Network question

[lynxbat]

Hey this question goes out to all the network guys. At my Dad's house they have 2 internet connections, DSL and Cable. They also have 2 routers, 1 for each connection with 2 computers operating off of each router. Is there a way to bridge the two seperate routing networks so that MP games can be played on all four computers via LAN?<br><br>I do not know how long it will take me to solve this, but odds are one of you guys will post before I do. <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL133/103 ... 214513.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

You mean, merge the DSL and cable lines into a single, faster connection? Not without special hardware on your end and probably theirs too.<br><br>It IS possible to hook up all the computers onto one network, and have some computers routed through the cable and others through the DSL, but the easiest way I can think of to do that is to manually edit the routing tables on the individual computers, and anyway the net effect would be the same as if you left the connections set up the way they are now. <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br>Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Tao of Programming</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[lynxbat]

Yeah, I just want to be able to play multi player lan over there. I have an extra hub also. So if I just patch both routers into the new central hub and setup static local ip's then it should work? <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL133/103 ... 214513.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></p><i></i>

[Spinning Hat]

Technically, you would need a bridge to connect two existing networks. But, you may want to try giving all the clients static IPs, and running a patch cable between the two router/switches and see how that works. (It should be the same net effect as having multiple hubs stringing together, regardless of the internet connections.)<br><br>Hope that helps. <p><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END--><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Never, Never, Never Quit"</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> -Winston Churchill</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

THAT won't do anything like what you want. All your computers will use the routings handed out by one of the modems, and won't even realize the other one is there. Same effect as if you only had one modem, and ran a network connected to it.<br><br>As I said, you'd have to manually edit routing tables on each client to point some to one modem the other, or get a box set up as a load-balancer for these situations, or some such. <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br>Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Tao of Programming</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>