How many routers/wireless gateways could I attach to ONE DSL line? Can I connect each to a different ISP?

Question

I am looking to have 2 computers on each router/gateway. I am also wanting to know if each router would get a substantially different IP address if it could be connected to a different ISP? Or would one router/gateway have to be connected through the other one, and therefore they would both have SBC's IP address?

Answer 1

reset

network

you conncet the ethernet cable to the back of the router on the port that is marked ethernet then you take the other end of the cable to the ethernet card on on the back of your pc you conncet it to the port marked ethernet

then you conncet the other cable to the back of the ruter port that is marked DSL then you take that cable to the modem box conncet it to the port marked on the modem marked DSL
then you conncet the modem cable box to your phoneline box
conncet the power cable to the router and put the power on
now you put in the cd driver that came with your router
and you install the network drivers
now you need to set up a network id & password on the router
you will be told how to do all that when you install the drivers & software for the router
when you have install the drivers and software fo r the router
your need to restart the pc
when your back at the desktop
you will see a network icon in the taksbar by the pc time
if it has a red X on it right click it and click on enable
if you dont see a network icon in the taskbar
click on start/control panel
click on
network and internet connections
icon
then click on network connections icon
now right click the
local Area connection
icon and click on properties
tick the box
show icon in notification ares when connected
tick the box
notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity

now click on
then authentication tab at the top

tick the box
enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for network
tick the box
authenticate as computer when infomatiion is available
then right click
local Area connection
and click on enable
now your router internet will log online with in 45 seconds
when your router is online you conncet your phoncable to the modem marked
phone

now when your router is online

then you need to get in the router home page and click on the wireles lan icon & click on configure

and you set up a network id for the laptop you call call your network id anything ,a name with numbers or letters with number
and a security wpa key not a wep key dont use that one use wpa key then click apply at the bottom when you have set up your network id and security wpa key

then you put a wireless usb adapter on the laptop you install the network drivers on the laptop for the wireless usb
then you click on the network icon in the taskbar by the time on the laptop right click on it go to properties then you click on view wireless networks then you click on advanced tab you put in the network id and security key that u set up on the router home back then you click apply & ok then you click on view wireless network's your see your network id click on that then click on conncet


if you have a wireless card in the laptop just

click on the network icon in the taskbar by the time on the laptop right click on it go to properties then you click on view wireless networks then you click on advanced tab you put in the network id and security key that u set up on the router home back then you click apply & ok then you click on view wireless network's your see your network id click on that then click on conncet

if your network cuts out at any time just right click the network icon by the pc time
and click on repair that is on the 2 computers you can do this then windows xp will repair the
network for you and it dont take long at all
if you cant set that up
your be better off if you get you (isp)server to help you set all that up



transfer files from pc2pc

have the 2 copmuters on the wirless network then
Dual login yahoo messenger files trasfer from pc 1 to pc 2

on pc 1 you login a yahoo id then on pc 2 you login another id
then you add to friends list then you get yahoo id 1 to pm yahoo id 2 then yahoo id pm back yahoo id 1 then you click on the send file icon then you send files from pc1 to pc 2
your send files over from pc 1 to pc 2 verry fast ,dont go in a chat room while your doing the file trasfer coz this will only slow down the trasfer

Answer 2

While you can daisy chain several routers, why would you want to do that?

The first one in the chain will get the public IP address from the ISP. All of the rest will get private IP addresses from the first one. You'll also need to change the inside network's IP address on each router except the first one. Most come out of the box configured the same and for it to work, each router has to be on a different network.

You can only have one broadband account per phone line. In most parts of the country, the only DSL ISP is the local phone company so there would be no way to have different ISPs anyway.

Answer 3

You can connect a substantial amount of routers downstream of the DSL line but only one must be the master that interacts with the ISP. All others will be downstream of this router. Unless you pay for more you only get the one IP address.

Answer 4

You only need one IP you can daisy chain routers or switches and connect as many computers as you want using a subnet and private IP's behind the top level router. Hope this answers what you are asking. Good Luck and God Bless.

Answer 5

One router can generate up to a max of 253 IP addresses. Connecting a second ISP will impose problems of its own.

Answer 6

Usually you only need 1 router/wireless gateway to connect to 1 DSL line. Unless you have very big network, you can then use several additional routers to create different smaller subnet for better network management. However I don't think it's needed in your case.

Ethernet home network setup tutorial: http://www.home-network-help.com/home-network.html

wireless network setup tutorial: http://www.home-network-help.com/wireless-network.html

Hope this helps... :o)

picoHat