Can Windows XP use 2 cable modems at same time for faster internet over network?

[AMDX2]

Hey, I'm looking for a new router for my network that will let me connect 2
cable modems to it and use them both at the same time for increased download
speed. I would like to be able to have 1 ip only and use both at the same
time since some web sites or services online only let you connect from 1 ip
at a time. I know they are DHCP and I'll have 2 ips, but I know also it is
possible to combine them to get a faster download speed. So I was wondering
if anyone might know if Windows XP or any Windows XP software can do this
sort of thing. I'll have 3 nics of course and also the ability to set up my
pc however is needed in windows xp if possible.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Hey, I'm looking for a new router for my network that will let me connect 2
cable modems to it and use them both at the same time for increased download
speed. I would like to be able to have 1 ip only and use both at the same
time since some web sites or services online only let you connect from 1 ip
at a time. I know they are DHCP and I'll have 2 ips, but I know also it is
possible to combine them to get a faster download speed. So I was wondering
if anyone might know if Windows XP or any Windows XP software can do this
sort of thing. I'll have 3 nics of course and also the ability to set up my
pc however is needed in windows xp if possible.

I recall seeing a router that would have supported a combination of any two
high speed Internet accesses before. However it is not a "well known" router
make so search the Internet.

 

[3c273]

Hawking makes a dual WAN router.
http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/index.php
Louis

 

[DanS]

I know they are DHCP and
I'll have 2 ips, but I know also it is possible to combine them to get
a faster download speed.

I seriously doubt you can combine the bandwidth of the 2 WAN connections
together and use both connections to the same webpage, e-mail account, or
FTP download to increase d/l speeds. I looked at the datasheet on the
Hawking unit that was mentioned. No-where what-so-ever does it say you can
do this.

On the other hand, I do know there is a device that CAN do this, but there
needs to be one at BOTH ends of the links, which isn't going to happen on
some other companies cable internet.

 

[AMDX2]

Hawking makes a dual WAN router.
http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/index.php
Louis

Only thing is it won't combine the 2 modems and make it seem like yer from
one ip.

 

[AMDX2]

I seriously doubt you can combine the bandwidth of the 2 WAN connections
together and use both connections to the same webpage, e-mail account, or
FTP download to increase d/l speeds. I looked at the datasheet on the
Hawking unit that was mentioned. No-where what-so-ever does it say you can
do this.

On the other hand, I do know there is a device that CAN do this, but there
needs to be one at BOTH ends of the links, which isn't going to happen on
some other companies cable internet.

I never said the hawkings could, i said it cant.
i don't want to use 2 modems same time for everything, just newsgroups and
file downloads from download utilities and stuff like that. mostly it's for
newsgroups.

 

[DanS]

I never said the hawkings could, i said it cant.
i don't want to use 2 modems same time for everything, just newsgroups
and file downloads from download utilities and stuff like that. mostly
it's for newsgroups.

I didn't say you were the one mentioning the Hawking.

What I am saying is that what you want to do can not be done from ONLY your
side. Its not technically possible.

 

[paulmd]

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Cable is a shared resource with you and all your neighbors, you're not
likely to increase your bandwith by having multiple cable modems.

You can do it with Dial up, and you can do it with DSL, but I don't see
the benefit with Cable.

 

[AMDX2]

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Cable is a shared resource with you and all your neighbors, you're not
likely to increase your bandwith by having multiple cable modems.

You can do it with Dial up, and you can do it with DSL, but I don't see
the benefit with Cable.

