Having 2 internet connections

[latrosicarius]

Okay heres the deal.... (lol)

I currently have 2 internet connections:

- Optimum Online (15/2MBps)
- Verison FiOS (20/20)

Right now, the only way to switch between them is to unplug the router from one of the modems, and plug it into the other.

Here's what I'm trying to do. Please tell me if this is possible, and if so, how to do it:

On my network, I have a Win2003 server that has a file-server role. I have a VPN server app on that server so I can access my files from outside the LAN. I want to hook the 20/20 connection to this.

I also want the rest of my computers on the network to be able to access the file server, but instead of using the 20/20 connection, they need to use the 15/2, because the 20/20 has some ping issues that is making games really sucky.

But... how to make the 2 networks talk to eachother without having to go out to the outside internet and get slowed down?
- Network #1: server using 20/20
- Network #2: computers using 15/2

Thanks, and hopefully you will have understood what the hell I just said, because I'm not sure I even know =/

(I have an extra router, and a 24-port switch I can use, if that helps.)

[Jay]

you need to plug both the modems / router into the switch.

You then need to use the Route add command to setup routes telling your system what connection to use.

My advice is to first read up on the route add command then come back with any more questions

[latrosicarius]

Thanks, but one quick question before I go off searching:

Is the route add command something to do with the:
- router
- switch
- DNS or DHCP on the server
- clients

?
Thanks

[burble]

Clients. It tells the clients what route to take to send data to a given subnet.

[TiG]

I'd actually want to do the routing add concept in the managed switch if you could. Much better than doing that kind of thing in the client machines.

TiG

[Jay]

I'd actually want to do the routing add concept in the managed switch if you could. Much better than doing that kind of thing in the client machines.

TiG

I agree. Route add command can be a pain so its nice to only have to do it once.

[Moby-Dick]

depends on the switch - you'd need a layer 3 switch for that

you can also deploy static routes via DHCP

[Jay]

all the same if you want to do it per machine becuase you don't have a L3 switch or even a proper DHCP server you could do it with a batch file.

[Moby-Dick]

yep

or set your routes as persistent , then you only need to do it once

[latrosicarius]

Thanks Doing it with DHCP from the server sounds like the best option from a first glance... I'll try with that first, but if that doesn't work I'll try my switch:

My switch might actually be a Layer 3 managed switch. I'll have to check when I get home... I bought it over a year ago, and I haven't used any of the managed functionality on it, so I forget. I just cant remember if it's Layer 2 or Layer 3.

But that brings a different problem... I can't access it. I remember being able to access it at one time. It's default IP address was 192.168.0.1, which was problematic because my ROUTER was also the same IP. So I changed the switch to 192.168.0.2, and I was able to access it for a short time afterwards, but never since.

I have ignored this problem because it still works and I have never had a need to go into the configuration since then. But now it sounds like I will have to, so do you guys have any tips on how to get in it?

Thanks!

[Moby-Dick]

Serial connection + hyperterm usually works

[latrosicarius]

Hi all, I'm running into a problem.
This is what I did. I made 2 scopes on the DHCP server:

Scope #1 "servers"
- Scope: 10.1.0.0
- Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
- Router: 10.1.0.1
- Range: 10.1.0.100 thru 10.1.0.199
- DNS & DHCP Server: 10.1.0.100
- Exclusion: 10.1.0.101 thru 10.1.0.199 // to fill up the rest of the range

Scope #2 "clients"
- Scope: 10.2.0.0
- Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
- Router: 10.2.0.1
- Range: 10.2.0.100 thru 10.2.0.199
- DNS & DHCP Server: 10.1.0.100

What happens, is my clients get assigned an IP by the server (which is in the 10.1 scope), and since there are no open spots in that scope, the clients get assigned to the 10.2 scope (good).

Well, now the problem is, immediately after they are assigned to the 10.2 scope, they have no contact with the 10.1 scope. They can't even ping the server that JUST assigned them!

Please help =/

[Jay]

that will be a subnet problem I think. Also why have you changed the iP of the router (unless they are on their own router?)

[ikonia]

you've just told the server to assign them an ip address on a different network, so as soon as they boot and get the ip address, they are off the network.

[b0redom]

^
|
|-- what he said.

The quick and dirty fix is to change your subnet mask to 255.0.0.0.

[ikonia]

dirty is right......but as you say also quick.

I'm not sure what the point of this two internet setup is and the switching of ISP's ?