Combine internet

[panorios]

Hi all,

I need to combine 2 internet links in one.

I use a Qnap NAS and a Qnap managed switch. The routers for both connections are the stock routers send by the provider.

I am currently using a service called speedify for Windows, and it works, but I need the combined connection to be available on the Nas and my network.

My guess is that the switch is the key here, I tried link aggregation, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Can anyone help?

Thank you.  

 

[Vishera]

A CDN server may be the solution.

 

[panorios]

2 hours ago, Vishera said:

A CDN server may be the solution.

 

Thank you,

I am not sure that this is what I need, I just want to send large files to my customers, photos and videos and I need to do this remotely sometimes.

My internet connection is not great, and I have a second one to make things faster for heavy uploads.  

[Lurick]

To put it simply; you cannot combine/aggregate multiple internet connections in around 99% of instances.

To do it you need a single ISP who offers that sort of service or the same ISP with multiple links and a supported service from a third party which is even more rare.

 

LACP/LAG/port-channeling/etc. is for multiple sources and destinations and based on hash (L4/L3/L2 info or some combination of two or three of them), on a local network.

[R4PH4R0CK5]

Even if the switch is a layer 3 one I don´t think that this will work with a simple link aggregation. This is more a case for a router and sorry Vishera but I don´t know what a CDN is.

If i have the computer power I'll probably go with a virtual PFSense Firewall that can do this WAN aggregation preaty easy. That way you can point those devices to use the pfsense as gateway that can balance or fail switch wan providers as desired. Any old desktop with more than one NIC can do the trick.

[Cavalry Canuck]

7 hours ago, R4PH4R0CK5 said:

Even if the switch is a layer 3 one I don´t think that this will work with a simple link aggregation. This is more a case for a router and sorry Vishera but I don´t know what a CDN is.

If i have the computer power I'll probably go with a virtual PFSense Firewall that can do this WAN aggregation preaty easy. That way you can point those devices to use the pfsense as gateway that can balance or fail switch wan providers as desired. Any old desktop with more than one NIC can do the trick.

Spitballing here. Could he set up the NAS itself to be the gateway, and then stick a VM on it that accesses the gateway for the actual NAS-related tasks?

[wseaton]

So, you have multiple internet Connections with different ISPs?  Unless its the same provider with the service available on their end  you can't combine the links.

 

You can load balance via a cradlepoint or similar, but these devices just alternate connections. Large file transfers or streaming is worthless because are only using one link at a time.

[R4PH4R0CK5]

That is true, unless the plan is to saturate one of the links while game or work on the other, that way one traffic don't influence on the other. But keep in mind that the file share use case will be capped to the upload speed of the chosen link.

[panorios]

Thank you all for your help.

I think I found a solution, there is a module in speedify (Connectify Hotspot) is a virtual router that might do the trick.

I will update the thread.