Possible to get two IP addresses from the same DSL line?

[CarpeDeo]

We have two apartments in one building (first floor and ninth floor) that share the same phone line (when somebody calls our phone number, both floors will ring).

We subscribed to DSL and have a modem + wireless router on the 1st floor. How would I go about getting internet access on the 9th? (Preferrably w/o wireless bridging).

Any help much appreciated, thx!

 

[nweaver]

call your ISP, they can probably create a second account, or allow a second login. At worst, you would have to pay and get 2 modems, but if they are nice/good, they will let you use one account with 2 modems.

Have you tried connecting a second modem upstairs and putting your account info in? I don't know how ppoe works so it may just work that way.

 

[imported_Dimicron]

Best case that I could see from the very little I know about DSL is: You call them up, they send you another modem and you can have 1 or the other up at a time. Not sure if the phone line can handle 2 DSL modem's signals on it?

Most expensive yet possibly simplest fix: Have one apt use DSL, the other use Cable.

Possibly look into powerline networking? Probably on different power circuits so that may not work. With that much distance between you, wireless (Wi-Fi) is pretty much out of the question (unless you get a directed antenna, both apts are on the same side of the building, and can stick them outside).

That's tough, I'd start with calling your ISP/DSL company and see if they can do anything for you before buying anything.

 

[Mir96TA]

Back in days 1999 Southwestern Bell was able to assign 5 Ip addresses
It was done through DHCP
There was no PoPE back then

 

[killa62]

as far as i know, the only isp that gives you more than 1 static ip is speakeasy
site is speakeasy.net
all you would need to do is call them, set up dsl, mention the slashdot offer (8 free static ips) and then buy a switch to hook the computers to the dsl modem manually assigning an ip to each of the computers

 

[skyking]

There's the rub. first floor and 9th floor. I don't think you'll get two seperate modems provisioned on one POTS line. Ask around, but I think you'll need to do something different.

 

[Fardringle]

The real question is, why do the two apartments share the same phone line? If they don't need to do it, get separate phone lines for each apartment and the the problem goes away.

Otherwise, just call the ISP and see what options (if any) they have available for your situation.