Two cable modems?

RedMercury · 09-02-2006, 10:05

Hello!

I've just got a nice new Linksys RV042 which supports load balancing via two WAN ports.

Do NTL allow two home cable connections to the same address?

I'm thinking about downgrading to the second tier service when that gets put up to 10mbit, and getting another CM/account for 20mbits download goodness

m47een · 09-02-2006, 10:37

I have been looking into this recently and am interested to know if NTL will allow two home cable connections to the same address. I was considering bonding the two connections together however im not sure if NTL support MultiLink PPP.

What the Linksys RV042 does is team the connections together so in effect you will still only get a maximum connection speed of 10mbit. Its more for efficiency and fail over than anything else.

Bonding the connections will get you 20mbit as it "bonds" the two connections and uses them as one. the Linksys RV042 use both connections individually thats how it load balances them, so you can download two files both at a maximum of 10mbits.

Downloads · 09-02-2006, 10:41

Yes NTL allows 2 cable modems in a house. How do i know? My brother has 2.

Derek · 09-02-2006, 10:44

Yes they do but remember both running full pelt would be more likely to cause issues in the local area and be flagged up to the AUP team quickly.

m47een · 09-02-2006, 10:44

Hi Gruff,

Do you happen to know what your brothers set up is? is he using them indivdually or has he bonded them ??

09-02-2006, 10:53

why in gods name would you want 2 10 meg connections load balanced its just greedy.You would be much better off with 2x 2 meg unlimted connections ok you will only have 4 meg but you will have unlimited downloads instead or 60 gig. you would have the lot in half a day

Downloads · 09-02-2006, 10:56

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Originally Posted by m47een

Hi Gruff,

Do you happen to know what your brothers set up is? is he using them indivdually or has he bonded them ??

He's using them individually. Don't ask me why!

m47een · 09-02-2006, 10:58

having 2x10mbit connections will give you a upload of 1024kbit if you bond the connections which would be great if your running a part time game server..!

ian@huth · 09-02-2006, 11:24

I wouldn't want customers with the NEED to have 1024kb upload on the same UBR card as myself.

Ignition · 09-02-2006, 15:44

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Originally Posted by ian@huth

I wouldn't want customers with the NEED to have 1024kb upload on the same UBR card as myself.

There's a cap thread for that. I know how much you love commenting on other people's potential usage but looooads of room in there

Red, absolutely no probs at all. If they get anal just stick an A at the back of your house number which = new address, job done.

m47 - that 1Mbit upload would be no use at all for games hosting sadly.

09-02-2006, 15:51

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Originally Posted by Ignition

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m47 - that 1Mbit upload would be no use at all for games hosting sadly.

Why ? I believe ya just wanna learn something new today lol

Hans Gruber · 09-02-2006, 18:41

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Why ? I believe ya just wanna learn something new today lol

You'd only have 512k per IP address

RedMercury · 09-02-2006, 19:53

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Originally Posted by ian@huth

I wouldn't want customers with the NEED to have 1024kb upload on the same UBR card as myself.

Who said anything about need?

It was more of a curiosity thing. I don't download that much, but when I do I want it quickly! I'm going to downgrade from tier 3 to tier 2 if/when NTL bring tier 2 up to 10mbit anyway.

As for downloads, I was thinking about using something like GetRight for FTP - it can open up multiple connections and download one file in several parts, so you'd get the aggregate bandwidth for one logical FTP transaction.

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Originally Posted by dezzo

Yes they do but remember both running full pelt would be more likely to cause issues in the local area and be flagged up to the AUP team quickly.

My question was more "do they allow you two have two cable modem accounts at the same address". I don't see why it would be in violation if any AUP if you were paying for it...

Ignition - Good stuff

dragon · 09-02-2006, 20:11

If the cable to his house is capable of running 2 modems at 10mbit and theres enough space on the equipment for him to have 2 connections then i can't see any reason why he can't have a 2nd connection

After all NTL are a company If the customer turns around and says HEY i want to buy more from you and they have the capacity to provide it would seem a bit silly to turn ya away!

If your prepared to pay for it can't see why they wouldnt sell you it

m47een · 10-02-2006, 10:08

Thanks for your feedback Ignition,

I dont meen to cheeky or anything but I would be grateful if you could explain why this would be no good for game hosting.?

I was looking into Vicomsoft Intergate software and from what I could gather I assumed you could use the aggregate bandwidth of both connections, is this not right??