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Haven't done it but I've built several computers that have two LAN
connections. The idea is you connect two DSL lines to them and bridge
the connections. I don't know what happens if one drops off but I
would think it would be ok as the other one keeps going. Maybe you
can do this with two cards or just add a card to your machine, then
bridge the two connections.
Years ago I was into that redundancy stuff. Had two of everything.
Now the DSL is so solid it isn't worth it. I did quit cable as it
never was that solid. When it went out it stayed out for days. Might
be better now and better in one area than another.
Jimmy
I'm currently trying to provide some internet connection redundancy by
adding DSL to my existing Cable setup. I was thinking that ideally, I would
have Cable going to my desktop machine and DSL going to my laptop, with a
LAN connecting the two. But like most thinks, this was not as simple as I
was first thinking ;).
I originally had an internet sharing router (D-Link EBR-2310) connecting my
desktop and laptop to Cable. I was hoping I could disconnect the laptop
from the router and connect it to a hub connecting the DSL modem, laptop and
router together. But this doesn't work.
The laptop has to have it's default gateway assigned to the DSL modem's
assigned (via it's DHCP) ip and the desktop has to use the default gateway
to my router (192.168.0.1). I don't see a way to connect these two machines
together with this configuration. I would like to share files and a mouse
between the two machines.
Any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated. I was hoping I would not
have to buy some expensive piece of hardware to accomplish this.
thanks,
shawn
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