You must not know much about cable or comcast then or just not sure about
what i meant. I've had 2 modems getting 8mb each last summer from comcast
and paid only $59.99/month for both connections together, so I paid less
then the cost of one connection of 8mb, but i got 2 of them and combined
both of them to get 16mb download speed using my sonicwall and routing 1
port to one modem and another port to modem 2. i was able to connect to a
news group provider www.newsreader.com from more then one ip at the same
time. the guy gave me an account for free that was unlimited download. I had
it for 2 years or so. i would send port 119 to modem 2 and then just connect
on modem 1 via port 80. using newsleecher www.newsleecher.com as my news
client i made 2 accounts. 1 of them was port 80 which goes to modem 1 and
the second was using port 119 which was routed to modem 2. thus doing it
this way i could get 16mb per second. so i would have one account with my
username and password and the second one had the same username and password
but on another port.

now my thing is i want to be able to do the same thing, but there are some
online sites or services that only work from 1 ip. such as other newsgroup
providers.

 

[AMDX2]

I didn't say you were the one mentioning the Hawking.

What I am saying is that what you want to do can not be done from ONLY
your
side. Its not technically possible.

Ok sorry. I thot you were saying that I meant it could do it.
I know now that after talking to a few people it is more then likely not
possible to buy anything that could and if it could it'd probably cost
several thousand. I got a call today from a Comcast super and he told me
they wouldn't really be able to do this for me and then he told me of an up
and comming thing that will be giving comcast users a speed boost. It's
being tested on the East Coast right now and once tested they'll roll it out
free. It's not a free upgrade in speed but something else that does give
more speed, but it's not like a normal upgrade they do sometimes. It's
slightly different.

 

[paulmd]

You must not know much about cable or comcast then or just not sure about
what i meant.

Sorry, But read here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_modem

" Users in a neighborhood share the available bandwidth provided by a
single coaxial cable line. Therefore, connection speed can vary
depending on how many people are using the service at the same time,
although in most areas, this has been eliminated due to redundant and
fiber networks. From a technical point of view, all networks, including
DSL services, are sharing a fixed amount of bandwidth between a
multitude of users - but because cable networks tend to be spread
over larger areas than DSL services, more care must be taken to ensure
good network performance. This has become much less of an issue in
recent years."


I've had 2 modems getting 8mb each last summer from comcast

and paid only $59.99/month for both connections together, so I paid less
then the cost of one connection of 8mb, but i got 2 of them and combined
both of them to get 16mb download speed using my sonicwall and routing 1
port to one modem and another port to modem 2. i was able to connect to a
news group provider www.newsreader.com from more then one ip at the same
time. the guy gave me an account for free that was unlimited download. I had
it for 2 years or so. i would send port 119 to modem 2 and then just connect
on modem 1 via port 80. using newsleecher www.newsleecher.com as my news
client i made 2 accounts. 1 of them was port 80 which goes to modem 1 and
the second was using port 119 which was routed to modem 2. thus doing it
this way i could get 16mb per second.

Is this measured, or merely assumed? If you're really downloading
16MB/s off Usenet I'd be very suprised. That's a lot of porn.


so i would have one account with my

 

[AMDX2]

Sorry, But read here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_modem

" Users in a neighborhood share the available bandwidth provided by a
single coaxial cable line. Therefore, connection speed can vary
depending on how many people are using the service at the same time,
although in most areas, this has been eliminated due to redundant and
fiber networks. From a technical point of view, all networks, including
DSL services, are sharing a fixed amount of bandwidth between a
multitude of users - but because cable networks tend to be spread
over larger areas than DSL services, more care must be taken to ensure
good network performance. This has become much less of an issue in
recent years."


I've had 2 modems getting 8mb each last summer from comcast

Is this measured, or merely assumed? If you're really downloading
16MB/s off Usenet I'd be very suprised. That's a lot of porn.


so i would have one account with my

Not assumed. If you would check out newsleecher you'll see it tells you your
speed. I also have in my Sonicwall that telling me my speed as well as DU
Meter on my pc was telling me the speed.

I know all about the cable network, but just was saying that basically the
more modems you have the more bandwidth you have available to use. If I want
I could have 4 cable modems/accounts. However that'd be stupid since I've no
way to combine that like I want.

I'm not going to get another account now that I've learned to do what I'd
like to do won't happen. So I just gotta wait til the performance is
increased. This is a bummer as I'd like to go faster once in a while.