fact,
>> the packet collisions may *decrease* your overall speed).
>>
>> If the 1,000 kbit connection is artificial (i.e. the link is capable of
>> 10MBit or higher) you could use two systems, and load balance between
>> the links.
>>
>> I don't personally have experience with doing the latter, but it's quite
>> probably not applicable - what kind of wireless connection is it you're
>> talking about?
>>
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> It's some kind of cellular technology -- I am not certain about the
> specifics.  The beacon is on top of a local grain elevator (to give you an
> idea of what kind of place I live in).  There is a dish that is similar to
> those WAN dishes (kind of a metal grate).  Not satellite.  Satellite was
> terrible.
>
> ~kari
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