2 router on 1 adsl line = 2 ISP?

Budza said:
LOL @ me too. But seriously, the routesentry way makes more sense, as only need one of everything... Glad there is that alternative:)
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Although RS doesn't work for me: On Vista my intl connection would go bust if I connected Local (the only local sites worked) and on XP the routing table would all point to local (both worked but the table was screwed). So I'm simply staying with my dual-pppoe setup on Linux.
 
It's not that expensive, I got the Linksys (Linux) one for about R600. It seems they are hard to get these days, unfortunately.

But since it doesn't have a modem built in, you have to buy a modem as well, then it starts getting expensive.
 
qinglung said:
It's not that expensive, I got the Linksys (Linux) one for about R600. It seems they are hard to get these days, unfortunately.

But since it doesn't have a modem built in, you have to buy a modem as well, then it starts getting expensive.
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Last time I checked it was about R1200 (wireless) and then you still needed the modem.
 
froot said:
Last time I checked it was about R1200 (wireless) and then you still needed the modem.
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The extra modem makes it expensive, but if you already have a modem then it's not too bad.

A quick search showed PCMall selling the Linksys WRT54GL for around R 700.
 
Not bad at all. I was looking at getting one but back then it was still over R1000.
 
by setting up your rooter in bridge mode you can connect to differed isp by setting up a ppoe connection on each pc with there own isp accounts .....
 
trojantr said:
by setting up your rooter in bridge mode you can connect to differed isp by setting up a ppoe connection on each pc with there own isp accounts .....
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If you could spell then maybe you'd notice that it's been suggested like a million times :)
 
Yoiu don't have to shell out on the wrt54gl.

An Asus wl520gu is cheaper (@cough sybaritic cough), will run dd-wrt firmware, has a quicker cpu and even has a USB port so you can setup a NAS (network accessible storage) and printer (if you use a self-powered hub).

Gatecrashers script works fine on it if you change the scripts led/lights code slightly... check his thread for references to wl520gu to get the gist.
 
eXisor said:
An Asus wl520gu is cheaper (@cough sybaritic cough), will run dd-wrt firmware, has a quicker cpu and even has a USB port so you can setup a NAS (network accessible storage) and printer (if you use a self-powered hub).
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That is a really nice option. You know how much memory is in it?
 
matthieup said:
Hi,

I'm just wondering if the following is possible.
Can i have 2 routers connected to 1 adsl line, each configured with a different ISP (local vs international)?

I could connect to 1 using wifi and the other using lan on different machines...

if someone knows it would be great.

Regards

Matt
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it is possible; but both routers have to be able to work together as router mode and you will have them daisy chained connected.

im currently using such a setup at my flat.

linsys router dials my shaped connection; dhcp on; router mode; bridged (so that the second router can dail via it); router ip 102.168.1.1

dlink router dials my unshaped conenction; dhcp off; router mode; router ip 192.168.1.2


how it looks more or less

[dsl line] - [ linksys ] - [ dlink ] = pc's

so in other words:
the dsl line is connected to the linksys
the linksys's wan port to one of the dlink's lan ports
the dlink's wan to one of the dlink's lan ports
pc's to the dlink's lan ports


linksys dials first, when its connected and every thing....the dlink can dial via the linksys and both are now connected at same time.


then all things that needs to be unshaped i just add to the route of the linksys router which points it to the dlink; there is also the windows route table which can do this and should then be done on each pc and set to persistent, add the route so that it points to dlink (192.168.1.2) instead of the dhcp-ed info which per default have all traffic via linsys (192.168.1.1).
 
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froot said:
You can do this on each pc up to the limit of simultaneous connections that the ISP puts on your account (some accounts have a limit of 1/2/4/unlimited simultaneous connections)
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What if your main ISP account doesn't allow simultaneous connections but your other ISP account allows four simultaneous connections. Would you be able to run AT LEAST TWO simultaneous connections (one from each ISP account) in bridge mode?
 
My router is setup so that 2 different pc's can be using 2 different isps @ the same time on 1 line.
 
"D" said:
What if your main ISP account doesn't allow simultaneous connections but your other ISP account allows four simultaneous connections. Would you be able to run AT LEAST TWO simultaneous connections (one from each ISP account) in bridge mode?
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To have a routesentry setup you need a local and an international account. Therefore to be able to connect two pc's (without internet sharing) you would thus need to have both international and local accounts that support more than one simultaneous connection.
So no, you wouldn't be able to, in the scenario you described.
 
i sepose you could setup your router in bridge mode and in vista force more than one endpoint, or in xp use something like raspppoe to have the different isps have their own dailup connection shortcut
 
qinglung said:
That is a really nice option. You know how much memory is in it?
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Sorry for the late reply....

Asus wl520gu has 4mb flash and 16mb ram. Using the mini-usb version of dd-wrt one typically has +-1mb ram free for additional apps like ftp/samba and proxy.
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