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I have a cable connection and an ADSL connection. I often play online games and I want an uninterrupted connection. I have only one ethernet port on my computer.
So, when I'm in the middle of a game, if one connection drops out, I have to pull out one cable and connect the other cable. This takes some time, plus the ADSL connection takes some time to come up.
What I want is to run both connections at the same time, so if one happens to drop out, the other takes over automatically. I was searching for information on how to do this and I came across "dual routers", but I didn't find any detailed information.
Basically, I'm looking for a checklist on what I should be looking for when buying these, and the estimated cost of one that would do the job for me. Also, if there is any other way of accomplishing this, I'd like to know that as well.
Not sure if it would be easy to automate this, since the connections very likely have different IP addresses, and if your IP address changes, both TCP connections and UDP-based protocols tend to break. – user1686 – 2013-08-27T22:03:01.100
Isn't this what load balancing dual wan routers do?? – None – 2013-08-28T05:48:16.420