Re: 2 modems in one computer?
Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
>
> Shaleh wrote:
>
> > There is a thing called multi link ppp -- two modems dial at once
> > and you get double the speed (in theory). It does work in Windows,
> > I am not aware of software support in Linux (or UNIX, or other OS's)
> >
>
> I could be wrong, but isn't that what the "serial line load balancing"
> kernel option is for? It's been a while since I looked at the docs
> for that option, but I coulda sworn it allowed 2 serial lines (modems)
> to act as one...but I could be wrong.
No, you're right! It is called EQL, or "serial line load balancing".
It is described in section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO. You'll need
the eql tools, and I think there is a debian package for it in
potato.
Kirk
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