Is it possible for me to hook two different modems to the same DSL phone line?

The reason I ask this:

We have 6 computers 4 of which are connected to a router and the remaining two are dialup....I am wondering if I can put another modem and router to hook the other two computers on.

Is that possible or will they interfere with transmission?

If this fails then I suppose I have to get another DSL line.

comments/suggestions?

10/9/2005 3:24:36 PM

No you can't use two modems. Just get a 8 port switch.

10/9/2005 3:56:36 PM

uh



just buy a 5 port switch and connect it to your router



or go wireless for christ's sake

10/9/2005 4:26:53 PM

That would be about as bad as trying to physically split an ethernet cable to two computers and use them at the same time (and yes, I've had people come in and ask me for ehternet "Y-adapters" to do this...") without something like a hub.

Do what the poster above suggested, get a switch and run lines from it to the 2 computers on dialup and to the router and the 1 computer that would lose it's direct connection to the router. As long as you get a switch and not a hub, you really shouldn't notice too difference in your connection unless multiple people start using emule or something.

5 port switches can be had for as little as 15-20 bucks at places like the NCSU bookstore and Tiger Direct. 8 port and gigabit switches get a bit pricier.

[Edited on October 9, 2005 at 4:28 PM. Reason : ]

10/9/2005 4:28:07 PM

I agree with the above suggestions.

I have seen setups where two DSL lines service one LAN where there are enough users to justify it. It requires a router that can load balance between two WAN connections, but obviously this is way more than you'd need.

10/9/2005 4:32:46 PM

Ok...thanks guys for the help....I'll pass by to the bookstore and check it out.

10/9/2005 4:35:15 PM

eh on sunday you're much better off going to tiger direct outlet on captiol.... since the bookstore's closed.

10/9/2005 5:00:41 PM

^^^ PFSense, based on m0n0wall/freebsd does multi wan and load balancing i think.

So with 2 nic cards,CF or CDROM/Floppy 300mhz and 64MB ram you could have the router in question

10/9/2005 5:27:08 PM