Traffic shaping/aggregating

[Ben Scott]

On 12/27/06, Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> wrote:
>>> How about using the LinkSys RV042/82 series router which has dual
>>> wide area network connections and can do load balancing?
>>
>> Outbound only, I presume ...
>
> ... Trunking ...

  Right.  "Trunking", "bonding","link aggregation", "teaming" are all
about taking about the same thing: Taking separate connections and
making them act as one, at the data link layer (layer two).

> ... some 802.x standard that I can't recall.

802.3ad

> ... Again, this would require cooporation from the ISP.

  And that's the rub.  Like Bruce said, this is a cable ISP.  They
barely support IP.  Anything requiring cooperation with the upstream
is right out.

-- Ben