Broadband and dialup at same time?

[Aidan O'Shea]

Apologies if this is a duplicate question! Is it
possible to use both a dial-up connection and a Broadband
connection simultaneously?

We have a DirecWay satellite broadband connection via a
USB modem which meets our basic internet demands, but we
also need video conferencing which doesn't work well on
satellite due to latency issues so we want to use a dial-
up for netmeeting without killing our broadband
connection. Is there a way to allow both connections to
be active at the same time?

Thanks.
Aidan

 

[Darren Flynn]

Shooting in the dark a bit here, but have you tried it?

Could it just be a case of setting up the dial up and
telling Netmeeting to use that as it's connection? (it's
been a while since I used NM, but if it's like Outlook/IE
then you can specify which connection to use).

I'd have thought in theory at least that it should work?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Apologies if this is a duplicate question! Is it
possible to use both a dial-up connection and a Broadband
connection simultaneously?

We have a DirecWay satellite broadband connection via a
USB modem which meets our basic internet demands, but we
also need video conferencing which doesn't work well on
satellite due to latency issues so we want to use a dial-
up for netmeeting without killing our broadband
connection. Is there a way to allow both connections to
be active at the same time?

Thanks.
Aidan

In general, Windows XP can only use one network connection at a time
for Internet access. In particular, it isn't possible to specify
which connection to use based on which program is accessing the
Internet.

If you know the exact IP address(es) that you'll connect to for video
conferencing, you can probably do what you want. It would require:

1. Disabling the default gateway on the dial-up connection:

2. Adding one or more static routes to the TCP/IP route table after
making the dial-up connection. The route(s) would tell it to use the
dial-up connection to reach the IP address(es) needed for video
conferencing.

To disable the default gateway on the dial-up connection:

A. Right click the connection.

B. Click Properties | Networking | Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) |
Properties.

C. Click Advanced.

D. Un-check "Use default gateway on remote network".

To add a static route to a specific IP address for video conferencing:

A. Open a command prompt window.

B. Enter this command:

route add a.b.c.d mask 255.255.255.255 w.x.y.z

where "a.b.c.d" is the IP address that you want to reach for video
conferencing and "w.x.y.z" is the IP address assigned to the dial-up
connection.
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[Aidan O'Shea]

Thanks for the great reply. Reconfigured dial-up
connection as you suggested and works perfectly for
static IP addresses which is what we wanted.

Many, many thanks.
Aidan

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[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Thanks for the great reply. Reconfigured dial-up
connection as you suggested and works perfectly for
static IP addresses which is what we wanted.

Many, many thanks.
Aidan

You're welcome! I'm glad that my suggestion worked so well for you.
Thanks for letting the news group know.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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