{"id":375,"date":"2008-12-21T13:37:05","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T20:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=375"},"modified":"2013-12-14T12:06:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T17:06:14","slug":"mlppp-double-your-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/mlppp-double-your-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"MLPPP – Double your fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently the 1-year special DSL price from Acanac<\/a> expired on my second phone line. Rather than renew at a higher rate, I decided to move the line to TekSavvy<\/a> instead… since I already had the primary line with them. The price was about the same, but TekSavvy offered something I wanted to try: “MLPPP” connections: the ability to bond 2 DSL lines into a single connection, with a single IP address. The fact that MLPPP also circumvents Bells DSL throttling<\/a> didn’t hurt either.<\/p>\n

I ordered a second dry-loop connection from TekSavvy, and had them migrate my Acanac line over. Although I didn’t really need to, I got a second SpeedTouch 516 DSL modem<\/a> to match my first: one less thing to worry about when troubleshooting:<\/p>\n

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Next I needed something to bond those 2 DSL lines into a single MLPPP connection. Although I was already using a Linksys WRT54G<\/a>, I found another use for it over Christmas, and decided to buy an Asus WL-500gP v2<\/a> instead. It had aftermarket firmware, good reviews, and speedy hardware.<\/p>\n


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Speaking of firmware: the most important piece of the puzzle came from the Tomato\/MLPPP project<\/a>. They specifically tailor the normal Tomato firmware<\/a> to be MLPPP-capable, and automate connecting and maintaining multiple links to your ISP. I installed an early release of “v3alpha4 ND”, punched in my TekSavvy DSL credentials, and both links went up automatically! Success!<\/p>\n

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I had some issues with my second Bell line (it was running at 3000\/800 instead of 5000\/800) but that seems to be fixed now. I have a bit more testing to do after Christmas (like fiddling with MTU settings)… but here’s a speedtest of the untweaked MLPPP connection using stock Tomato\/MLPPP settings:<\/p>\n

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Just about double what I was getting with a single connection, and maybe a bit more with tuning. Special thanks to all the MLPPP-topic posters on the DSLReports TekSavvy forum<\/a> for convincing me that things would work out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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