[PLUG] Connection pooling/teaming and ISPs

Russell Senior seniorr at aracnet.com
Mon Sep 6 11:11:02 UTC 2004


>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Alexander <lug at phxlinux.org> writes:

Matt> It's not possible to have, for example, two 1Mbs connections and
Matt> download a single file at 2Mbs because of the way TCP/IP works.

Well, it is *possible*, with upstream cooperation.  There used to be
(and maybe still is) kernel support for doing this with dialup modems.
It just isn't practical or (as far as I know) available.


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