Learn how to speed up your Internet dial-up connection with a second phone line and a second modem.
When it comes to surfing the Web, speed is everything. With more and more Web sites moving beyond the static HTML pages of the early years of the Web and offering streaming multimedia, it's becoming essential that you have a high bandwidth connection. As such, many folks are moving away from their 56K modems and enlisting the aid of more powerful connection technologies, such as DSL (Digital Subscriber Lines) or cable modems which offer a dramatic increase in connection speeds when compared to a 56K modem.
Unfortunately, neither DSL nor cable modems are available in all areas of the country. So what can you do to increase your bandwidth if you live in an area not yet serviced by these new technologies? Well, you can investigate MultiLink, a technology borrowed from ISDN and ported over to Windows 9x. It allows you to use two 56K modems as one and effectively double your connection speed. Of course, using MultiLink a bit more involved than just connecting two modems to your system, but it's not too difficult.
In this article, I'll tell you what equipment you need and show you how to configure your Windows system to use MultiLink. As I do, I'll explain in more detail what MultiLink is and how it works.
Wizard Note: DSL and cable modems allow users to send and receive data in terms of megabits, or millions of bits, per second (Mbps). However, keep in mind that DSL and cable modem connection systems vary widely and have different speeds for downstream and upstream connections. As such, it's difficult to give exact connection speeds. Suffice it to say that they offer a dramatic increase in connection speeds when compared to a 56K modem, which transmits information at kilobits, per second (Kbps).
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| What you need to use MultiLink | ||
| Understanding MultiLink | ||
| Configuring MultiLink | ||
| Making a MultiLink connection | ||
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