Two modems on the same network

[Sticked]

what happens if i use 2 modems on the same phone line simultaneously?

[Elfuego]

One doesnt connect probably...

 

Unless you setup redundancy and stuff but thats some serious effort.

[arronleeds]

One doesnt connect probably...

 

Unless you setup redundancy and stuff but thats some serious effort.

he may mean piggy backing (one router connected to another)

 

but if he means modems and didnt get them mixed up then no, how would you even do that? you would have to have an extension.

[Sticked]

One doesnt connect probably...

 

Unless you setup redundancy and stuff but thats some serious effort.

because i don't have access to my modem login but some one is always hogging the banwith and i don't know how to se who it is (btw my modem is a netgear 6200d)

 

he may mean piggy backing (one router connected to another)

 

but if he means modems and didnt get them mixed up then no, how would you even do that? you would have to have an extension.

no i didn't mean it like that.. that would be like an access point no?

[InVis]

what happens if i use 2 modems on the same phone line simultaneously?

if your ISP is authenticating on the trunk on the DSLAM, the first modem/router that trans up will get the ip.

You could have 2 routers connected but only one of them would get an IP.

 

If your ISP is authenticating on anything else, there might be some issues with getting IP on the other router (that they did not supply)

[Sticked]

if your ISP is authenticating on the trunk on the DSLAM, the first modem/router that trans up will get the ip.

You could have 2 routers connected but only one of them would get an IP.

 

If your ISP is authenticating on anything else, there might be some issues with getting IP on the other router (that they did not supply)

thanks

[Andrew_C]

because i don't have access to my modem login

 

I don't quite get the situation here. Back to basics though, have tried the default admin/password? I'd reset the modem, call the ISP to get the connection settings & configure a new WiFi SSID/key.

[toxicnos]

The default username and password for  that modem/router is username : admin and the password is password , yes i know so secure. If you have changed the password and forgot it, you can restore it to factory setting usually by holding down the reset button. this will require you to set it up again but it is better than someone using your internet.

[Peter Smyth]

This is slightly irrelevant, but my house has two phone lines, from back in the days on dial-up, so someone could use the phone and the internet at the same time. If I wanted, I could double my speeds from ~50Mb/s to ~100Mb/s by adding a modem to the second line, and connecting them via a switch.

[arronleeds]

This is slightly irrelevant, but my house has two phone lines, from back in the days on dial-up, so someone could use the phone and the internet at the same time. If I wanted, I could double my speeds from ~50Mb/s to ~100Mb/s by adding a modem to the second line, and connecting them via a switch.

No you couldn't do that, because that phoneline will have been disconnected, it doesn't work like that.

Your ISP gives you one line unless requested that you need two but then you would have to pay for both.

[brwainer]

This is slightly irrelevant, but my house has two phone lines, from back in the days on dial-up, so someone could use the phone and the internet at the same time. If I wanted, I could double my speeds from ~50Mb/s to ~100Mb/s by adding a modem to the second line, and connecting them via a switch.

That would work assuming the phone company actovates the second line for DSL. Also, you would have to use a dual WAN router because otherwise there wouldn't be anything directing traffic using both of them. A normal router will just choose one of the connections to use for everything.

[yzbd]

You can have two modems, as long as you have two separate phone lines and internet packages (DSL I'm assuming). You could possibly get both modems working at the same time, for a few minutes, but the system will end up seeing two different devices (MAC addresses) and end up kicking one off - this really depends on their system and how it is setup. I personally have two modems connected with a splitter, but I have two "services". Keep in mind some companies may not allow two internet connections at a signal address; however, most will.

 

Note: My setup is tailored this way for a few different reason, you average person (and 99.9%) of people here have no need for two modems. Having two modems in your home will not "double" your speed -- it will however double your bandwidth and with the right setup can increase speeds. Just not in the way most people use/see the internet.

 

Your better off building or buying a router that will monitor and limit bandwidth for users in the home, this will prevent one user in the house using up 90+% of the bandwidth. Just do a Google search for the setup you need. Also, it sounds like your modem has a built-in router - that just needs to be thrown away. Buy your own modem and router, you will have much more control over the network - combo boxes are trash.

[Peter Smyth]

I'm aware that I have to pay line rental and pay for internet if I have the second line reconnected, but I'm saying that it is possible. I forgot that I'd need a dual router or something to get the two connections to work together well, but I could use them as two separate networks, though.