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2 adsl connections on one network

Asked by: jjfresh66

Hi, would it be possible to have 2x adsl connections on a network. I have 10 people sharing one dsl socket and sometimes it's very slow at 8Meg - The reason i ask is because there is a spare dsl alraedy setup which a directory users once in a blue moon to his greedy self.
I thought  if i split the users / 5x on one and 5x on the other would help performance.

My only concern is that they are all connected to the same workgroup - so would it work if i just changed the default gatways ?

Thanks for any help

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2007-05-14 at 07:23:33ID22570494
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Answers

 

by: JamesTX10Posted on 2007-05-14 at 07:26:03ID: 19085365

Hello jjfresh66,
You need a load balancing router. Then you connect the two DSL connections to it and it shares the bandwidth for your network.

Regards,

JamesTX10

 

by: JamesTX10Posted on 2007-05-14 at 07:27:18ID: 19085376

jjfresh66,
such as http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=452

JamesTX10

 

by: jjfresh66Posted on 2007-05-14 at 08:43:15ID: 19085988

Cheers James, will look into this good idea - but would it work anyway ?

 

by: JamesTX10Posted on 2007-05-14 at 08:47:25ID: 19086020

Yes it will work. That is what a load balancing router is made to do

 

by: publicPosted on 2007-06-18 at 18:18:29ID: 19312523

Just assign different gateways.
A load bakancing router would equilize outgoing traffic but it will not bond the lines for more bandwidth.

 

by: Computer101Posted on 2007-11-15 at 15:42:43ID: 20294046

Forced accept.

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