Re: Re: Cable & ADSL in one network

["Mark" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

How about giving each router a differnet IP address. The family then use
the
cable router as their gateway and you use the ADSL one as yours. All the
computers will be on the same LAN but just use different paths to the
internet.

Then if you have any problems with the ADSL link just change the gateway.
Saves have to keep unplugging routers etc.

This can even be done with a batch file. Which is what I do to change my
laptop when I visit various sites.

Mark.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Erb" <dce42@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 4:09 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Cable & ADSL in one network


> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Alex Monaghan" <ha@m...>
wrote:
>
> > Why not just setup both interfaces to route to 0.0.0.0 and then
> set the
> > metric higher for the least preferred route, then if the lowest
> cost route
> > was unavailable the other one would get used.
>
> I have to admit I like this one most as it starts to head in the
> optimal direction I'm looking for...
>
> Basically I have 2 options:
> 1) The easiest: Configure both routers for the same IP address and
> just leave one unplugged and/or off.  Then when one conks out I just
> unplug it and plug in the other one.
>
> 2) The more complicated:  I'd love to have my computers running
> through the ADSL line and the family computers running through the
> cable line while still keeping them both on the same network.  Then
> if one or the other conks out I would switch all to one router
> temporarily.
>
> The problem with simply setting a higher metric, from what I can
> see, is that when one or the other technology doesn't work it
> doesn't stop responding.  The router thinks it's still connected and
> can often even ping the ISP's certain connection point.  But it
> can't go further.  I think from the router's point of view this
> would still be considered as a valid connection and it would not
> fall down to the next router in the metric table...
>
> > I did contemplate having ADSL as well, but can't really justify
> the expense
> > of NTL & BT for "playing about" (well that's what
SWMBO thinks of
> it anyway
> > !)
>
> Luckily I can justify the Internet as a business expense... even if
> I do "play about" on it an awful lot {vbg}
>
> I'm looking forward to having a fully networked house so I can play
> online games with the kids {g} --- this brings me to my OT thread...
>
>
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