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Modem with 2 WAN ports

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    asphalt3
    last edited by Jan 6, 2020, 6:09 AM

    Will I be able to use the 2 wan ports and double my internet speed?
    As this person says https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFOS-6GFrs0
    Or i need 2 modems?
    thanks!

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      chpalmer
      last edited by Jan 6, 2020, 6:18 AM

      No a DSL modem with 2 WAN ports (are there any) will not allow this. Limit in the modem is either its limit or the ISP. They do not do two accounts and the phone lines will not carry it.

      No a Cable modem with multiple ports will not pass any more speed than you pay for. (Just pay for more.) There are no cable systems offering more than a single port can pass than I aware of (now the caveat) with the exception that putting a pair in LAGG where the modem allows this and is provisioned slightly above a gigabit.. will help.. a little. But not double.

      You do not mention your internet type.

      Triggering snowflakes one by one..
      Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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        asphalt3
        last edited by Jan 6, 2020, 6:29 AM

        got it thanks!

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          asphalt3
          last edited by Jan 6, 2020, 7:02 AM

          I have gigabit internet but for some reason i have 200mb download while using PIA openvpn. My other idea was that because its limited to 1 core i should have multiple clients running. My cpu is an i5-2400

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            chpalmer
            last edited by Jan 6, 2020, 10:08 PM

            My belief would be that you should upgrade your box/CPU to something a little more up to the task. I have not used PIA though and wonder if they limit?

            How much speed do you get from your gigabit connection if your not using PIA?

            Triggering snowflakes one by one..
            Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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              asphalt3 @chpalmer
              last edited by Jan 6, 2020, 10:54 PM

              @chpalmer I get about the same speed with and without VPN. While using openvpn the cpu % utilization is 16% while without its less than 5%

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                chpalmer
                last edited by Jan 6, 2020, 11:07 PM

                What kind of service is this?? What brand and model modem?

                You need to find out if you truly have a bottleneck or if the ISP does.. (Maybe they have you provisioned wrong.. ect.)

                Not knowing what your hardware is I still would guess is that you should get better speeds than that.

                Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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