2 ISP on 1 Computer, shared over network. Possible???

[dexmax]

I have 2 ISP. The current setup is two routers on a switch. Some computers use one router and the others go to the others.

Is it possible to connect the 2 routers on a single computer, then share both connections on the network via 1 NIC.

I'll use 3 NICs on a PC, 1 for every router, then 1 goes to the switch.

I have not tried this before, but can a computer act as Load Balancer???

Do I need 3rd party software to do this, or is the ICS of WinXP capable of such..

Workstation (192.168.0.2-253)<----> switch <----->(192.168.0.1) PC (ISP assigned IPs)<=====> 2 ISPs

Any feedback appreciated.

[Midknyte]

No. You can't multiplex with normal nics.

Some nvidia boards with dual nics have that capability called dualnet. i've never heard of anyone using ICS on one of those before.

You'd be better off with a dual WAN router.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/network/103/

[dexmax]

thanks Midknyte.

I do have plans on getting dual/quad WAN routers..

But i did remember doing this on one of my Linux machines using load balancing with FreeBSD.. I was hoping that there was a 3rd party software for Windows that could do this.

The reason that I'm not setting up a Linux server for this is because I have software that I need to run, on that machine that doesn't run on Linux, even with WINE and other emulators.

[cat6]

May be this can Help.

Combining two Internet Connections - http://www.ezlan.net/loadbalance.html

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[Nightblade]

or spurge and get a cicso router, lol

not feesable under regular xp/vista without a dual wan router and even they dont work like you'd really want, although this is based off my experiment with shotgunning 2 cable modems, and even 2 DSL modems

Too much packet confusion, with the router, the new as this was pre-2004 only sped me up like 20% so it wasnt worth the cost, and trying it across platforms cable+dsl worked like **** as too many packets where coming in way out of sync

the overhead on the router is too great, only really effective as a back up line for businesses

[Nightblade]

You'd be better off with a dual WAN router.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/network/103/

you're right in saying this