Combine 2 Wireless Cellular Adapters on macOS for Increased Reliability and Speed
Is your Internet connection slow and unreliable, even when you connect your Mac to Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet? Do you get a lot of buffering and disconnects on video calls? Are you working on the move, while commuting? If the answer is yes to at least one of the questions above, then you need to find a way for more stable and faster connectivity.
Think about it - when you're using only one Internet connection on your Mac, then you are dependent on its quality. Even if you have two connections active on macOS, that doesn't mean your Mac is using them at the same time; it's only switching between them. An idea would be to use 2 cellular adapters at the same time on your Mac - each dongle would be connected to a different carrier. If one should fail, then the other would pick up the traffic. But what about those seconds of interruption while the switch takes place?
So, you need your Mac to use both at the same time, so no interruption would occur. This can be done by using a channel bonding app like Speedify - read below for more details.
Fix slow upload and download speeds on Mac with Speedify: The powerful MacOS network tool
Need a stronger Internet connection on your Mac for your live streams, gaming, browsing, video calls like Meet, Teams or Zoom, or anything else you do online?
In this video, learn how to use Speedify to combine multiple Internet connections like 4G, 5G, DSL, Starlink, Wi-Fi and Ethernet to get faster, more stable and reliable uploads and downloads on your MacOS device.
Use Speedify to increase your upload and download speeds: combine internet connection sources like Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, Starlink and wired broadband
Combine Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, Starlink and wired broadband to fix slow upload and download speeds
Speedify is the only app that seamlessly combines all of your connections, including Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, Ethernet, and Starlink, into one stronger connection to keep you online and secure.
In most cases, Speedify will automatically detect and start using any available Internet connections on your device while intelligently distributing your online traffic between them for optimal performance. If you need help we have quick start guides available for most common set ups.
Combine personal hotspots for better upload and download speeds
Speedify's Pair & Share feature enables you to connect to multiple hotspots at the same time and wirelessly share LTE, 4G, and 5G cellular connections back and forth between multiple Speedify users on the same local network to create a faster, more reliable connection for everyone.
For the first time, it's possible to share cellular data between multiple devices, including PCs, Macs, iPhones and Androids. Use multiple phones as hotspots for internet access and get increased bandwidth and mobile failover for all paired devices.
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What Does Speedify Do to Help Use Two Wireless Adapters Simultaneously?
Speedify is a fast bonding VPN that gets you a fast, stable and secure Internet connection on your Mac. It achieves this with channel bonding technology that uses all of your available connections in macOS instead of switching between them. In this case, it will allow you to use 2 cellular adapters at the same time on your Mac.
You get more bandwidth, which allows all of your apps to run faster. Speedify runs in the background, proactively monitoring the quality of your connections. It is equipped with auto failover so when one of your cellular connection drops or has a poor signal strength, it routes all the data through the other one, if available, until the connection is restored. All of this activity is automated. You don’t have to do anything, and you most likely won’t even notice anything different is happening.
Speedify also provides advanced encryption, without forcing you to sacrifice speed or reliability, as a VPN. Speedify works on all Mac computers running macOS 10.12 and later. That includes macOS Sierra, macOS High Sierra, macOS Mojave, macOS Catalina, and macOS Big Sur.
Please check the updated system requirements on our download page.
4 Steps to Use 2 Wireless Cellular NICs at the Same time on Mac
Here's what you have to do in order to combine two LTE / 5G cellular dongles on your macOS computer or laptop. You can also use tethered Android smartphones / iPhones directly instead of cellular adapters - the idea is to use two cellular networks at the same time.
- Connect the first USB cellular adapter to a USB port on your Mac - here's how. Some cellular adapters require the use of proprietary dialer software to connect to the Internet. Be sure to follow the manufacturers installation and operating instructions closely.
- Connect the second USB cellular dongle to your Mac.
- Confirm your connection status - visit System Preferences, click Network, and look for your new adapters in the list on the left.
- Get Speedify from the App Store. Once running, Speedify will automatically detect any available Internet connections and combine them for increased speed, security, and stability.
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