mboswell
ISP Rep
Scenario:
2 x BT PSTN Lines next to each other on the wall. They both have pairs coming from the external BT cable and one assumes that this is the case all the way back to the exchange(?) 2 seperate pairs that is.
Both DSL connections are with the same ISP.
DSL Modem routers, of the same brand, are attached to each line and both have seperate public IP addresses and are no way connected to each other via the LAN ports.
I performed a number of simultaneously tests and ensured the data was from different sources so I made sure it was not the server at the other end balancing or limiting the speed. Tests performed were things such as speedtest.net, FTP and HTTP downloads.
At the point of the test I performed there were no other devices connected to the routers apart from 2 PC's connected the tests were performed on.
The results I noted were very strange to say the least, as my question below asks.
I hope someone can shed some light onto this for me, thanks in advance!
Question?
Should I see 2 seperate bandwidths (2 x ~8mbit) on each line or is it perfectly normal to see load balancing occur? across 2 seperate DSL lines.
2 x BT PSTN Lines next to each other on the wall. They both have pairs coming from the external BT cable and one assumes that this is the case all the way back to the exchange(?) 2 seperate pairs that is.
Both DSL connections are with the same ISP.
DSL Modem routers, of the same brand, are attached to each line and both have seperate public IP addresses and are no way connected to each other via the LAN ports.
I performed a number of simultaneously tests and ensured the data was from different sources so I made sure it was not the server at the other end balancing or limiting the speed. Tests performed were things such as speedtest.net, FTP and HTTP downloads.
At the point of the test I performed there were no other devices connected to the routers apart from 2 PC's connected the tests were performed on.
The results I noted were very strange to say the least, as my question below asks.
I hope someone can shed some light onto this for me, thanks in advance!
Question?
Should I see 2 seperate bandwidths (2 x ~8mbit) on each line or is it perfectly normal to see load balancing occur? across 2 seperate DSL lines.























