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Deep Blue

Deep Blue

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If you were having a line each - then no, no load balancing would be required however it would make things more interesting when it comes to sharing files and printers with Greg. Not impossible though :)

New BT line is around £150 iirc
 
Skull

Skull

Thou Shalt Not Pass
Knottyboy said:
Would i really need this load balancing device if it's 2 seperate lines? One line would just be used by me and one by greg, wouldn't be looking to combine them or anything.
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If you were fine with being on seperate networks etc then no you wouldn't. However it would mean that there would be 0 network connectivity between you & greg - so you wouldn't have access to any media shared by greg or anything like that (assuming that you do that already XD)
 
K

Knottyboy

Well-Known Member
Never thought about the media sharing... is there a way to solve this? I have 2 ethernet ports, would it be possible to be connected to both networks but have only one connected to the internet?

I think £150 would definitely be worth it though
 
coob

coob

*looks disapprovingly*
you could have a separate router, and just swap to it whenever you need to file share.

There are other, more efficient ways but someone else will have to tell you bout them :p
 
Skull

Skull

Thou Shalt Not Pass
Knottyboy said:
Never thought about the media sharing... is there a way to solve this? I have 2 ethernet ports, would it be possible to be connected to both networks but have only one connected to the internet?

I think £150 would definitely be worth it though
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There is yes, and I would be able to step you through it, it requires having a static IP on the media network, and fiddling around in the command prompt with static routes, but it can be done :) (It's the exact same way that I use two routers at once in both ethernet sockets on my pc - since I have one to connect to remote networks, I've told my pc to use that router for addresses beginning with 10.10.x.x, and everything else goes out to the internet)
 
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