> Hi, > > Can we use 2 modems on COM1 and COM2 port to increase > the speed of the internet? > Yes and no, If you are using only one application with a connection to only one server on internet, this won't help. But if you are having multiple tcp connections opened up then thsi might increase you speed. bare in mind this wont be linear, two modems won't always give you twice the speed also it will depend mostly on the usage pattern. Two tcp connection with 56kbps requirements will show double in speed with two links to internet while one connection with 128kbps requirement won't benifit at all.
It will be much more usefull in case of a central server serving internet to more than one user. The responce times will be lot faster under heavy load. Well this is all assuming you are connecting to vsnl or third party in order to connect to internet. If both the ends of the connection are under you control then the situation is quite different, you can combine the two channels at kernel level and make them work as signle one, essentially doubling the flow rate. This is known as modem bonding. search for "serial link load balancing" and "multilink". Both are included as a part of linux kernel (donno which distributions ship it enabled though). As for the case where you open up two ppp connections to a third party provider these links might help http://linux-ip.net/html/adv-multi-internet.html http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html -- BAIN http://abhijit.adotout.net -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
