I believe this would be possible but I would like to verify. I am
currently moving to a new address and going from a 10Mb/1Mb internet
connection to what's going to end up being 3Mb/256K, which is
ridiculous. They will not adjust the cap on the modem and I can't do
it without the FBI/Whoever beating down my door. So, this leaves me
with ordering multiple connections and multiple modems. What I will
essentially need to do is feed the connections into two routers to
split between our 6+ home computers (wireless and wired). I will leave
one router DHCP enabled, the other, obviously, disabled and then
connect the routers via switch. How do I need to go about ensuring
that I can specify what computer(s) use what connection? Is it simply
a matter of having them all on the same network but with seperate
gateways? I read where someone was able to have two network cards on a
linux system to have the computers use it as the gateway and it would
sort out the load accross the lowest-load pipe. Any ideas?

P.S. - I inquired on the cable company's business-class internet,
which was only 1Mb/256K* and was literally over 3x the price per
month ... so no go there....

* - Unsure of EXACT upload, download is confirmed.

On Sep 24, 2:22 pm, chevyman2...@gmail.com wrote:
> I believe this would be possible but I would like to verify. I am
> currently moving to a new address and going from a 10Mb/1Mb internet
> connection to what's going to end up being 3Mb/256K, which is
> ridiculous. They will not adjust the cap on the modem and I can't do
> it without the FBI/Whoever beating down my door. So, this leaves me
> with ordering multiple connections and multiple modems. What I will
> essentially need to do is feed the connections into two routers to
> split between our 6+ home computers (wireless and wired). I will leave
> one router DHCP enabled, the other, obviously, disabled and then
> connect the routers via switch. How do I need to go about ensuring
> that I can specify what computer(s) use what connection? Is it simply
> a matter of having them all on the same network but with seperate
> gateways? I read where someone was able to have two network cards on a
> linux system to have the computers use it as the gateway and it would
> sort out the load accross the lowest-load pipe. Any ideas?
>
> P.S. - I inquired on the cable company's business-class internet,
> which was only 1Mb/256K* and was literally over 3x the price per
> month ... so no go there....
>
> * - Unsure of EXACT upload, download is confirmed.

I believe this is multihoming w/load balance see if I can dig up an
article for you.

On 24 Sep 2007, chevyman2002@gmail.com wrote:

> I believe this would be possible but I would like to verify. I am
> currently moving to a new address and going from a 10Mb/1Mb
> internet connection to what's going to end up being 3Mb/256K,
> which is ridiculous. They will not adjust the cap on the modem and
> I can't do it without the FBI/Whoever beating down my door. So,
> this leaves me with ordering multiple connections and multiple
> modems. What I will essentially need to do is feed the connections
> into two routers to split between our 6+ home computers (wireless
> and wired). I will leave one router DHCP enabled, the other,
> obviously, disabled and then connect the routers via switch. How
> do I need to go about ensuring that I can specify what computer(s)
> use what connection? Is it simply a matter of having them all on
> the same network but with seperate gateways? I read where someone
> was able to have two network cards on a linux system to have the
> computers use it as the gateway and it would sort out the load
> accross the lowest-load pipe. Any ideas?

No need for 2 routers. Just use a load-balancing router with
multiple WAN connections. You can build your own solution with Linux
or BSD, I imagine, but there are lots of commercial ones around. One
that's not very expensive is the Linksys RV042. I use it on a small
office LAN at work (about 20 workstations). 8Mbps cable modem and
1Mbps DSL. There are many fancier ones, but this one's suitable for
a home network as you describe. You can get it on Amazon for about
$160. (Standard disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Linksys, Cisco
which now owns Linksys or Amazon.)

Dave

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