Networking with 2 ISP's

I tried using a low end Dual Wan Router at one point and I had all kinds of problems.  
 
jocasio123, Let me see if I have this straight:
Are you talking using 2 routers and one switch. Please Explain?

Yes.  You'd use two routers.  The LAN side of each one would be in the same IP range and each of the LAN sides would hook into a switch.  Then you would assign each PC a default gateway.  Leew has it right in that using a business class router with two WAN ports would be a better scenario, but the two router scenario should work as well.

jocasio

I assume I would have to set DHCP on only one of them???

@waytron,

You tend to get what you pay for.  A dual wan router should provide near seemless failover - two routers with manually selected IPs for gateways is sloppy and unprofessional in my opinion.

Do as you like, but if you tried a $200 dual wan router I'm not surprised you had issues.  Reliable, BUSINESS CLASS devices tend to cost at least $600.

I understand, but I just cannot see spending $600 for a box of parts worth about $25 for a home network.  That is more than most of the computers I have.  I am not looking for failover protection but to simply assign differnet ISP's to different computers.

Yes.  Set up DHCP on one, disable on the other

You can check Mikrotik (Routerboard OS) router.It's cheap and has various features (Bandwidth Control+monitor,Routing,Firewall,traffic monitoring,Graph etc.) You need to buy a Mikrotik router which has at least 3 ports.

Please check the following link to find products and price:
http://routerboard.com/

Between 70$-100$ there are available products you'll find.

I've attached a document that would assist you to configure load balancing+Failover between two upstreams.It means you can configure some of your computers to use ISP A and some others ISP B.If ISP A goes down all computers will start use ISP B automatically reversely if ISP B goes down all computers will start using ISP A.
Mikrotik-Support.doc

This is a HOME network?  Most (and by most I mean 99.99%) would only have ONE ISP, not two.  I thought this was a business - MANY businesses use this configuration for redundancy.  (Providing all the details really helps perspective).

In that case, hack it.  You'll probably wish you had a dual WAN router in a few months, but so be it.

And consider that the cheap ONE you bought may have just been cr@p.  Or had a bad version of firmware.  It's not wise to judge and entire product category based on ONE try using one brand of product.  If you bought a car that was a lemon, would you consider all cars to probably be lemons and so you'll stick to bicycles?

Sorry, I was trying to make the question as simple as possible.  Who knows, I could have been a billionare and spending $600 for a router would have been parking change.  I have a ton of extra routers around so trying the hack method is a no brainer.  Thank you.  Redundancy is not an issue for me at the moment.  I have had FIOS since it first came out several years ago and have never had it go down even once and have never even had to reboot the Router.  The reason I have Comcast internet too was the fact that it was cheaper to get the whole package with Phone, TV and Internet.  I was just thinking of splitting up internet access to some of the computers, ipads, iphones, game systems, 5 replaytv units since I had the 2nd service anyway.

Thank you for your help

I agree home networking is pretty simpler.But usually people think cost effective devices and comparatively better output.I don't find anything wrong in it.If you know how to do it you can take advantages.

RouterBoard is world wide renowned products and reliable too. I've been using Failover+Redundancy using Mikrotik since last 2 years and have no issue.Experts share their experiences and knowledge into EE shouldn't seem marketing of products.

Thanks, using two routers is working just fine