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    bridged wireless connection problems

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by joseman1234, Feb 28, 2010.

  1. joseman1234

    joseman1234 Newbie

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    Hey, I am having some problems with having multiple internet connections on windows7. My laptop has an internal Wireless adapter that i have connected to my network in my appartment. I recently bought a USB wireless adapter because my neighbor told me that he doesnt mind if i connect to his network so i can have a better connection. I got the new adapter to connect with out a problem, but they are 2 independant internet connections. is there a way to bridge the connections together to actually utilize the 2 simultanious connections.
     
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  2. yejun

    yejun Notebook Deity

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    Not possible. There's some special router with 2 wan ports.
     
    yejun, Feb 28, 2010
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  3. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    Yeah, doesn't seem possible to me, sorry.
     
    Joel, Feb 28, 2010
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    reb1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Would a wifi antenna be better than an adapter.
     
    reb1, Feb 28, 2010
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    what about on windows xp. because i know that when i bridge 2 hard line connections it shows up as one connection and when i had that running my download and upload speeds almost doubled. that was because XP considered both of the connections as a single connection. would that work with wireless connections too?
     
    joseman1234, Mar 2, 2010
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  6. yejun

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    That's for completely different purpose.
     
    yejun, Mar 2, 2010
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