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Multilink PPP combines several physical links to look like one bigger
link. But the links can only be combined if the end-points match. That
means ONE XP machine on one end and ONE suitably=configured ISP router on
the other. If either endpoint is on a different box, the pretense that
these separate physical links can be treated as one bigger link never gets
off the ground.
David Gillett
On 28 Apr 2005 at 17:54, Cal Peters wrote:
> Hi All....
>
> My brother has a 3 computer network with Linksys router at his office
> that I've set up, and unfortunately he's out in the boonies and can only
> get slooooooow dialup, which I've set up internet connection sharing on
> one of his machines to share one dialup between the 3. It "works", but
> it's not pretty when you try to do Windows updates on 3 machines..... :-(
>
> He has a phone line and a fax line going into the office, and I'm
> thinking I'd like to try to use the multilink ability in XP to double
> his bandwith to something a little more tolerable.
>
> Does anybody have any experience with this?? Is it mandatory to have
> both modems in the same machine (would be problematic, since the
> machines are separated in a way that would make it tough to run a phone
> line/cable for the 2nd modem) or can they be in different machines??
>
> I talked briefly with tech support at his ISP, and he didn't think
> there'd be a problem logging in twice on separate phone lines, but the
> MS tech article I found indicates that there has to be some kind of PPP
> multilink setup/configuration on their end. Anybody know if this is
> true and/or absolutely necessary??
>
> Here's the article:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307849&sd=tech
>
>
> Any thoughts/experience would be appreciated
>
> Cal Peters
> Grandville, MI
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