2 ISP, 1 Line

[insanie]

If I have for example: one ADSL line, with the ADSL modem connected to a switch and mutilple PC's connected to the switch (a home network).

1) If I get multiple ISP accounts from different ISP's (eg. a 1 gig, and a 3 gig from 2 different ISP's), is it possible for two different PC's on the network to each dial out using a different account at the same time?
2) Say the 3gig account's cap is reached, that account is "stopped", not the actual line - correct? I should still be able to use the 1 gig account from the other ISP ?

 

[Equinox]

1) Yes, using RASPPPoE (www.google.co.za)
2) You are correct.

 

[bwana]

@insanie - very easy to do. Depending on your router you might not have to make any adjustments to it at all.

I currently have one account that my router uses for everyday access from the network. In addition to that one of my pc's, a couple of my laptops and now my xbox all have their own ISP accounts from various providers.

 

[xistenz]

1) If I get multiple ISP accounts from different ISP's (eg. a 1 gig, and a 3 gig from 2 different ISP's), is it possible for two different PC's on the network to each dial out using a different account at the same time?

Absolutely. Make sure your modem is in 'bridge' mode and you have good firewalls on all your computers.

Then on each computer, use the 'New Connection Wizard' to make a 'Broadband Connection that requires a username and password' and fill in the relevant account details.

That's it.

I have my OpenWeb account always connected and use the method above to connect individual computers to my WebAfrica account when needed.