How to share one PC between 2 DSL lines / accounts

[Daniel]

Hello everybody,

How should I set up my PC to be able to "switch" between 2 different DSL
lines (each one equipped with a router) and accounts ?

Many thks in advance for your kind help.
Brgds,
Daniel

 

[Ron Martell]

Hello everybody,

How should I set up my PC to be able to "switch" between 2 different DSL
lines (each one equipped with a router) and accounts ?

Many thks in advance for your kind help.
Brgds,
Daniel

Are both routers physically present and connected to the computer at
the same time?

If so then you will have problems (DHCP issues etc. etc).

If not then you should not have any major issues. You may have to do
a release and renew of the i.p. address on the computer if the routers
are "hot swapped" without shutting off or rebooting the computer.

To do this open Control Panel - Network Connections, right-click on
the icon for the DSL connection and select "Repair".

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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[Daniel]

Thank you very much, Ron.

Indeed, both routers are physically present, but only one of them is
connected at a time on the PC. Does it make things a bit more complicated if
I have a fixed IP on one of the DSL line ?

brgds
Daniel

 

[DanS]

Thank you very much, Ron.

Indeed, both routers are physically present, but only one of them is
connected at a time on the PC. Does it make things a bit more
complicated if I have a fixed IP on one of the DSL line ?

brgds
Daniel

Hey Daniel,

This isn't really a problem at all. Simple actually.

Both routers have a WAN connection and ethernet ports for the local
network.

Most routers are configured from the factory with a local IP of
192.168.1.1. Usually DCHP is enabled as well. There is no problems having
more than one router on the same subnet, other than overlapping DHCP
scopes. You would need to limit each. Or, just set the PC to a static IP.

Reconfigure one to have a local IP of 192.168.1.254/255.255.255.0 and the
other leave on 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0.

On your PC, just change the default gateway to either .1 or .254,
depending on which connection you want to use.

You can make 2 batch file's a place them on the desktop for easy
changing.

In DSL1.bat (or whatever you name it):

route delete 0.0.0.0
route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1

In DSL2.bat:

route delete 0.0.0.0
route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254

What you are doing is changing the default gateway by a command line
instead of going into Control Panel -> Network Connections -> Blah Blah
Blah.


Regards,

DanS

 

[Daniel]

Hello DanS,

sorry about my very late reply. I was away abroad for quite a while.

many thanks for your time and clear explanations. I do appreciate your help.

brgds,
Daniel

 

[DanS]

Hello DanS,

sorry about my very late reply. I was away abroad for quite a while.

many thanks for your time and clear explanations. I do appreciate your
help.

brgds,
Daniel

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