2 Modems At Once

[parks11]

Hi Guys,

Just wondering if anyone knows if I can connect 2 modems at once to MWeb?

I currently have an ADSL modem on the one side of my house where all our computers are but unfortunately the wireless only covers that part of the house and I would love to have internet on the other side. I do, however, have a second jack into which I can connect a modem on the other side of the house as a result of our computers being there originally and as this is where all the bed rooms are I would love to just buy a second wireless modem and connect it up and let it provide wireless that side. Does anyone know if MWeb would allow 2 connecting devices at once? I acknowledge that our computers on the one side of the house will not be on the same network as the other side however all I really want is net access on the bedroom side.

Would be a great help if someone knows the answer to this question or has any other suggestions (unfortunately a repeater wouldn't work as the parts of the house are quite far apart).

 

[BrokenLink]

Not sure bout connecting 2 modems on the same line, most isps support 2 connections on capped accounts. but u get switches that uses the houses power cables for networking. eg u plug one switch in ur bedroom power socket and one on the other side of the house and their networked. might be worth looking into that, then everything is networked

 

[dj_jyno]

Nope. Only one of the two modems will sync. You could, however, run a single cat5e cable through the roof from the one side of the house to the other. Not ideal, but it seems that this would be the best solution.

 

[Pada]

You can only have 1 ADSL modem connected to a telephone line. As soon as you attempt to connect a second one, the first one would also disconnect.
You could of course have 2 modems, but only switch on one at a time, which would be quite a hassle.

Usually wireless should easily do 30m inside a building.

Laying a cat5 cable would certainly be the cheapest option, unless you already have a second Wireless AP/Repeater.

You could also get network devices that connect to the 220V electricity network to create a LAN on it. The devices aren't cheap though, but its not like R1k per device AFAIK.