Last evening a colleague asked if it was possible to combine two Internet connections to increase overall download speed? The idea seemed logical and the good thing is that the answer is yes! We can join two or more Internet connections to add up their individual speeds. Show Having multiple active Internet connections and using just one of them to download a big file is not a very efficient way. Suppose, you have two connections of 1 MBPS speed and you’re downloading a high quality 2GB movie file. You can combine both your connections to get a speed of around 2 MBPS and thus you will be able to watch your movie sooner! In this article we will learn how you can combine Internet connections. You can join them regardless of their type — wired LAN/WAN, wifi connection or mobile Internet (3G/4G etc). Your connections may be from different ISPs but you can still join them. Before We BeginLet’s first understand some background stuff. Combining Internet connections is achieved by load balancing wherein a computer uses multiple IP addresses to download data. Load balancing can be done using both software or hardware. However, combined connection can be used only by those software that support such a connection. For example, the following actions can make use of the combine Internet connection:
Total data usage will be according to the individual connection usage. So, total usage will be the sum of the usage from individual connections.  Method 1: Set Windows Automatic Metric to Combine ConnectionsNote: with this method you can combine the following types of connections: Bluetooth Modem, Mobile Broadband, OTA Modem, Dial-Up Windows operating system has a metric value that is assign to an IP route to indicate the cost associated with using that route. When you have multiple active Internet connections on your computer, Windows automatically computes the cost of using them and assign a metric value to each of them. Then Windows set the most cost effective connection as default and keeps other active connections for backup (fail safe) purpose. You can manually assign this metric value. If you set this value the same for all active connections you can force Windows to use all the connections.
That’s it! You will have the combined the power of all your Internet connections! Method 2: Use Bridge Connections Feature of WindowsNote: This method should be used for combining LAN/WAN connection Windows also provides a feature of bridging connections. To use this feature, you have to have at least two active LAN/WAN connections on your computer.
Note: You may have to provide administrative credentials in order to do this bridging. Method 3: Combine Internet Connections With Load Balancing RouterSeveral load balancing routers are available in the market. When you search for it in Google, TL-R480T+ comes as the first choice. There are routers from better known companies like Cisco as well. But load balancing router from TP-Link is cheapest and could be affordable by individuals and small businesses. This router providers 4 WAN ports where you can plug in up to four wired connections. This piece of hardware comes with built-in advanced algorithm that guarantees maximum Internet speed after you combine several connections. TL-R480T+ router is available for about $65 at present. Join all your connections and then output them as one single connection. Then you can distribute the combined speed through a wifi router, LAN hub or you can directly connect it to your computer. After running the setup of the router, go to the configuration page as instructed in the user manual.
Method 4: Use Third Party Software to Combine Internet ConnectionsDownload Connetify and install it on your computer (requires Windows 8 or above). This third party software offers you two programs:
At present, we are interested in Connectify Dispatch. So, after installation, run this program and connect all you Internet connections. That’s all… your Internet connections will join forces to give you superfast speed! We hope that this article on joining the available Internet connections was useful for you. Should you have any questions or suggestions, please use the comments area. Thank you for using TechWelkin! This isn't a switch question, not much the switch can help here - there is no just plug two routers to a LAN solution. For two "standard" ISP connections, you need a Dual- or Multi-WAN-Router which does take care about the NATing to one network/LAN where your switch, your wireless access point. To my knowledge, Netgear does current not have such an offering. Rumors say some dual-WAN (Ethernet) model might become available later this year. Cumbersome can be different technologies on the WAN-side, like two wire DSL and so on. Most of the specialized routers have Ethernet-based WAN ports. Another challenge can be connections where dual- and triple-play solutions like IPTV and phone services are involved. This does not allow to replace the ISP-provided equipment easily, too. Tell us more about your Interet connections.
Multihoming configurations allow one local area network to share several simultaneous connections to external networks such as the internet. Some people multi-home their home network to share two internet connections for increased speed and reliability. However, multihoming strategy can be difficult to configure and solutions are often limited in functionality. The most direct method for using two high-speed internet connections on a home network is to install a router specifically designed for this purpose. Multihoming routers feature two or more WAN interfaces for internet links. They handle both the fail-over and load balancing aspects of connection sharing automatically. However, these high-end products are designed for use by businesses rather than homeowners and can be complicated to set up. Due to the inherent overhead involved in managing such connections, these products may not perform as well as they're hyped. They are also significantly more expensive than mainstream home network routers. Installing two broadband network routers — each with its own internet subscription—allows you to use both connections simultaneously but only on different computers. Ordinary home network routers do not provide any mechanism to coordinate network bandwidth sharing between them. People with technical know-how may be inclined to build their own high-speed multihoming system at home without purchasing a router. This approach requires you to install two or more network adapters in a computer and develop software scripts that manage the details of network routing and configuration. Utilizing a technique called NIC bonding allows you to aggregate the bandwidth of simultaneous internet connections. The concept of multihoming home network connections has existed since the early days of the web. Microsoft Windows XP multiple-device dialing, for example, effectively combined two dial-up modem connections into one, increasing the overall internet connection speed compared to a single modem.
Techies often called this approach a shotgun modem or modem-bonding configuration. Network operating systems like Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X contain limited multihoming support. These provide some basic internet sharing capability without requiring expensive hardware or deep technical understanding. With Mac OS X, for example, you can configure multiple internet connections including high-speed and dial-up and have the operating system automatically fail over from one to the next if a failure occurs in one interface or the other. However, this option does not support any load balancing or attempt to aggregate network bandwidth between internet connections. Microsoft Windows allows you to configure a similar level of multihoming on a home network. Older versions of Windows required you to install two or more network adapters on the computer in order to take advantage of multihoming, but Windows XP and newer versions allow setting up the support using the default adapter alone.
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