Dual access to the internet

1 Nov 2006 10:52 PM

Bryan Dayton

I've decided to move to wireless broadband. The new modem is up and running
fine, but I still have my old broadband account until the contract expires.

IPCONFIG shows two NIC adapters: one on 124.x.x.x (wireless) and the other
on 169.x.x.x (wired).

I was expecting that I would have dual access to the internet for a while
and consequently faster downloads. Sadly, not so.

Viewing the network traffic, it appears that only the wireless connection is
ever used.

Is there some setting I have to make to XP Pro to convince it to use both
modems concurrently?

Bryan Dayton
Melbourne, Australia

2 Nov 2006 12:08 AM

Chuck

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On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:52:37 +1100, "Bryan Dayton" <bday***@tpg.com.au> wrote:

>I've decided to move to wireless broadband. The new modem is up and running
>fine, but I still have my old broadband account until the contract expires.
>
>IPCONFIG shows two NIC adapters: one on 124.x.x.x (wireless) and the other
>on 169.x.x.x (wired).
>
>I was expecting that I would have dual access to the internet for a while
>and consequently faster downloads. Sadly, not so.
>
>Viewing the network traffic, it appears that only the wireless connection is
>ever used.
>
>Is there some setting I have to make to XP Pro to convince it to use both
>modems concurrently?
>
>Bryan Dayton
>Melbourne, Australia

Bryan,

If you have a connection showing IP address 169.x.x.x, that's probably
169.254.x.x. That's an APIPA address, which gets you no connection with
anything outside your LAN.

With 2 connections, each from a different vendor, you'll not be doubling your
connection speed anyway. Each connection to a server on the Internet can only
come thru one specific network connection.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

2 Nov 2006 2:08 AM

V Green

Mutilple connections need to be to the same provider
AND the provider needs to support this option on their end.

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"Bryan Dayton" <bday***@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:O8S%23xhg$GHA.4568@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> I've decided to move to wireless broadband. The new modem is up and
running
> fine, but I still have my old broadband account until the contract
expires.
>
> IPCONFIG shows two NIC adapters: one on 124.x.x.x (wireless) and the other
> on 169.x.x.x (wired).
>
> I was expecting that I would have dual access to the internet for a while
> and consequently faster downloads. Sadly, not so.
>
> Viewing the network traffic, it appears that only the wireless connection
is
> ever used.
>
> Is there some setting I have to make to XP Pro to convince it to use both
> modems concurrently?
>
> Bryan Dayton
> Melbourne, Australia
>
>