Load Balanced ADSL

[Matt Midgley]

Hi All,

There's no escape from tech talk in the hosting lounge! I was wondering if anyone here has dealt with/used load balanced ADSL? I'm just interested in how well it worked and any issues that were experienced. Seems a nice cheap alternative to SDSL for a decent upload speed.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[Matthew]

Unfortunatly I have not Matt. Are you looking at a way to get packets to an FTP server utilising 2 ADSL lines at the same time? Would it be cheaper to just upgrade the single ADSL line? or are you looking at it for redundancy?

 

[Matt Midgley]

I'm just looking for a solution with greater upload than a single ADSL line. Even with a 2Mbit line you can't get much more than 30Kbit/sec upload. If you linked four together (which would be fairly expensive, but not as expensive as SDSL) you could get 4x the upload speed - if it works the way I think it does.

 

[monaghan]

Your ISP would need to support bonding (I think from memory this is the correct term) of the channels in order to get the multiple lines to work as a single line, however it can be done. Your router will also need to support channel bonding.

I think my ADSL reseller provider can do this, drop me a line if you want me to quote you.

 

[Matthew]

Thanks for the details Alex. Matt, you might want to check this link out below which shows a process someone used to connect a few ADSL connections together.

http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1729

 

[monaghan]

Small world, this is the guy who originally asked me the question I seem to remember he was having a license issue with the ADSL cards recently, I'll drop him a line and see how he's getting on and report back.

He uses the system to upload large video files to some accounts on a couple of my hosting servers, hence the need for fast upload speeds.

 

[monaghan]

The license issue was with the boot CD, not the cards, so if you want to use your own solution there's no license issue.

 

[Matthew]

Small world, this is the guy who originally asked me the question I seem to remember he was having a license issue with the ADSL cards recently, I'll drop him a line and see how he's getting on and report back.

He uses the system to upload large video files to some accounts on a couple of my hosting servers, hence the need for fast upload speeds.

It is a small world sometimes Thanks also for the extra details you posted just above this about the CD.

Matt... hopefully this can help with what you are looking for.

 

[Matthew]

Here is a little bit more information Matt...

http://www.slashgear.com/channel-bonding-cable-modem-to-provide-speeds-up-to-144mbps-264936.php

It's not available yet in the UK, but no doubt it will be later on.