join multiple connections on one computer...

[ALL]

do you know how to join multiple connections on one computer... i have 2 wireless internet connections plugged into my computer, and i was wondering how i can join then together so my speen increases? is it even possable without a router/hub?

thanks
-ALL

[plenderj]

Without using a router then you'd need to write a software proxy and dynamically use the bandwidth available...

[ALL]

sounds like somthing that i should work on for a project in C++, i gotta start somewhere, even thought this is probable EXTREMELY complicated

[plenderj]

Not really. If you just put a 2nd NIC into your computer, both on different subnets, and have both wireless gateways on separate subnets, you could route dynamically through code

[dglienna]

In XP, you can bridge two connections together. Is that what you mean?

[RobDog888]

In XP, you can bridge two connections together. Is that what you mean?

No, a Bridge is a way to connect two or more network segments that are configured with different protocols. Basically a translator, so to speak.

ALL is talking about running the connections in parallel to increase the bandwidth.

[dglienna]

I thought it would increase the speed if you bridged a wireless and wired connection together. When would you use a bridge, then?

[ALL]

I thought it would increase the speed if you bridged a wireless and wired connection together. When would you use a bridge, then?

you use a bridge when you have Computer A connected to the net and Computer B plugged into Computer A to get to the net.

does that help?

[dglienna]

Without using Internet Connection Sharing? OK, I guess.

[Ideas Man]

A bridge connects two different networks together. A typical example of this is a wireless router, it is a bridge between wired, wireless and the internet. If you bridge in Windows XP, you do not share the bandwidth, rather your computer acts like a router between the two networks. Useful if you want to bridge wireless and wired w/o a wireless access point.

It also allows you to bridge two different networks on different subnets.

[dglienna]

Oh. Different subnets. That I understood. Thanks.