Link Aggragation

Basics

• Essentially blending two or more networks to increase bandwith and/or add redundancy
• Also known as "Network Bonding"
• Great for turning slow speed internet to high speed, and for redundany for critical applications
• Main Con is More than Double the Cost, due to equipment needed, and having to have two cables etc
• Can be done with two of the same source (Two DSL/Coaxial/Fiber Network/Cellulat/Satellite Connects) or two different types (Most common is some landline, and cellular/satellite for redundancy)

Hardware

• Need some IT expert for this really, currently this is all armchair research by User:Eric

Off the Shelf

• Seperate modems and a configurable ethernet router such as
  • This model
  • can supposedly work

Existing Open Source

• Supposedly linux builds can do this

Useful Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Link Aggregation
• A Blog post on the subject, with some IT experts as well