Multiple internet connections

[mercwrought]

Hi all. This is my first time posting on this board I’m usually on the SQL, VC++, or crystal boards. I have a small home network (10-15 computers). It is connected to my friend’s house via buried copper. We just got a cable internet connection. We already had a DSL connection. Ready for my question? Is there way to connect both connections via hardware and then connect that connection to our network? I understand that xp will allow us to have 2 connection and migrate between them I do not believe that we receive any bandwidth benefit. All computer are 2GHz+ with all having xp home except mine having xp pro. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

 

[rokerij]

What is your goal in connecting two internet connections? Are you hoping to put some redunancy in your connection? Are you hoping for an increase in speed? I have not heard of anyway of connecting them to each other, I think you could run them to your network separately but do not know of a way of combining the connections to have one input in the network. Have you considered contacting the ISP? Sorry it's not much help.

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[mercwrought]

Rokerij Thx for your input. My goal is to both increase the speed of the connection and have some redundancy in case of disconnect. According to posts I have received on another board it appears that I can accomplish the redundancy with just xp and some configuration. There are also hardware solutions that can be implemented for the same thing. However no one believes that there is a solution that would allow me to utilize the bandwidth from both systems.

 

[mercwrought]

An update ladies and gentlemen I have found my solution. It appears that most router manufactures produce routers with “Dual-Wan” connections. The better ones let you manage the connections more extensively. I understand that some of them will combine the connections in to a faster connection. If I have any more problems once I get mine I post them.