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Is it possible to somehow connect to multiple wireless connections at one time to maximize my download speed? I want to somehow maximize download speeds using multiple cable modem connections fed through wireless routers. Wasnt sure on the possibility of this. Not sure if it matters, but I am on a Centrino laptop.
I'm not aware of a way to do this... It sounds feasable, but I think it would require extra client-side software. Something that can download different parts of the file, coordinated, and then put it back together. Since a resume functionality works with wget and kget and other programs of the like, It should be somewhat of a simple matter to patch in the ability to grab different parts of the file at the same time -- over different net connections.
Thing is, I don't think there's much of a demand for this sort of program. How many people have multiple simultaneous connections available at a given time? Also, you'll still be limited by the bandwidth of the host.
you could, if your server allowed multi-link. your best bet is switch to 802.11g card, it allows rates up to 64M while b is only good to 11M I use 11M 802.11b card, and can watch movies and stream music. mandrake (all 4 disks) took less than 2 hours to bittorrent d/l thru cable modem. If you are a true speed junkie, and have the dinero, go with a firewire or optical connection
But anyway, we're talking wireless here -- of course optical or firewire would be optimum for transfer from the modem to your unit, but what if you're using a network shared connection? Also, this doesn't help increase the bandwidth you're getting from the cable modem itself.
There are 128Megabyte/second ethernet cards, they are called Gigabit
Anyway, the linux kernel provides 'bonding' drivers which allow you to do this as long as you have an interface. I know it works with ethernet, not positive about wireless but I dont see why it wouldnt work.
bah you'll find that shades point overwhelms in this issue...only in special circumstances will this help. probably not worth the time, but if you want a little project then cool.
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