Comments on: Can I use an ADSL connection as well as a dial up connection together? http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/ dialup is not dead! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:57:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: nearly_real http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1609 nearly_real Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:18:14 +0000 http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/#comment-1609 Why on earth would you want to - even a low speed adsl connection at 512k per second would only be speeded up by another 4 or 5k per second 512 and 517k per second downloads will have negligible difference in download time Why on earth would you want to – even a low speed adsl connection at 512k per second would only be speeded up by another 4 or 5k per second

512 and 517k per second downloads will have negligible difference in download time

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]]> By: romulusnr http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 romulusnr Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:28:41 +0000 http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/#comment-1608 I think, though not positive, that you should be able to connect both at the same time. It'll be tricky, but I believe the answer may lie in the "route" command which runs in a dos window. How to do the load sharing is another issue. You'd probably be better off just with priority. For example, use the "route" command to set your ADSL route with METRIC 1, and then your dialup with METRIC 2. In that case, the ADSL will be first pick, but if it is maxed, presumably the connection will go over the dialup. However, without a fixed IP that works on both networks this may get messy (not sure). If you start an Internet connection over the dialup, but it then tries to go over the other connection, it will look like its coming from a totally different system since you have a different IP address on your ADSL network versus your dialup connection. Web sessions will break, other connections may terminate, etc. Now, I hope you weren't also expecting a way to get your network to auto-dial the dialup connection whenever you need it... :) I think, though not positive, that you should be able to connect both at the same time. It’ll be tricky, but I believe the answer may lie in the “route” command which runs in a dos window.

How to do the load sharing is another issue. You’d probably be better off just with priority. For example, use the “route” command to set your ADSL route with METRIC 1, and then your dialup with METRIC 2. In that case, the ADSL will be first pick, but if it is maxed, presumably the connection will go over the dialup.

However, without a fixed IP that works on both networks this may get messy (not sure). If you start an Internet connection over the dialup, but it then tries to go over the other connection, it will look like its coming from a totally different system since you have a different IP address on your ADSL network versus your dialup connection. Web sessions will break, other connections may terminate, etc.

Now, I hope you weren’t also expecting a way to get your network to auto-dial the dialup connection whenever you need it… :)

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]]> By: DramaGuy http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 DramaGuy Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:13:50 +0000 http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/#comment-1607 You can connect to both but I don't believe there is any way to sync the streams with any over the counter hardware or software. You can connect to both but I don’t believe there is any way to sync the streams with any over the counter hardware or software.

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]]> By: passionatetrauma http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 passionatetrauma Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:20:09 +0000 http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/#comment-1606 not sure about aol. but i did w at%t and if your bandwith is that slow or low you need to switch period, i did i think cablemodems faster then dsl not sure about aol. but i did w at%t and if your bandwith is that slow or low you need to switch period, i did i think cablemodems faster then dsl

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]]> By: pub_bore http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1605 pub_bore Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:12:28 +0000 http://dialifornia.com/dialup-internet-access/can-i-use-an-adsl-connection-as-well-as-a-dial-up-connection-together/#comment-1605 yeah, we do that in the office. Just put the splitter on so you separate the ADSL from the normal phone line, then stick the normal analogue modem on the phone line. No special arrangements required. yeah, we do that in the office. Just put the splitter on so you separate the ADSL from the normal phone line, then stick the normal analogue modem on the phone line. No special arrangements required.

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