[PLUG] Connection pooling/teaming and ISPs

[Aaron Ten Clay]

Josh Orchard said:
>
> Aaron,
>
> I think for the second part what you would like to look for is
> bridging.  If both interfaces were on the same machine you should be
> able to bridge them together to make one virtual interface and thus
> share the connection.  There in no doubt many ways to achieve this but
> I think creating a bridge between two interfaces on the same machine
> to be the correct path.  You should be able to even create a bridge on
> one machine that would point to two other machines.  What I don't know
> if the bridge will manage the workload and/or split packets for
> performance.
>
> Others here should be able to answer that question.
>
> Josh
>

Josh,

Thanks for the input, however bridging is not what I'm looking for. I want
an intelligent routing solution that will take a browser's requests for
objects over HTTP and split them among more than one logical internet
connection. I'd really like something that could take all TCP sessions and
load balance them over multiple logical internet connections. This process
would create a single virtual internet connection for the network which
uses NAT, so the end computers don't know they are using multiple
connections to retrieve data faster.

Sorry for not being more specific the first time.

-- 
Aaron Ten Clay