cable broadband and dialup modem

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:44:16 -0700 (MST)
Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:

> Is there any way to have cable broadband and a dialup modem operable
> on the same computer (not operating simultaneously)? The dialup
> connection would be for a separate ISP than the cable connection.
> Would there be a conflict created by adding the dialup ISP's DNS
> addresses at the end of those for the existing cable ISP? What other
> problems that I'm not foreseeing?
> 
> I'm trying to figure out a way to use *spit* Cox broadband for
> browsing and downloading linux distros and the dialup ISP for mail
> and news.
> 

I have connected both cable modem through ethernet cable and dial-up
using a 56K modem with both active. The dial-up was for fax and
fallback when cable-one would go down.

You do have to tell the system what to connect through what when doing
this. As in, eth0 has priority so it will always be the first
connection used exept for fax.

Good luck,

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Charlie Kravetz 
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