One network, two internet connections?

[Zucharn]

I'm in a dorm at college. Each person has a bandwidth cap for internet use. My roommate and I each have a router, each is connected to the internet.

How would I go about connecting the two networks to simplify file sharing and gaming between us?

Also, my router can provide wireless N on the 5ghz range, can I set it up so that mine provides 5ghz access and his provides 2.4ghz?

We want computers connected to each router to use only that router's internet connection, because of the bandwidth caps.

Any advice?

 

[JackMDS]

May be the college's IT people can help, they know the configuration of their network better than any one else.

 

[rathsach]

We need to know if the router you have forwards dhcp requests, and that campus has some form of control so each router can only have 1 ip.

If this is not the case, then you can just put up a switch behind one of the routers and connect the pc's to that..

If not, then setup a router behind the campus installed one, and have that get the dhcp address, and then put a switch behind this second router..

 

[Zucharn]

As far as I know, the campus network simply registers an ip to each specific MAC address it sees. The current setup we have is that I have my router set up and he has his setup, each work fine individually, etc.
Can I just run a cable between the two routers, and have each computer have their router set as the default gateway?

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: Zucharn
Can I just run a cable between the two routers, and have each computer have their router set as the default gateway?

Nope you can Not, you need to Bridge them.

 

[Zucharn]

I felt my response sounded a bit too combative. Why wouldn't it work?