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Evening Easter Scoobynetters

I wonder if anyone if anyone can confirm this theory of mine or tell me its complete rubbish?

I have a 1mbit ntl cable connection at home which is used by a few pcs and a couple of laptops using wireless network cards and a linksys wireless access point.

Now my neighbour also has a 1mbit cable connection and a wireless network using similar kit (his is belkin gear).

Is it at all possible to in some way "join" the two connections (we are within range, no problem at all as we have tested connecting to each others networks and get "excellent" signals in windows xp. What i basically want to do is join the two so that we both utilise the bandwidth of both connections and so both in effect have access to a shared "2mbit" connection...

Not sure if that made any sense but hoping someone can set me straight!

Cheers

David

Welloilbeefhooked

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I would also like to know.

The Fixer

I suppose if you both set your workgroups up to the same name, i.e. common network it should work(basically connecting routers together and thus both phone lines).

wheelie_sti

Doesn't matter matey im afraid, doesn't work that way. You can determine what machines will use what wireless connection but NOT to the speed of 2m/ps. The machines will either use 1 or the other at 1meg connection speed.

Pete

King RA

Chip in your money and upgrade 1 of the lines to 2mb. It will work out cheaper and you will both be able to use a 2mb connection.

RoadrunnerV2

David

You can perform load balancing across multiple connections however in your setup it wouldn't be worth while/cost effective. You really need both connections in the same location/room to use a load balancer.