combine two speed into one or so-called "bonding" is very hard to achieve unless you have specialize hardware and software. What average consumers like us can only do is load-balancing and failover. You can do that with just 2 x E372 and 1 x MR3420 using OpenWRT with a USB hub. I haven't try that myself.

My implementation is using zeroshell with 2 sets of 3G modem and 3G router:

So far, I find that zeroshell is the easiest way to load balance and failover multiple WAN connections under the same network. Other solutions in the market requires you to split your network into separate segments/subnets. The maximum I have tried on zeroshell is 3 x 3G connections. Although it can't achieve true combined speed, but it can achieve something similar if some factors are fulfilled. I'll use just one word - multi-threaded.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 13 2012, 09:58 AM

just following the lead of many good people in the forum - "Sharing is caring"..

we can use a USB hub as I mentioned earlier. and like you mentioned, using another device - load balancer router will be another option but it will cost a lot more. I'm using zeroshell (software-based load balancer router) as a VM in my PC with 2 LAN ports and a WiFi connection which is on 24x7.

I thought you want a more challenging method. Look for any routers with minimum 2 WAN ports. In fact, if you have a supported router using OpenWRT, you can achieve the same thing. I'm pretty sure 1043ND is supported, not sure about MR3420 though. Refer here - http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/multiwan

More things to explore.. haha..

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 13 2012, 10:38 AM

I have 2 x 3G modems and 2 x 3G routers like digilife. Both sets are connected to the same network via a LAN cable connected to respective routers' LAN port. My PC just connect to one of the 3G router via WiFi and I mapped this WiFi Adapter as a network card in the zeroshell VM.

Here's a simple graphical view of the setup for my home:

Pardon me for the bad drawings..

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Added on November 13, 2012, 10:36 amYup, i'm brought up since very small to fully utilize the things I have around me with minimum costs.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 13 2012, 10:36 AM

yeah, it's the easy implementation. I haven't try the multiple 3G modem on a single router yet. If you're interested, you can read it up here - http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/3gdong...iple.3g.dongles

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 13 2012, 11:18 AM

wow.. just over a weekend I have to catch up more than 10 pages. Here's my take (note: i'm not sure if it's the actual case) on how Maxis control the speed per tower with the assumption that you have the right modem and signal strength to support up to 42Mbps:
- Each tower has a pipe of 42Mbps or more bandwidth
- They will have a device that do QoS or dynamic bandwidth control on that tower depending on the number of users connected at the time
- Let's say they apply a very basic QoS rule which is divide the pipe to the number of connected users equally. If 10 users are connected, each user will get around 4.2Mbps. If 2 users are connected, each might get around 21Mbps. (The figures that I used are just sample to help us understand, it might not reflect the actual numbers Maxis allocate to each tower or each user)
- We can see that during daytime, most people get slower speed because of the congestion while during graveyard shift, you can get maximum speed because most people is already sleeping

Well, it's just how I'd look at it from a technical perspective. I'm sure experts in this cellular field can tell us more about it.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 20 2012, 03:30 PM

care to tell us more about the RM0 monthly commitment? Thanks in advance!

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 22 2012, 02:29 PM

I don't see any RM0 commitment for Maxis' promotion in Dell. Sharing is caring mar..

okay, thanks! Be extra careful with Maxis BillShock tm though. Especially when they ask you to sign a contract, double check everything to avoid regretting later.

i'm using 2 x E372 where each gets about 2-4Mbps on average. Load balancing both with multi-threaded apps like IDM or torrent, I'm getting between 4-7Mbps. How much more you can get is entirely up to the load balancing device/software that you used, of course, the congestion of the tower that you're connected is taken into consideration as well. I'm just using a software based load balancing with ZeroShell which do simple load balancing via round-robin method. Hardware load-balancer might perform better.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 23 2012, 03:40 PM

yes, i'm always jealous of all the high speed you all are getting. But I don't have much choice in my area, Maxis has no plans to upgrade so far. but you can get the idea of the proportion you'll get on the speed with 2 modems.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 23 2012, 03:43 PM

nope, i didn't spend that much since I'm one of the legacy unlimited plan with multi-sims.

Another reason I load balance 2 connections are meant to have a reliable always connected internet connection. As we all know, mobile broadband is never that stable. If one connection fails, all my internet requests will be failover to the one that is still connected. It's not just about the speed.

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Added on November 23, 2012, 3:52 pmit doesn't work that way, you can't just multiply like that. The software that we're using in our daily life wasn't fully optimize to take full advantage of that. Unless you're hosting a datacenter at home, then, it might be useful.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 23 2012, 03:52 PM

i wish i can, the best wired broadband I can get at my area is Streamyx 1Mbps (not even 4Mbps).

again, it's not as simple as that. As I mentioned earlier about my assumption how Maxis control the bandwidth at each tower, you will never that the max speed if there are other users using it in your area.

just notice someone is selling the enterprise level network bonding appliance which will allow you to combine the speed of multiple WAN connections in the Network sales sub-forum. i'm pretty sure it cost a bomb.

hardcore users with deep pocket might be interested.

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Added on November 29, 2012, 3:25 pmsoftware based bonding by Connectify coming soon. Regretted that I didn't join their Kickstarter project previously that give certain level of backers lifetime free upgrade.

More info - http://www.connectify.me/dispatch

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 29 2012, 03:25 PM

bonding is different than load balancing. it gives you the speed of the combined lines.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 29 2012, 03:28 PM

you're most welcome! I'll wait for them as well. Already signed up their newsletter. Anyway, I'm going to test bonding my Maxis connections using VPN aggregation method in the next few weeks. Will update if the results are promising..

if any of you are interested to see the real life results of E398, check out my post at blacktubi's thread - http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...t=2605886&st=0#