<p>Yes. To do this simply mine with both at the same time. A mining pool will never give out the same work twice. So mining with two 16 GH/s devices will be the same as one 32 GH/s device.</p>

<p>If you mine at the same mining pool with both then the pool will show you mining at 32 GH/s.</p>

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Dr.Haribo
<p>The answer is yes for USB based mining H/W hosted on the same computer. The <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_software" rel="nofollow">bfgminer and cgminer mining applications</a> can easily support multiple USB mining devices on the same computer.  </p>

<p>However, the answer is no if you are mining from home behind a NAT firewall and are trying to point two or more different IPv4 based miners to the same mining pool server supporting Stratum (STM) or GetBlockTemplate (GBT) protocols. This is a NAT firewall issue.</p>

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Mining with multiple devices behind NAT works fine
Dr.Haribo
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skaht
<p>As An example lets say i have 2 USB Miners each one has 16 GH/s
can i combine these 2 to mine with 32 GH/s ?</p>

<p>And if yes pls tell me how.</p>

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Can i combine 2 devices to get more power for mining
user27621
# Can i combine 2 devices to get more power for mining

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-25)

As An example lets say i have 2 USB Miners each one has 16 GH/s
can i combine these 2 to mine with 32 GH/s ?

And if yes pls tell me how.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-25. Score: 3

Yes. To do this simply mine with both at the same time. A mining pool will never give out the same work twice. So mining with two 16 GH/s devices will be the same as one 32 GH/s device.

If you mine at the same mining pool with both then the pool will show you mining at 32 GH/s.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-07-25. Score: 0

The answer is yes for USB based mining H/W hosted on the same computer. The [bfgminer and cgminer mining applications](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_software) can easily support multiple USB mining devices on the same computer.

However, the answer is no if you are mining from home behind a NAT firewall and are trying to point two or more different IPv4 based miners to the same mining pool server supporting Stratum (STM) or GetBlockTemplate (GBT) protocols. This is a NAT firewall issue.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Mining with multiple devices behind NAT works fine  

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