Anybody out there have cable and DSL?

My cable service has been extremely intermittent lately. Since I telecommute frequently, I'm thinking about getting DSL as well. Anybody out there currently doing that?

Anybody have advice on routers that can intelligently manage outbound connection failures? i.e. use cable until cable doesn't work, use DSL when cable is down without me having to do anything? Or perhaps something that increases my effective speed by combining the connections?

 

Not heard of routers which do that but with a simple Linux box as your gateway/proxy/router it can be done quite easily. Well, I know people have done it that way. It would basically use both all the time until one drops. Hook up a modem and it can even go 56k if both broadband connection lie flat on their asses.

 

Aha! I found one!

http://www.guru3d.com/article/network/161/11/

looks like around $200.00 Not bad. I'd hate to have ANOTHER pc running full time around here.

 

Seems like a nice one. How does it handle having multiple IP's though? Surely you can't have just one IP via two ISP's? I know some e-commerce packages validate sessions per IP so it might break some functionality if packets are sent split between the two.

Too technical for me anyway, let us know how it works when you get it, I might be interested in that solution for in the office as well.

 

Hi there

Verizon offers DSL Wireless anywhere service

Might want to check them out.

 

We had this kind of setup using the Xincom 402 to handle the dual ports. We found some issues in the firmware. They were probably related to what tops30 mentioned with packets for the same session going out via two ip addresses.

We have reverted to just using a single (VERY stable) cable connection and manually switching to DSL if the cable goes down.

It was a great idea though and they may have fixed those issues with the newer models. If either of our connections were unstable we would have bought one of the newer models and tried to work it out.

 

Do you know much about this service? Verizon is not available in my area. So, I imagine this "wireless DSL" would not be either. I have wireless Internet now through Cingular (I think they were just merged with AT&T, but anyway...) where I use a PCMCIA card, but it is certainly not available **anywhere**.

 

Hi Mystik

I know it is priced at $59.99 a month which is $20.00 to $30.00 more than the standard in home DSL service,,,for what appears to be VPN access.

Anywhere is a gross error on my part

Anywhere they offer it might have been a better choice of words.

Seems to be spread out over 40 to 50% of the US

Peace

 

Thanks much for the further info.

 

NP

Just tell me the story of the house in the pic??

Im an architectural idiot hard to explain.. as I couldnt build a decent home but wright & pei just drive my mind with insane dreams .

 

Not much to tell. It's the back side of my house. I didn't build it, though. Bought it about 6 years ago.

 

Wow Nice!!!!!

When I go on vaca,, can I come look around ??

lol

 

heh. Drop me a note a few days before hand. Shouldn't be a problem.

 

Kind offer,, thank you

but you dont need a nut scaling the roof of your home trying to figure out the backside lol

plus I might not want to leave...

 

Looks at mystiks grass

looks at the concrete surrounding his home

looks back at the grass again...



You just have to have a riding lawn mower .lol

 

heh.

 

Tells himself if they wanted to talk about homes they would be at the This Old House Forum

Thank you and good night!

 

I have comcast cable+high speed internet, and its been very good so far except that its costy But I prefer them over DSL which needs 6/12 months contracts.