On Sat,15.May.10, 16:47:07, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > > > But will probably not work in you case, as it was meant to combine two > > (or more?) network ports from the same computer connected to the same > > switch. > > > The description says > > == > The Linux bonding driver provides a method for aggregating > multiple network interfaces into a single logical > bonded <http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Link_aggregation> interface. > == > > Strictly speaking, this is what I want. Now, your interpretation seems > to be based on the definition of a link aggregation, which I am not > really familiar with. Basically, I want to merge connections into one, > or at least divide and use them separately, in an easy way. This is not > a so-rare situation, is it? E.g. you might be wandering in some zone > where you can use the WiFi, but where it is sometimes unavailable, say > at specific regions. If you manage to use another connection, for > example the one that is given by your mobile phone/smartphone /via/ > Bluetooth (which is then connected to the internet through other > protocols), it should be possible to switch between these two > connections, or to use them simultaneously, if, say, WiFi 's range is > too small or WiFi's bandwidth too small compared to the smartphone's > one. (Okay, this is not a really realistic example.) > > You might also share an internet connection with your neighbour, > legally, and use it a lot when he does not need it. Then, if you already > use ethernet, you can use both connections. But how? Bonding is not suitable for you because it works too low-level (it is layer 2), unless you have two links from the same provider, using some technology that can be bonded (like ADSL). AFAIU what you need is BGP[1], but I can't give you any tips as this is way out of my league ;) Probably a good start (whatever technology you end up using) is a GNU/Linux (preferably Debian) machine connected to both internet links and your internal network since consumer gateways don't even have more than one WAN port[2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Gateway_Protocol [2] some of them could be used for this with custom firmware, but this is off-topic Regards, Andrei P.S. There is no need to CC me as I am subscribed to the list ;) -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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