How to setup Network with 2 different internet conxs?

shire29 · 08-07-2009, 22:15

Ok let me explain.

My family are heavily into the internet, streaming video, gaming, browsing etc. It is very difficult to manage this bandwidth availability (i.e can't game while one is streaming etc etc) and they never can agree. I've tried all sorts from allocating times, days, negotiation etc on internet etc etc.

This is what I want to........

Have a cable and an ADSL connection obviously running on different routers as they can't use the same router, however I want the 4/5 PCs in our house to be able to switch between these connections without having to unplug from one to go into another. I kinda want an internal network that can allow the clients to use either of the Internet (WAN) connections...

Is there anything I can sit in front of the 2 routers that can switch a client between routers? or am I just being silly?

Cheers, Shire

Dai · 08-07-2009, 22:21

Dual-WAN router is one possibility - something like this:

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...ProductID=2274

Matthew · 08-07-2009, 22:25

That is what I was thinking of although some sort of routing would need to be put in place to say traffic of type x or going to IP x go via router a etc. Not 100% up on networking so cannot be of much more use.

08-07-2009, 22:25

set them both up wirelessly with different keys and just change connections or set up all pcs with 2 network connections and just disable the one you dont want to use and swap and change

shire29 · 08-07-2009, 22:32

Blimey 10 mins and 3 replies, this is the best help forum ever, thanks guys I'll look into these suggestions some more, Cheers, Shire

altis · 08-07-2009, 22:55

Been asked before here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/87...-one-adsl.html

08-07-2009, 23:02

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Originally Posted by altis

Been asked before here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/87...-one-adsl.html

I do not think the op wants to bond . I think he wants 2 seperate connections with the ability to switch all machines to one or the other to stop conjection ( could be wrong but thats how I see it) Of course he could limit all the IPs to a share on bonded but if 2 or 3 of the 5 are on BT upload will cause network wide lag .

I feel my method is cheap and simple to impliment . Install a second nic in towers and have 2 wireless connections set up on the laptops and you can just change what network adapter you use to select network on towers and just switch wireless networks on laptops.Benieit of wireless in this is you only need one adapter per machine

jaycee · 14-07-2009, 01:58

The absolute best way to do this would be to get an old PC, like a Pentium 3 for example, and install Linux or FreeBSD. You can then have the 2 external interfaces (one for ADSL one for cable) and one internal for the LAN. With some clever use of setting routes you could do what you wanted.

Of course, the above assumes you know about networking and using a *nix based system. I don't know exactly how to do this myself, but i do know it is possible and is often used by hosting companies etc to balance load.

altis · 14-07-2009, 09:49

P'raps you need a Netgear DGFV338:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12...ar-router.html

shire29 · 14-07-2009, 22:54

thanks for the replies, apologies for the delayed response, have been away. To clarify, I want to be able to allow any user to be able to switch from one connection to the other easily.

We could just switch LAN cable from one router to another, thus changing the connection, but this means physically switching cables and also means being on 2 seperate LANs.

A prefeered method would be that all PCs are on one LAN, but can switch between connection to the internet only, so we can keep, say the adsl line for gaming only, nad cable for surfing, streaming etc.

I'm looking at these dual WAN devices but there does not seem to be many reviews/trials of these devices on the net.

Cheers, Shire

Kymmy · 14-07-2009, 23:23

Just have one router set to 192.168.0.1 and the other set to 192.168.0.128, static IP the PC's to the same subnet and then just change the gateway/DNS* IP's dependant on the router you want.. There's even software out there that will allow you to put in two differing network details and switch at the click of a mouse.

*You don't even need to change the DNS or just use open DNS for both routers

shire29 · 21-07-2009, 23:08

thx, do you know what the software is called?

Cheers, shire

Acathla · 21-07-2009, 23:19

Check here for a few: http://www.download32.com/network-se...-software.html

21-07-2009, 23:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kymmy

Just have one router set to 192.168.0.1 and the other set to 192.168.0.128, static IP the PC's to the same subnet and then just change the gateway/DNS* IP's dependant on the router you want.. There's even software out there that will allow you to put in two differing network details and switch at the click of a mouse.

*You don't even need to change the DNS or just use open DNS for both routers

but isnt that still 2 networks? how would this be wired to be only one?

If 2 seperate routers are used I would set up 2 different wireless networks with different ssids easy to switch between them wirelessly and then any wired machines id make sure machines have 2 nics and then you can easily switch between the 2. IMO these solutions I posted earlier are simple

gordonuk · 20-08-2009, 21:52

The answer is a dedicated linux box using UNTANGLE which allows you to have 2 different WAN connections running on one network. It can load balance or switch to the other if service fails. Works great, I have 50mb Virgin, and 4MB BT business, it balances between them great and is also great when virgin goes offline on the rare occasion. I can continue to use the internet. Would recommend it to anyone.