I'm moving in with a roomate and I was wondering if it were possible to have 2 separate phone lines and dsl connections in the same house. We both have the same phone/dsl provider but I would like my own phone service and have all my internet connections stay the same . My phone service provider (Bellsouth) said it was possible and even said it was free to move my service from my house to his during this month as a promotion so I went ahead and did so but it will take a week to have the phone line disconnected/reconnected at the new house. They said I would have no problem and should be able to hook my modem right up and start using internet the moment the line is active. It might have been easier to convince my friend to use my network but I still wanted my line separate for business calls and figuered to just keep the internet since I had all the network gear spent into it. Is it possible to have 2 dsl lines with 2 phone lines and if so will it make the connection slower then normal.
2007-07-25 16:43:16 · 3 answers · asked by J H 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Yes its possible, the phone company will need to send a tech to the house to put your room on a seperate phone connection, if it is not already, but that is easy. You will see no speed decrease in your service due to having two seperate lines in the home.
2007-07-25 16:49:34 · answer #1 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can share a DSL line w/o any router or wireless network. Just connect your 2 computers using a crossover utp cat5e cable through the ethernet ports and setup a LAN, and have one of your computer (pc1) to act as a gateway to connect to the DSL modem. In that way, the computer that does not connect directly to the modem (pc2) can access the internet through pc1. However, the main drawback is that pc1 has to be on while you access the internet using pc2.
2016-04-01 02:49:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be slower if you didn't have your own separate line.
If the two of you shared the same connection, and let's say you are both heavy downloaders, you would both only be able to download half as fast.
The best solution is the one you are getting; each roomate with his own tube. That way, nobody slows down anybody else.
2007-07-25 18:12:51 · answer #3 · answered by jsleno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