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    Does load balancing increase bandwidth?

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      AbdelrhmanAhmed last edited by

      Hello everyone
      i am not specialist in this topic but i just want to know if load balancing increase bandwidth or not
      for example:
      if i have 3 ADSL lines each one with speed up to 16 Mb
      is there a way to combine those 3 lines to give me a speed up to 54 Mb or less?
      if so could anyone give me some help
      and if not could some one correct for me :)
      Thanks in advance.

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        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate last edited by

        Yes, but not for single connections.

        Load balancing will create outbound states on different circuits. So if you have a lot of users, say, browsing the web it will balance that load across multiple circuits.

        But if you try one download, like a speed test, it will only be one state on one circuit so it will not be 54Mbit/sec.

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          AbdelrhmanAhmed last edited by

          OK Thank you
          so there is no way to combine those 3 lines into one line with 54 Mb/ Sec speed? :(

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            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate last edited by

            The only way to do that is to get Multilink PPP from your ISP.

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