Multiple modems?

[Bazango]

Under a posting here about whether to use Winmodems or not there was a few responses that alluded to the use of more than one modem. Are these two modems installed on the same system? Are they both internal modems?

I haven't installed a modem yet, so I am not sure what questions to ask about how you do this. Basically, how does this all work?

[MR COMPUTER]

The Amquest brand of rockwell chipset modems,say that you can use two internal modems,two phone lines and double your speed. The fine print to that is- The receiving computer must have two phone lines,and naturally-two Amquest modems!!! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[hhieu]

...and two dialup accounts http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Bazango]

OK, by some strange coincidence I have a new Amquest modem. What about the rest of these folks with multiple modems? Is two phone lines and two dial ups the only motivation?

[JimS]

You can use two modems, with Win98's multilink feature. You need 2 phone lines, one ISP account that supports dual analog service(multilink), and two modems. I use two Diamond modems and am connected at 102kbs right now. My service costs $29 a month for unlimited time. To me, it is well worth it. I download files at 10-15 kbs, as opposed to 4-5 kbs with a single line connection(56k). Web pages load much faster, it makes the whole internet a much more desirable experience.

[Bazango]

Is it impolite to ask what your service is? Do the modems have to be identical? Is there a software solution if you don't have Win98?

[gradius]

You know what, I've been wondering the same thing. I have a USR 56K v90 and a v90 K56Flex HSP PCI modem, two phone lines, and am currently using CWIX for my ISP. ( i am going to switch ISPs soon anyway, hopefully to a multi-link providing ISP, if my two modems will work )

[reboot]

Windows 98 Multilink supports any two modems installed correctly. Even a 56k and a 336 together. (Connects at 83,200 : 52k and 31.2k)
You do not need an ISP that supports multilink. You can use two ISPs, or two accounts at one ISP with a different phone #, although performance degrades rapidly.
Cheers, Jim

[Mntsnow]

Reboot,

I am running Win98 and do have access to 2 different ISP's How do I go ahead and get the modems to work together? can you email me the info or program that allows this to happen?
I would be much appricitive as I am unable to get DSL or cable modems in my area yet http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

Mntsnow
Mntsnow@hotmail.com

[JimS]

In order for the two modems to work together or "bond" the connection, you need an ISP that supports that type of connection. Otherwise you will have two modems with two separate connections going at the same time. This really is of no use unless you want to use two browsers simultaneously. reboot, the ISP "bonds" the two lines together at their end to give you up to 112k connection. I have tried it the other way with an ISP that does not "bond" and all I got was two separate 56k connections. At Diamond's website(www.diamondmm.com) look under the shotgun section for a list of ISP's that support dual analog connections.

[reboot]

Sorry, I neglected to mention the separate connections. Windows 98 multilinking will run two modems on two connections to two ISP's. Try it. If configured right, it sort of works.
Two connections isn't bad either. Allows for multitasking easily, as one modem is downloading, the other can be used for surfing.
p.s. Diamond's Shotgun only works with Diamond's modems, otherwise it's full of bugs, and doesn't work at all with most other configurations.