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Originally Posted by neeeel  oops, i probably didnt explain what i meant very well.
I am going to have 2 ADSL lines, to provide access for 10 PCs, and i want to make the most of the 2 lines. The 2 routers i have are modem/routers with 4 port switches ( shoulda said that in first post :S). So, my first idea was
just stick a modem/router on each line, and connect the 24 port switch to one of the modem/routers, and put 6 PCs on that line, and 4 on the other one
But i was thinking, can i connect the 24 port switch to *both* modem/routers, and just stick all my 10 PCs onto the 24 port switch? will this use the total bandwidth effectively, eg if one modem/router is getting most of the data, the switch will send to the other one ? im guessing not, since the switch is unmanaged. |
I do not think you will be able to do that unless your router support those features. That basic SOHO switch will not even come close to preforming what you are talking about, nor do I know any layer 2 switches being able to even come close to those features. Most dual WAN router will probably be able to load balance and provide line redundancy using two WAN line. But this is a single device and not two router like in your situation.
But you should be able to use both line, it's a matter of controlling which computer uses which line by assigning the computer's default gateway to the corresponding router. The default gateway is what the computer use to communicate with other network (like the Internet). You may be able to set all devices in the same subnet. Say router 1 LAN address is 192.168.1.1 and router 2 LAN address is 192.168.1.2. Computer 1 through 5 uses 192.168.1.1 as it's default gateway (DG) and computers 6 through 10 uses 192.168.1.2 as it's DG. You should disable DHCP in this situation.