Data from 2 accounts simultaneously

[Jurras]

Question: How would my data (from say, 2 seperate ISP's) run out when I'm connected to 2 ISP's simultaneously (such as through using RasPPPOE)?

If I were to download 10mb then, would 5mb be deducted from one ISP and 5mb from the other? Will the download speed I get be a factor of both ISP's or only the fastest one?

Thanks.

 

[Pada]

No.

If you simply dial 2 PPPoE connections that are created in the same way (except for the username and password), then the one you dialed last (or perhaps the one you dialed first) would be used for all the data.

In Windows you can only split the traffic according to the destination IP address.

 

[Gnome]

Even in Linux you need to specifically set it up for load balancing. It's not limited to Windows. I'm sure you get applications for load balancing in Windows (probably cost money). I would however recommend using IPCop or M0n0wall. Both are free, require an extra computer (old PC preferable) and when setup runs like a router, it'll allow load balancing, if I remember correctly?

 

[Jurras]

Thank you for the replies. Know of any application or any way to instruct the router to (IF account1data=depleted THEN USE account2)?

 

[Bosvark@]

Thank you for the replies. Know of any application or any way to instruct the router to (IF account1data=depleted THEN USE account2)?

One of the guys at work did this once on Linux - but quite some time ago. It can be done but not sure what app...

 

[Jurras]

One of the guys at work did this once on Linux - but quite some time ago. It can be done but not sure what app...

Thanks anyway. Good to know it's possible. Not that big of a problem for me really.

Wait, just thought of something. I guess one can go the RasPPPOE route to set up 2 connections and then set up a batch file or something to ping a server and to see if there is a reply. In other words, (IF pingreply=notimeout, CONTINUE, ELSE dial connection2)?

 

[Pada]

Yeah, you'll need to write a script to change the routes. The best idea would be to use an application to do this for you, since 1 ping timeout shouldn't cause it to switch, but like 10 consecutive timeouts should.

Btw: RASPPPoE isn't necessary for Windows XP, Vista or 7! All you need is a registry modification to be able to dial multiple PPPoE connections simultaneously.

I'm doing all my traffic splitting with a MikroTik RB750 router, since its reasonably cheap and effortless to add additional PC's to the network and splitting the traffic for them too
As an alternative you could use RouteSentry or my Traffic Splitter app, but none of those apps support automatic failover.