Do you know what Channel Bonding is? Do you know that you can double the speed of your internet connection by adding two links?
If you're looking for ways to improve your internet speed and have no choice but to get a second connection, then you can either split your traffic into two connections, or combine them and get one that's still reasonably fast. As an idea, it is more applicable to commercial roofs than to residential ones users.
So a slow internet connection in a business can be really painful. But if you're limited by the speed of ISPs in your area, what options do you have for better connectivity? The answer may be more links.
Can you use multiple internet connections?
Until an internet service provider develops the right infrastructure where your home or business is located and you will need an additional internet connection to overcome the problem.
Αυτή μπορεί να είναι από τον ίδιο πάροχο που χρησιμοποιεί την ίδια τεχνολογία ή διαφορετικό πάροχο με διαφορετική τεχνολογία. Η δεύτερη λύση θα σας εξασφαλίσει μία συνεχής συνδεσιμότητα στο διαδίκτυο αν ο πρώτος πάροχος "πέσει" για κάποιο διάστημα.
Έτσι αν η σύνδεση του ενός παρόχου αποτύχει, υπάρχει μια εφεδρική σύνδεση στην οποία θα δρομολογηθεί όλη η κίνηση στο Διαδίκτυο. Ο όρος για αυτό είναι "fail over".
However, failover will not help you increase your internet speed. For this, you need one load balancing (load balancing) or channel bonding (channel connection).
Both load balancing and channel bonding have different uses, costs and problems. Ultimately, it depends on how your internet traffic is routed.
Στην αγορά επειδή η υπηρεσία channel bonding δεν είναι διαδεδομένη και το όνομα δεν είναι "πιασάρικο" θα την δείτε και σαν internet bonding, ή wan bonding και στα Ελληνικά και ως "ενοποίηση γραμμών".
How is data routed on the internet?
Let's take a look at how an internet request is routed. Your computer and browser connect to a server that provides the necessary files to load the webpage you are currently reading. For a clearer picture of what is described, try to imagine your internet connection as a set of pipes.
The various elements of the website, such as text and images, are delivered (as a data packet) through a slot. Think of the wall outlet as a pipe for information that extends from the server to you. If the socket is a pipe, the packages are the liquid that flows through it.
For example, the image you see above was initially split into several individual packets and delivered through an outlet. It was then reassembled from your browser.
What is Load Balancing?
Load balancing is the way in which your internet traffic is distributed between two or more internet providers. You need a router with multiple WAN connections to implement load balancing.
Every Internet connection can be from a different provider or even a different technology. For example, you could have the router connected to a fiber optic network and an LTE network at the same time.
Κάθε συσκευή σας που "βγαίνει" στο διαδίκτυο περιορίζεται σε μία μόνο σύνδεση δικτύου τη φορά. Ουσιαστικά μοιράζετε όλη την κίνησή σας σε δύο συνδέσεις ταυτόχρονα, αλλά, κάθε συσκευή συνδέεται μόνο με μία από τις δύο συνδέσεις. ¨Όλα τα πακέτα μία συγκεκριμένη συσκευής περνάν από μία συγκεκριμένη σύνδεση.
In the diagram above, the network has access to two 5 Mbps internet connections. If a user wanted to stream a movie that required 8 Mbps, load balancing would not help. This is because a movie stream requires a large diameter conveyor or tube to deliver a movie from a server to you.
What is Channel Bonding
Chanel bonding separates your web traffic at the package level between multiple internet connections.
While load balancing separates your network traffic, channel bonding effectively combines many different internet connections into one.
For this to happen, your Internet traffic needs to be split up and reunited. There are options in both hardware and software for channel bonding. But you need to have a hardware infrastructure if you want your entire network to take advantage of channel bonding.
A company like Shareband in America or respectively in Greece Linkshop or InfoLib or combox will provide you with a device to connect many internet connections. Your data is then securely sent to this company through your multiple internet connections, where it is processed and sent back to you.
This means that channel bonding will be effective even for the user who is trying to broadcast a great movie, because the traffic is distributed at a low level.
Channel bonding despite the hardware still requires subscription, as the company uses its servers to separate and customize your internet traffic for you.
At the moment the fiber optic connection to your premises is funded by European Union funds, but when this stops maybe a connection visualYour home can cost a significant amount of money. And it might cost less to use two cheaper ADSL or VDSL connections in your home and connect them together.
Channel bonding software
Chances are you already have a device capable of using multiple simultaneous internet connections, in the form of a smartphone. You can consolidate Wi-Fi and LTE connections using software channel bonding.
One such application is Speedify that we presented to you recently, which is essentially a VPN, but as its name suggests, it can help you get a fast one line with the integration of Wi-Fi and LTE.
To get an idea of how effective this solution can be, you can run three speed tests: One using Wi-Fi only, one using LTE only, and one using the Speedify channel connection, which combines both two.
What to do if you can not have Channel Bonding
If you can not unify your two or more lines? or you can not get a fast line, then you have to play with limits.
You will need a managed switch that will allow you to set download and upload limits for both groups and users. This can help configure your internet connection and provide a better browsing experience for all users. Little by little, the phenomenon of someone uploading a large file will stop and everyone else will be dragged.
