Multiple Connections

just out of curiosity,
i have both ethernet card + wireless card in my PC, and connect to the
internet via ethernet and modem/router at around 7 meg.
if i was able to connect via wirless to ANOTHER connection, at roughly the
same speed, would i then have a 14meg connection effectively, or would the
pc just use one of them?
i do know that this would be illegal, but as nobody around me has wireless
it's not going to happen anyway.

thnaks.

On Mon, 7 May 2007 17:32:43 +0100, "tony h" <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>just out of curiosity,
>i have both ethernet card + wireless card in my PC, and connect to the
>internet via ethernet and modem/router at around 7 meg.
>if i was able to connect via wirless to ANOTHER connection, at roughly the
>same speed, would i then have a 14meg connection effectively, or would the
>pc just use one of them?

Depends what you have running on the PC.

>i do know that this would be illegal, but as nobody around me has wireless
>it's not going to happen anyway.
>
How is it illegal?
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Regards,
Stuart.

(E-Mail Removed) declared for all the world to hear...
> >i do know that this would be illegal, but as nobody around me has wireless
> >it's not going to happen anyway.
> >
> How is it illegal?

Using someone elses wifi? COmputer misuse Act, people have been done for
it recently.
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Regards
Jon

On Mon, 7 May 2007 20:59:45 +0100, Jon <(E-Mail Removed)>
mused:

>(E-Mail Removed) declared for all the world to hear...
>> >i do know that this would be illegal, but as nobody around me has wireless
>> >it's not going to happen anyway.
>> >
>> How is it illegal?
>
>Using someone elses wifi? COmputer misuse Act, people have been done for
>it recently.

Who said anything about someone elses wifi? Using a wifi connection
and a wired connection is not illegal, using one or the other without
some sort of permission is. I think some vagueness in the OP may have
made me start another unnecesary tangent to the whole thread.

If the OP meant use next doors wireless connection,
secured\hacked\open or otherwise, then yes, without permission -
illegal.

If the OP meant use there own wired and wireless connections
simultaneously, then no - not illegal

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Regards,
Stuart.

"tony h" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:f1nkbi$u71$(E-Mail Removed)...
> just out of curiosity,
> i have both ethernet card + wireless card in my PC, and connect to the
> internet via ethernet and modem/router at around 7 meg.
> if i was able to connect via wirless to ANOTHER connection, at roughly the
> same speed, would i then have a 14meg connection effectively, or would the
> pc just use one of them?
> i do know that this would be illegal, but as nobody around me has wireless
> it's not going to happen anyway.

If you were to do do this, then open a command windows and type at the
prompt:
ipconfig /all
you would see a report summarising the IP address and default gateway for
each interface (i.e. the wired ethernet and the wireless connection).

Then type
netstat -rn
and it will show you the active routes.

The default route will be shown by the network desination = 0.0.0.0 and the
appropriate interface and gateway will be shown, together with a metric. If
there are two default routes (as might be the case with two connected
networks) each will have a different metric. The route with the lowest
metric will be used. So you won't get double the connection speed.

Unless of course you have some bandwidth aggregating software running on
your computer.

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Graham J

"Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:f1o7b0$apq$1$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "tony h" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:f1nkbi$u71$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> just out of curiosity,
>> i have both ethernet card + wireless card in my PC, and connect to the
>> internet via ethernet and modem/router at around 7 meg.
>> if i was able to connect via wirless to ANOTHER connection, at roughly
>> the same speed, would i then have a 14meg connection effectively, or
>> would the pc just use one of them?
>> i do know that this would be illegal, but as nobody around me has
>> wireless it's not going to happen anyway.
>
> If you were to do do this, then open a command windows and type at the
> prompt:
> ipconfig /all
> you would see a report summarising the IP address and default gateway for
> each interface (i.e. the wired ethernet and the wireless connection).
>
> Then type
> netstat -rn
> and it will show you the active routes.
>
> The default route will be shown by the network desination = 0.0.0.0 and
> the appropriate interface and gateway will be shown, together with a
> metric. If there are two default routes (as might be the case with two
> connected networks) each will have a different metric. The route with the
> lowest metric will be used. So you won't get double the connection speed.
>
> Unless of course you have some bandwidth aggregating software running on
> your computer.
>
> --
> Graham J
>
>
Thank you, Graham.
guessed that would be the case, but just wondered and figured someone here
would know the answer.

On 7 May 2007, "tony h" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>at roughly the same speed, would i then have a 14meg connection
>effectively, or would the pc just use one of them?

not uncommon for the PC to just use one of them... A client of mine
plugged his laptop (normally used on Vodafone) into his wired router,
and switched on... while the ADSL (via cable) was 'visible' it was
his second connection, via Vodafone, which I got when taking over
remote control... I disabled the Voda connection and after just a
few moments, saw his PC available again (via his ADSL link). OK, he
pays per MB via either connection, but it seemed crazy to pay higher
Vodafone prices when his ADSL connection was there and cheaper.