Paksmo

Quote: As to the original question of this thread, I'd guess, altough never seen it done, that you should be able to do it with two NICs (if onboard or PCI shouldn't matter), but then you need to find some software that does the load balancing in order to get any benefit out of it. Dunno how that would shake out. It was done with modems, long, long ago when ppl still had those things. But if one of your connections is through a VPN tunnel I doubt that you'd get it to work So NIC is just an ethernet network card (or onboard)? Both connections are identical. Physically, there is a LAN througout the building, the actual structure is unknown though.(ISP isn't really helpful) The wall socket is normal RJ45 and we connect with standard Ethernet cabel. The connections are through VPN to the ISPs server, with the normal connection wizard in XP & some options modified. Thats pretty much all that I understand about it. Anybody have any technical terms I could use ín the search for the software, I really have no idea what's required. ;( - Pak

Quote: Why not save some money and drop one connection and up the bandwidth of the other to 1M or 1.5M? Not an option. The apartment's rented and the conn is included in the rent. It's a standard procedure in our student housing foundation. One conn per room, whwther or not you use it or not, you still pay for it. Anyway the price is not that big, something like 17€/month/connection. -Pak

That might work. We are usually both logged on at the same time though. That could make it difficult So XP doesn't support this functionality directly? - Pak

Quote: what would happen if you would bridge those two connections? It's free and it's worth a try. You lost me. Bridging is what exactly? (english is a second language for me) Quote: Are both connections from the same provider? If so there is no point. Yes they are. What do you mean, there's no point? Thanks for suggestions everyone. - Pak

(I'm using WinXp.) We have two 512/512 broadband connections to our apartment. I'd like to connect both to my better XP box to get the whole capacity used as we pay for it anyway. One connection would be plugged to onboard LAN connector and ther other to a PCI network card. The broadband connections are through VPN "tunnel". This is not changeable as it came with the apartment. Our ISP is NOT know for their customer services, so anything that requirers contacting them is a lost cause. ;( Is this suggestion even possible and if it is, how do I go about doing it? Shoot it down if you can, so I can stop dreaming... ;( - Pak

Concerns WinXP. OK, need info how to change file associations on XP, so that the changes affect ONE user only. Exact problem : I want to open http-links and internet shorcuts with OPERA, but my brother prefers IE. Both accounts are Administrators on the same install of XP. - Pak