Re: CABLE/ADSL connection question,PLEASE!

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From: Dr. Indera (dr.indera.bugoff_at_cant.spam.me)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 01:38:10 -0400

hi alon,

yes, both use the same nic card.
i didn't realize that you were referring to dial-up service.

yes, i am in the US.

yes, i use both cable modem and dsl on the same laptop.

sorry, i couldn't be of more help.

indera

"Alon Brodski" <abrodski@delete.012.net.il> wrote in message
news:40e1a801$1@news.012.net.il...
: Hey!
: You meant that your both modems share the same NIC so you switch?
: It's all nice but to get to the ISP one has to DIAL to it here....It's not
a
: constant ON connection where you get your external IP address from Cable
Co.
: or TELCO...Here it doesn't work that way....I heard that in the US it's
: otherwise..Well,here about 30% who are cable Internet users do use the
: "american" system.
: The bottom line is that you use both cable and ADSL Internet accesses on
the
: same PC,right?
:
: Alon
:
: "Dr. Indera" <dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> wrote in message
: news:%23OCs1EeXEHA.3676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
: > hi alon,
: >
: > i have cable and dsl. the switch from one to the other, i unplug the
cable
: > wire and plug in the dsl wire and log on.
: > maybe i am not understanding your question.
: >
: > indera
: >
: >
: > "Alon Brodski" <abrodski@delete.012.net.il> wrote in message
: > news:40e17373$1@news.012.net.il...
: > : Hello world!
: > :
: > : I have Windows XP Pro.
: > :
: > : I wonder if I could configure ONE computer to be connected to the
: Internet
: > : both using ADSL and CABLE.
: > : Of course,not simultanously.Just to have 2 Dial Up Connections (not
: > : analog,but PPP virtual ones) and use them one after another.
: > : ONE-PPTP (VPN) for Cable modem connection and SECOND-,say,PPPoATM for
: USB
: > : ADSL modem connection.
: > : I have a NIC and my cable modem is connected to it.It's LAN and I
have
: > : 172.2X.X.X IP address from cable Co. at all times and when I want to
: > connect
: > : to the Internet I Dial to my ISP and get an external IP address from
: > : it-80.179.X.X in my case...(each time it's different,naturally)-Open
: > Access
: > : type.
: > : I have USB port and I can get a USB ADSL modem and use a PPPoA type
of
: > : connection with it.
: > : And to use the same ISP (whether with the same or not account with
it-it
: > : doesn't matter here)...
: > :
: > : The way I understand it-it should work OK...The unclear part is.....is
: it
: > : the NIC or the modem that gets 172.X.X.X address? In Cable....Some ppl
: > don't
: > : have NIC's in their PC's...they use USB Cable modems...but they would
: > still
: > : have that 172.X.X.X address...so it's not the NIC,but the modem who
gets
: > : it....or am I wrong?
: > :
: > : If I also have a USB ADSL modem,then that modem would get a 10.X.X.X
IP
: > : address from TELCO at all times
: > :
: > :
: > : So the bottom line is....the way I get it....my Cable modem would
: > constantly
: > : have that 172.X.X.X address from Cable Co ( same as my NIC).AND my
ADSL
: > : modem would constantly have 10.X.X.X address from TELCO.
: > : Whenever I use a Dial Up PPTP VPN adapter it would get a 80.179.X.X
: > address
: > : from my ISP and I would get on the Internet using cable
: > infrustructure.Then
: > : I disconnect...Then I'll use a PPoA connection (the virtual adapter is
: > : installed ,using a software that comes with the ADSL modem-Globespan
ALE
: > : series...) and I would get also 80.179.X.X address from ISP,using my
: > another
: > : account with it (the ADSL one).
: > :
: > :
: > : --
: > : Thanks in advance,
: > :
: > : Yours truly,
: > : Alon Brodski
: > :
: > :
: >
: >
:
:

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