On 04 Jan 2007, "Bohica" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Is it possible to set up the routers so they have the same settings so
>I can share the network across both routers?
I'd suggest you set the routers up with different IP addresses to keep
track of them without "going mad" - I have a number of routers here and
always set them not to use DHCP, and know the different numbers they'd
be set to - I've used a couple of ADSL services for some time, but not
trying to spread the traffic evenly. There is kit (from Edimax, for
one) which can provide management of traffic from LAN to multiple-WAN
(to share load, or have one connection as a backup for another) but I
have not got my hands on one yet, so cannot be sure of full features.
>Two of the PCs in my house have two LAN connections on the motherboards.
>What would happen if I connected a wired LAN connection to the ADSL router
>and the other wired LAN connection to the other cable router? Would the PCs
>have a dickie fit in trying to work out which LAN connection to use, or
>simply decide which connection to use based on which is giving the best
>speed.
Most likely you'd find traffic going to whichever ethernet card was active
(had an IP address - depends if you are using DHCP) first (or last - one
of the "wonders" of MickeySoft - I cannot guess which would be used).
I'd just connect both routers on the same LAN, as being easier than two
LANs and there's little advantage in giving the routers the same IP for
"ease" - just complicates matters as you'd then need to disconnect one
of the connections (on a two LAN card PC) to be sure of the one you'd
be controlling.
To define particular traffic to use a specific router, you'd enter
"route { -p } add <IP range> { <netmask> } <gateway>"
(from an MS-DOS prompt, assuming you are using Windows XP)
where "IP range" is a single IP, or one you can use with the optional
netmask to define a range of IPs, eg 212.58.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0
to give a load of addresses used by the BBC, and "gateway" is the
IP address of the router you want to use. That's what I do, so
most traffic has a dynamic IP (so web logs will show random IP
addresses on subsequent visits), while some specific services are
used only via the fixed IP from the other ISP (I can therefore use
audio streams and NNTP traffic plus DNS lookups on fixed IP, and
other things such as file sharing, etc, on dynamic IP)
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