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WiFi Teaming to 2 dif AP connected NICs

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September 14, 2014 3:33:12 PM

Is it possible to increase the reliability/thoughput of a free large campground Wifi service using NIC teaming? I'm thinking of multiple wireless NIC's to wired connections, with each being connected to different Access Points of the campgrounds wifi service? As one example... 2 or more bridged connections to different APs going into a TL-R470 load balancing router, then the aggregated signal then supplying my own wired and secured wifi hotspot. I currently use a DD-WRT flashed linksys router connected to just one Access Point of the free wifi service (via external directional antenna) and most of the time it's reasonable. It's just when the park gets crowded speed goes to a crawl. BTW, the service appears to be BW limited on good days as well. I'm seasonal there, so crawl speed becomes an issue. I have access to several high gain wifi antennas and some wifi resource abilities. Just looking for suggestions to increased reliability and possible BW aggregation of the extremely slow connections during high usage. All Access Points eventually connect to the same ISP. Not sure if it matters but the ISP provides the service point-to-point wirelessly to the campground from a ~ 100 foot tower, then it distributes the available service to all the various (~ 7 or so) APs throughout the campground, Any suggestions or configurations, including adding a PC with multiple NICs as a server, would not be an issue. There also might be something I can do with DD-WRT??? DD-WRT capability is still pretty new to me.

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