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| Thread ID: 10887 | 2001-08-19 10:03:00 | How to download using 2 modems on 2 lines with the one PC?? Tricky one for ya. | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 17228 | 2001-08-19 10:03:00 | I assume that this can't be done, but anyway: I have 2 56k modems on 2 different lines(1 for net, the other answering my normal phoneline simultaneously without problems). Is it possible to have both using the dial up adapter so effectively it would almost be 128k feed(especially for MP3 download)? Cheers for any feedback. Win98se, PIII550, heaps of space and RAM, 1 internal & 1 external modem. Scotty |
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| 17229 | 2001-08-19 10:13:00 | yes and no. it is possible to do dualing modems but the isp has to be set up with the software. 2 main probs, software is hard to get and at present no isp officaly supports it. its old technolgy that has withered away due to adsl/isdn and cable being prefered. | Guest (0) | ||
| 17230 | 2001-08-19 10:28:00 | What about connecting to two different isps / accounts. It wouldn't work line a single line, but with apps like getright you may be able to get a similar effect. I don't know if windows would support it, but if you have a zfree account you could atleast give it a shot. |
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| 17231 | 2001-08-19 10:31:00 | Hey Tweak'e thanks for your quick response and all your previous responses(your good). I actually have more than one ISP also, 3 actually. Does that help? What software? Scotty |
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| 17232 | 2001-08-19 11:04:00 | hi scotty,I tried this after a guy I was chatting to in the states told me they were using 4 modems on a university computer. Go to dial-up networking & right click on one of your connections, then choose properties,you will see a tab called multilink which gives you the option to add another modem. when i tried to connect using 2 modems the first modem would dial up isp (paradise) & connect & then the 2nd modem would dial up isp & have a chat & then disconnect. I tried swapping the modems around but got the same result. I think the isp has to support multilinking. let us know if you are successful. all the best steve |
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| 17233 | 2001-08-19 13:20:00 | Paradise doesn't let you log in twice (its in their faq). I forgot that diaup networking supports it, so maybe the seperate ISPs will work, although I don't know how it will handle the seperate IP addresses, dns lookups etc. I will be very interested in how you go. |
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| 17234 | 2001-08-24 04:00:00 | I was looking into that sort of thing a while back but never got round to it (cost of 2 phone lines and all) but that I know of WinGate can do all that sort of thing, tie together different connections for aggregate bandwidth. (ie; 2 phones, 1 phone 1 ISDn, whatever) I believe they have the software for trial download (30 day test or register) Good Luck Brad |
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