Two identical fiber optic broadband lines working as one

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Published on 2012-09-12T08:35:39Z Indexed on 2012/09/13 3:41 UTC
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I have been trying to find an answer to this, but all I can find is hobbyists trying to connect their Linksys devices to get some magic out of them.

I am looking for a way I could combine two 100Mbit fiber optic lines into a single connection for our office. I assume it involves some Cisco learning or something similar.

Do I need to configure some big router to load-balance the NATing in some way?

I assume that many of you have done something similar and hope someone could share their knowledge or at least provide me some tips on how to do this.

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