Cable/DSL Dual Router

Is anyone using 2 broadband connections, say a cable modem and DSL, and connecting them with a router? I would like to hear some feedback on this if I could please as my Comcast cable connection has been acting up over the last several weeks.

 

i have 2 nic card on my computer with one for dsl and the other for cable. one enabled and the other disabled. very fast switch over when one connection fail

 

thank you howardy

 

H2K...
Sounds interesting... how do you switch from one conn to the other... does the card's software do this? Who makes the card?
Thanks.

 

I believe Hawking offers what you are looking for. They make a router that accepts 2 connections from different sources and if 1 fails it will switch over automatically to the other.

http://www.hawkingtech.com/index.php

Daryn

 

I have 2 Internet connections on my computer: One Broadband cable, and the other a dial-up line. Both are active at once. I run Windows 2000 and have .cmd scripts (triggered via DOS icons) that set my route to one or the other. If my broadband goes down, I can switch to the other one very quickly by executing my dial-up script, which sets my default route to the dial-up IP.

Sample code for this script (here's the one to set the default gateway to my broadband gateway):

rem
rem 205.41.162.37 = My dial-up IP
rem 192.168.2.42 = My broadband wireless router IP
rem 205.41.162.254 = Dial-up Gateway Address
rem 192.168.2.0 = My broadband wireless router gateway Addr
rem
route delete 0.0.0.0
route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 205.41.162.37
route add 192.168.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.42
route add 207.41.164.0 mask 255.255.255.0 207.41.164.37
route add 205.41.162.254 mask 255.255.255.255 205.41.162.37

Sample code for this script (here's the one to set the default gateway to my dial-up gateway):

rem
rem 205.41.162.37 = My dial-up IP
rem
route delete 0.0.0.0
route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 205.41.162.37 metric 1

 

any networkcards will do without using a router. heres what i did:
install the first netcard then get the cable internet connection up and running. then disable it.

next, install the 2nd networkcard and get the dsl connection up and running.

what u have now is two networkcards with 2 diff. connections.
all u have to do is to disable one/enable the other or window will automatically set one as default. i use t/s for a fast moving stock to keep an eye on my connection. takes about 5 sec max to switch.

btw, i was going to get that dual wan router etmembers were talking about but the reviews i read have been that it can take up to 15sec for the switchover. maybe i am just being a cheap ass

 

Guys, thanks for all the replies. This is what I ended up purchasing today:

http://www.xincom.com/products/twr.html

 

I recently purchased Xincom's Twin Wan Router XC-DPG402...Works fine with Comcast and SBC's DSL

 

Wow, the one you bought is about triple the cost of Hawkings. Could you tell us why this one is better?

Michael B.