On Sunday 26 May 2013 22:35:14 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On 25 May 2013, at 22:26, Nick Khamis wrote: > >> ... As mentioned this > >> would be two separate DSL services, connected using separate bridges. > >> I think I am describing more of a link aggregation or bonding.... > >> > >> Also assuming that the service providers support bonding of the linksÂ…. > > > > Here in the UK this is a somewhat common thing - there are a number of > > ISPs which > > > offer bonded xDSL services. > > > > It's certainly possible to use a Linux router to manage such a > > connection, although I don't know the details. > > > > http://www22.brinkster.com/findall/bondedcd.html > > > > http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/reviews/adsl-bonding-how-to-and-revie > > w.html > > Bonding network devices together is quite simple, but it needs to be > configured on both ends. > In other words, to merge 2 DSL-connections together using bonding, you > need to get both from the same ISP and the ISP would need to support it on > their end. > > If bonding can't be done on the ISP-side, you can use seperate > load-balancing/failover using other techniques.
There's different ways of going about it, without or without MLPPP, depending on what your ISP offers: http://wiki.aa.org.uk/index.php/Linux_upload_bonding_using_multipath_routing http://wiki.aa.org.uk/index.php/Linux_upload_bonding_using_policy_routing It used to be the case that Cisco 1800/2800 routers were used at customers' premises for MLPPP with certain UK ISPs, but since BT started implementing 21CN (ADSL2+) they are using ERX core routers (Juniper) and no longer support MLPPP. I understand that MPLS is used instead these days, but have no experience in its implementation. -- Regards, Mick
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