2 NICs, 2 Routers, 2 WANs -> 1 Asus A7N8X Deluxe (the one w/ the 2 NICs)

[RideFree]

The basic ?s is/are how do I configure one computer (the Asus A7N8X) to handle two separate Routers without conflict and give access to two WANs and let the machines talk across the Router(s) to one another? Other scenarios follow...

I am testing Comcast as an alternative to Covad as Comcast is about to blast into the 3000Kb D/L arena.

Therefore, I now have temporary access to two internet connections across two separate routers, a Linksys (192.168.1.1) and a SpeedStream (192.168.254.254) joined by the Asus A7N8X Deluxe (with two Ethernet ports, 3-com & Realtek).

Astaroth33, Could you make another of your lovely diagrams to explain how this should be approached?
I assume that two or three configurations are possible, including "shotgunning" the two web connections for a theoretical 4.5Mb D/L...?
TIA

Actually, shotgunning is not what I'm after (although a little experimentation never hurt anyone).
Simply having access to/from all of the machines across the two routers would do fine as long as there were no conflicts with web access from the Asus (or any of the others, for that matter).
PS Comcast connects with TCP/IP and Covad uses PPPoE over TCP/IP

Sorry about separating this out from another thread, but I wasn't getting any response.:brokenheart:

 

[lobadobadingdong]

errr. load balancing?

 

[RideFree]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
errr. load balancing?

Too much work (for either software or hardware), I was hoping for a quick & dirty.

 

[Garion]

Simply use static IP's on bth interfaces and only set a default gateway on the one that you want to make active. Anything else, without specialized hardware is pretty much useless.

If you have two default gateways, you're going to round-robin packets getting sent out them, meaning two different source IP's for your traffic which will break a LOT of things on the Internet.

- G

 

[Sideswipe001]

Quick and easiest way would be to get a router that can handle two WAN ports. They do sell them, and it will auto load balance for you between them.

http://www.ateck.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=453056311

That's an easy example of one, though I don't know anything about how nice it is.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

I'm still impatiently waiting for the 3mb speeds to be put into place in the Norristown,PA area, I thought it was Dec 1. :|

 

[BlitzRommel]

You after bridging?