Before I begin, I apologize if this question has been previsouly posted / answered. I checked around for an hour or so without seeing anything similar to my question.
Background Info: Single machine environment, WinXP Pro SP2 / Latest Updates / F-Secure Firewall & AV / no router.
I have 2 (completely seperate, they have nothing to do witch each other) broadband connections running into this location. Both are connected to their own NIC (broadband modem1 plugs into NIC1, broadband modem2 plugs into NIC2)
Both connections work flawlessly when plugged in individually. When I connect them both simultaneously, both are assigned valid public IP's from their respective ISP's.
Problem: I cannot seem to get Windows (or is it possibly at the application level?) to utilize both connections at the same time. Example: Browsing a Webpage, downloading a file from web/ftp/irc/ et al, downloading email etc, only ONE of the two connections is used. I confirmed this by using various traffic monitoring applications.
I can't for the life of me determine how windows decides which connection its going to use, either. Seems to be random.
Question: How can I create a situation where Window (or the applications, whereever the problem lies) to use BOTH connections. I guess to "combine" them as one, lot the old days of shotgunning dialup modems.
Or am I completely off my rocker here?
Any comments or advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
CrunchyFerrett
(And no, I don't eat ferretts. They just make a great crunching sound when they get running to fast and run into walls/bookcases/doors etc.)
Background Info: Single machine environment, WinXP Pro SP2 / Latest Updates / F-Secure Firewall & AV / no router.
I have 2 (completely seperate, they have nothing to do witch each other) broadband connections running into this location. Both are connected to their own NIC (broadband modem1 plugs into NIC1, broadband modem2 plugs into NIC2)
Both connections work flawlessly when plugged in individually. When I connect them both simultaneously, both are assigned valid public IP's from their respective ISP's.
Problem: I cannot seem to get Windows (or is it possibly at the application level?) to utilize both connections at the same time. Example: Browsing a Webpage, downloading a file from web/ftp/irc/ et al, downloading email etc, only ONE of the two connections is used. I confirmed this by using various traffic monitoring applications.
I can't for the life of me determine how windows decides which connection its going to use, either. Seems to be random.
Question: How can I create a situation where Window (or the applications, whereever the problem lies) to use BOTH connections. I guess to "combine" them as one, lot the old days of shotgunning dialup modems.
Or am I completely off my rocker here?
Any comments or advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
CrunchyFerrett
(And no, I don't eat ferretts. They just make a great crunching sound when they get running to fast and run into walls/bookcases/doors etc.)