Can't seem to get a straight Answer

[mils128]

Ok so i have 2 cable modems activated on my Comcast Cable account, 2 modems diffrence Mac address' registered to my acocund. now could i 1) connect one cable modem to only my computer because the router is slowing down my connection a lot then connect my other cable modem to my router in another room so that it would slow my computer down going through the router. or could i set some sort of router thing on the computer midpoint or smoothwal and then connect one cable to my computer and one to my router therefore using 3 nic cards i guess. i don''t know i wannt be able to only use my cable modem for me while the other people in my house get the bandwidth that i am not using.

[ticktock123]

...i don''t know i wannt be able to only use my cable modem for me while the other people in my house get the bandwidth that i am not using.

isn't that the idea behind using a router? I would ask you though to try and restate the problem (i am not too quick in my old '21' age ;) ) because i got really lost in what the question was.

If i understand you right, i would say that you can't have one ISP and 2 routers with diff MAC add hooked up as the "main" routers...one has to have the main reg IP add then you can hook up the 2nd one from that...atleast that is how it works at my place.

You might also want to try a WIFI connection and see if there is some way to cap the other people.

[ErikD]

Are you asking if it would be possible to connect one cable modem directky to your PC, and another to a router to the rest of the PCs in your house? If so there is no reason why you couldn't as long as your ISP is giving service and IP addresses to both modems. I really don't know why you would bother though as a router shouldn't slow things down any, and it seems like a waste of money to me.

The only possible problem would come if you wanted to connect your PC directly to a modem, and to the router so you could be networked to other PCs in the house.

[kraftmayo]

Are you asking if it would be possible to connect one cable modem directky to your PC, and another to a router to the rest of the PCs in your house? If so there is no reason why you couldn't as long as your ISP is giving service and IP addresses to both modems. I really don't know why you would bother though as a router shouldn't slow things down any, and it seems like a waste of money to me.

The only possible problem would come if you wanted to connect your PC directly to a modem, and to the router so you could be networked to other PCs in the house.


Erik is right, if your router(gateway) is functioning as it should, there should be no decrease in performance, speed, latency, anything. Most routers are rated to at least 100mbps, and if you have a solid cable connection, you'll get anywhere from 3 to 8 if you're the only one on your node.

[mils128]

my cable connection seems to function more effectivly when connected directly to my computer via ethernet then when going through the router (still conected via ethernet). basiclly my question was is this possible to connect 2 Cable modems with diffrent mac addy's (already have both and they are functioning) and be able to use the internet ok. my router seems to have problems with MTU and slows dwn my connection where sometimes it take 2 or 3 seconds to load a page that with my cable modem directly connected to my computer literally take not a second. this is with no other computers on in my house. i will have to mention that all the other computers in my house use barely or no bandwidth it is usually just set for me. one crunches seti and uses bandwidth when sending data. one sit there with aim open. and 2 are either off or bowsing the web most of the time.

Any Suggestions on What i should do?
I have RMA'ed my router 3 tiems because of specific problems it has aka. MTU, Port Forward Etc. Belkin Pre-N is the router (would never recommend it to anyone, i got it for its signal strenght and that still stinks pretty bad)

[four4875]

do you want to still be networked to the other pcs? if so... i would try..

be sure ot have 2 NICs in the comp.
connect router to nic 1, have it set to dhcp and all like normal.

then nic 2 is connected to the router, which is conneced to the second modem. then you set the settings for DNS server on nic2 to manual, and leave that blank. i tihnk this would make it not use that one for net connections, if not you might have to change the ip to a different range, but then the subnetting mihgt block it form connecting to the other comps on the lan, im not familiar with subnetting and connecting to comps on different ip ranges, so you might have to experament.

not really on topic, but maybe belkin intended the pre N to mean pre 'not crappy' ? har har.

[DumbstixLars]

I set my parents up with a Linksys router on their RoadRunner account and there is no delay at all in page speed. Belkin isn't known for their high quality equipment.

[mils128]

hmm.. i will check it out. i don't know maybe this thread should change to what should i do about my Belkin Pre-N Router to fix it. i used to have linksys, best dang thing i ever bought, only reason i changed it out was because i moved rooms in the house, the router had to come with my computer and some of the wireless people lost connection. i have noticed somethign though. on my other computer about 100 feet away running the belkin Pre-n Desktop card, the internet is faster then on mine with is directly connected to the Lan. that computer always get 600kb and up dwnload speeds and this o only get 300kb dwnload, from the same server.


Edit:
Would Putting my router in Access Point Mode change anything??

[Drec]

milsy milsy milsy.

[mils128]

lol, Hi Drec