Superfast Internet with Speedify like Channel Bonding services or DIY using OpenWRT and VPS

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  Switchblade88 on 06/02/2020 - 10:15

  +1

  What's your use case? Some download uses can't be 'parallelised' so bonding won't do anything to improve overall speeds.

  The other issue of a cheap VPS might also mean you are bottlenecked on the other end anyway. Again, only even relevant once we learn your use case.

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    brisdaz on 06/02/2020 - 10:47

    -1

    Use case: personal/household internet use. Internet browsing, video streaming, older/less demanding games where network latency doesn't matter as much such as tabletop simulator and boardgame arenA, video conferencing for two hours a week for online toastmasters etc.

    I thought channel bonding differed from load balancing where most connections can be alternated by packets so most connections can be speeded up.

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  brisdaz on 08/02/2020 - 17:03

  I'm surprised there's not more interest in this service? I know there's lots of SIM sluts. I guess it's just easier to get a fixed wire service and rely on the network engineers to get fast upload. You'd think though that those stuck with FTTN or ADSL might be interested though?

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  baybaboy on 09/02/2020 - 16:18

  i tried speedify awhile ago and i can never get fast speed using it. vpn always slows my Connection down.

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  hoey888 on 09/02/2020 - 16:53

  you can use pfsense that is able to bond 2 separate internet gateway connections into one connection. (eg a two connections going to one VPN gateway Server) There are some issues with this though.

  Eg:
  Assume pfsense is installed on computer that has quad NIC

  Internet Connection 1—— Modem1—Connect to VPN Provider 1 via PF Sense NIC1
  Internet Connection 2—— Modem2—Connect to VPN Provider 1 via PF Sense NIC2

  PFSense NIC3 connects to your internal switch which connects to the rest of your network.

  Issues
  -Because you are allowing internet traffic to leave on Internet Connection1 and Internet Connect2, in theory it should be double the speed; however once you factor in VPN overheads, its more like 75% speed boost. For that kind of speed boost, its negligible for the amount of effort required.
  -Because internet traffic is routed from 2 separate internet connections to a VPN provider, can't confirm data security/integrity once it leaves your network. Its unknown what/where it passes through
  -You need to have server/computer to handle pfsense. Because its Linux based, a ex lease corporate desktop will suffice
  -Ping times aint the greatest, considering it needs go through VPN server and back again.

  Considerations
  -Personally used this setup on ExpressVPN. Two separate NBN connections were joined VPN directly to a Express VPN server. Doing this allows internet across the two internet connections to have the same originate IP address. Some websites (eg banks) have issues when use their service in two geographical locations simultaneously. Otherwise they would think the account is being hacked.
  -There are many other load balancer devices/routers. They simply alternate between available internet gateways. You'll get stuck with them with point above. Only works well for multi threaded websites and speed testers, but can be misleading in real world applications.

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  GoogleFroogle on 25/04/2020 - 02:44

  I am desperately interested in this. I need to stream poker 40+ hours per week. I there was a solution I could throw money or time at this problem with I would simply do it. I'll certainly try the home solution, I certainly have my doubts about speedify as I need one person to recommend it that isn't picking up an affiliate link.

  Subscribed for some hopeful good news

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    brisdaz on 25/04/2020 - 08:21

    There is hardware solutions. Search for teradek.

    I want a low cost solution though

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      GoogleFroogle on 25/04/2020 - 16:36

      thanks mate, i'll look it up

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        brisdaz on 30/04/2020 - 18:21

        Review?

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          GoogleFroogle on 30/04/2020 - 18:37

          @brisdaz: the solution that was $4K USD was what I needed..but it was 4K. I ended up getting telstra 5G. It is amazing. But sadly 200GB only allow me limited time to stream, so I will have to look at maybe a few days a month moving my setup somewhere with decent internet. But certainly if you get in a nice 5G zone…it's a good solution but for the horribly small data allowance per month.