Macbook Pro use Wifi and USB Tethering?

[parkm13]

I was just curious to see if I could pull data from both wifi and from my iPhone tethering via USB? I need to download huge files from work and my home Wifi is very slow, just hoping this could give it a boost. Any information would be great, thanks!

 

[johnnnw]

I was just curious to see if I could pull data from both wifi and from my iPhone tethering via USB? I need to download huge files from work and my home Wifi is very slow, just hoping this could give it a boost. Any information would be great, thanks!

Uhhhhhh, no.

You can't use two sources at the same time, that doesn't make much sense anyway.

 

[parkm13]

Uhhhhhh, no.

You can't use two sources at the same time, that doesn't make much sense anyway.

Why doesn't it make sense? It seems to me that a 2mb/s 3G connection mixed with a 2mb/s wifi would help me out. However im not the most techno-savy guy around. Just throwing out ideas.

 

[johnnnw]

Why doesn't it make sense? It seems to me that a 2mb/s 3G connection mixed with a 2mb/s wifi would help me out. However im not the most techno-savy guy around. Just throwing out ideas.

It just doesn't work that way 🙂

You can't combine two connections of 2 and 3mbps for a 5mbps connection.

 

[snaky69]

It just doesn't work that way 🙂

You can't combine two connections of 2 and 3mbps for a 5mbps connection.

What he said. It just doesn't work that way.

 

[parkm13]

What he said. It just doesn't work that way.

Too bad. Thanks for the help though!

 

[allypumba]

I don't think it's impossible. Simple adding 2mb plus 3mb does not make 5mb connection, true...however, having two simultaneous connections is possible, with two separate ip addresses.

For example: your 3mb connection could be dedicated to downloading large files whilst you use your 2mb to surf web/stream videos.

How, I'm not entirely sure, maybe multihoming??