Internet Combination

[zazenx]

Is there a way to connect two internet connections to my powermac G5?...such as two ethernet ports, or an ethernet and a wireless or two wireless connections.

 

[mad jew]

Not that I know of, sorry.

Why do you want to?

 

[Killyp]

You can connect an ethernet and a wireless, but it won't speed anything up. You can only use one connection or the other, not both at the same time...

 

[zazenx]

I have two rooms, and each room has a seperate ethernet connection but isn't shared with each other, they are completely seperate. I would like to combine them and increase the speed. I just read something about two ethernet connections but I think it only applies to osx server.

 

[Killyp]

No, it doesn't work.

Each internet connection will have it's own WAN IP address. A server can't treat 2 IP connections as one.

I don't think any computers available could 'combine' the two connections either...

 

[lordj4000]

I believe this is what you are looking for. And while os x can do it, i'm pretty sure they both have to be on the same network.

Edit: Copied from the network control panel help pages:

To combine Ethernet ports:
Open System Preferences and click Network.
Choose Network Port Configurations from the Show pop-up menu, and click New.
Choose Link Aggregate from the Port pop-up menu. Type a name for the port in the Name field.
Select the Ethernet ports you want to combine.
Click Apply Now to activate the new virtual Ethernet port.

 

[Skeeball236]

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