switching ISP logins on same router

I am interested in a wireless router to share internet between 2
computers but have never used a router before.

My one concern is that I have two ADSL accounts with two ISPs, and need
to be able to switch easily on the fly between one login and the other
(just different login id/pass over same DSL phone line). Currently to
change logins, I just disconnect the one then click the other network
connection icon shortcut to connect.

How would I do this with a router? Doesn't a router login using its
own internal preconfigured software and settings? If so, is there a
way to enter two logins and switch between them (and are some routers
easier than others?)?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>I am interested in a wireless router to share internet between 2
>computers but have never used a router before.
>
>My one concern is that I have two ADSL accounts with two ISPs, and need
>to be able to switch easily on the fly between one login and the other
>(just different login id/pass over same DSL phone line).

Why do you (think you) need to do this? Usually the router stays
connected to one PPPoE account forever.

You can always change it in the router's configuration pages (where
you set it up in the first place), but there's very little need for
any kind of dynamic switching, so you are unlikely to find exactly
what you want.

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In <(E-Mail Removed)> on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:23:58
-0500, William P.N. Smith <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>>I am interested in a wireless router to share internet between 2
>>computers but have never used a router before.
>>
>>My one concern is that I have two ADSL accounts with two ISPs, and need
>>to be able to switch easily on the fly between one login and the other
>>(just different login id/pass over same DSL phone line).

Your best bet may be to use PPPoE software on each PC, rather than using the
router for PPPoE. That way the two PCs could even be logged in to different
ISPs at the same time.

>Why do you (think you) need to do this? Usually the router stays
>connected to one PPPoE account forever.
>
>You can always change it in the router's configuration pages (where
>you set it up in the first place), but there's very little need for
>any kind of dynamic switching, so you are unlikely to find exactly
>what you want.

PPPoE makes it possible to have multiple ISPs on a single DSL connection, and
there can be good reasons/necessity to use more than one ISP; e.g., a public
ISP for recreational surfing of the Internet, and a work ISP run by an
employer for access to the work environment. In the case of two public ISPs,
it might be necessary to login to a given ISP to access internal resources.

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Thanks guys. Actually I don't ever need to have the two computers
logged into different ISPs, John, I just need to be able to change ISPs
and to share the current connection. I do this currently with a simple
wireless ad hoc network using ICS.

What I was hoping was to get out of a router/access point was: (1)
better wireless range and (2) the ability for the current client
computer to access the internet independently of whether the server
computer is not on. But if I cannot change the login/connection being
used by the router relatively easily then I would have to find an
alternative. It sounds cumbersome to manually change the router's
configuration page each time as William described, which is what I
feared.