Hi,
There are some old posts with this question. As technology evolves rapidly, I'm hoping there are additional & better solutions available now.
We live in rural NC in an area where modern broadband is very scarce. Our only option is CenturyLink DSL (adsl). No cable or other ISPs service our rural area. We don't want satellite and we'll chew through our cell data on Verizon in a few days.
I have spent years trying to find another service to no avail. We can only get 1.5mbps b/c we're ~18k feet from the CL connection "box". I've tried to get higher speeds to no avail, as well.
Recently, I placed an order for a 2nd ADSL line with CL. I asked the rep for a bonded service, where they physically connect the lines. Rep (and tech) said the max distance from the "box" to setup psychically bonded dsl is 8k ft; 6k preferred.
CL tech said I could do the bonding myself. I've searched extensively on how to do this. If CL is giving me permission to do it myself, it seems a reasonable conclusion is that bonding would be accomplished with a new router specifically designed for bonding, as I doubt they want to touch the Internet box mounted to my house.
My modem/router combos do not seem to have protocol for bonding - ZyXel pk5001z. I was hoping to daisy chain the two. Good thing I did not have high expectations.
My old LinkSys wrt54gl router does not seem to support bonding either - As Is. However, I found a youtube video of a guy using Tomato to bond 2 DSL lines together via his Linksys wireless-g aka wrt54g*. In case you're curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBoJ12ByutY The video states your ISP needs to support MLPPP.
Questions:
1) Does CL support MLPPP?
2) Anyone accomplish this with a different router without MLPPP?
3) Any other suggestions for bonding 2 adsl lines?
Thanks!
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