Cellular Bonding with a Laptop

[audiotek]

Any such product on the market to bond 2 or 4 USB modems together to be used with a laptop to create carrier aggregation (cellular bonding)? I'm sure it exist but can't seem to find an actual product on the net there's some home made ones but this is way beyond my computer and networking knowledge and they are not portable (USB hub, modem, wires etc...).
I would imagine it would be looking like a USB hub where you plug the 2 or 4 4G/LTE sticks in than gets plugged in into one the laptop USB port would have to come with a software for the bonding between the channels!!!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[RealBeast]

No such products that I'm aware of, simple wired channel bonding is not even commonly supported outside high end commercial products, much less an exotic solution like multiple 4G sticks.

 

[audiotek]

Thanks for reply I actually found this from Pepwave http://3gstore.com/product/4155_pepwave_max_on_the_go_motg.html The description is pretty vague as I'm not sure if the bonded signal is transfered with a Cat6 to the laptop or through Wi-Fi!! I sent them an email but no replies yet. Also how would you achieved the same thing with a desktop computer running Windows? I was reading that there's actually a way to bound 4 GSM modems with 4 mini PCIe cards I can find the cards but not the board orf the assembly tol hold 4 mini PCIe board

Here's the cards
http://www.sierrawireless.com/productsandservices/AirPrime_Wireless_Modules/Essential_Modules/MC_Series.aspx

 

[RealBeast]

That device is somewhat like a simple load balancing 4 WAN router that allows for failover, there is no bandwidth aggregation. It simply moves to a different signal when the current signal is degraded.

 

[audiotek]

I guess that would be that one http://3gstore.com/product/3169_pepwave_max_700.html But $2000 that's a lot of money

FROM THE DESCRIPTION This router is best for: Enterprise users wanting to load balance and/or aggregate between several wireless internet connections (aggregation/bonding requires the Max 700 and a Balance 210 or higher router) Meaning you need a 210 router at the other end? Is it only to be used as a VPN or it can be used as a regular modem?

 

[RealBeast]

Unfortunately, that would be very unlikely to actually work, and they even tell you that in the small print:

NOTE: Many factors influence the real-world throughput you'll see from bonded connections, including latency, connection type, connection speeds, traffic type, and reliability on both sides of the SpeedFusion tunnel. Cellular users should note that bonded cellular connections suffer from "flow control" of TCP traffic at the carrier level, and 3Gstore cannot guarantee that bonding multiple cellular connections will result in faster speeds.

Channel bonding even with simple Ethernet connections is complex and rarely works very well other than with very high end gear that is built with that as the primary goal.