Two DSL conn in XP

[Alaa]

I have two DSL connections and I want to have them both enabled in windows XP and somehow be able to choosing the connection that an application can use. Is there a way to do that?

 

[jonmcc33]

No, there is no Windows feature to do that at all. You could use a router though. There are some that have dual WAN connections.

 

[TazExprez]

Not to hijack your thread, but is there a way to combine the two connections in order to boost your speed?

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Alaa
I have two DSL connections and I want to have them both enabled in windows XP and somehow be able to choosing the connection that an application can use. Is there a way to do that?

I'd love to hear an answer to this.

I've been running dual ISPs for a long time now, but don't know of any way to control what applications use which.

I looked into dual WAN routers/load balancing routers, but that's not what i want, as i don't believe that'd allow me to set which ISP is being used for which application.

I'd like to be able to set certain appz to use my dsl connection; others to use cable.

 

[Alaa]

I don't know how they left something like this overlooked!

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Alaa
I don't know how they left something like this overlooked!

Because only a fraction of a percent of users will need it?

 

[jonmcc33]

Originally posted by: TazExprez
Not to hijack your thread, but is there a way to combine the two connections in order to boost your speed?

No.

 

[Alaa]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: Alaa
I don't know how they left something like this overlooked!

Because only a fraction of a percent of users will need it?

Maybe that's the case with a lot of features in Windows?

 

[bassoprofundo]

You could feasibly do this with VMWare setup. Connect the main host OS to one connection and run the apps you want to use on it there. Connect the virtual machine to the other connection and have the necessary apps installed within it so they can run on the other connection. I actually do this occasionally at so that I can have my work laptop connected to the local LAN and a virtual machine connected to the outside world through my tethered 3g cell phone. I disable all bridging between the two, of course, for security purposes, but it works great. Of course, this is essentially like running separate PCs for each connection, but it allows you to work off both connections from the same box. Other than this, I don't know of any way to distribute apps across multiple WAN connections, especially on a per application basis.

 

[jonmcc33]

Originally posted by: bassoprofundo
You could feasibly do this with VMWare setup. Connect the main host OS to one connection and run the apps you want to use on it there. Connect the virtual machine to the other connection and have the necessary apps installed within it so they can run on the other connection. I actually do this occasionally at so that I can have my work laptop connected to the local LAN and a virtual machine connected to the outside world through my tethered 3g cell phone. I disable all bridging between the two, of course, for security purposes, but it works great. Of course, this is essentially like running separate PCs for each connection, but it allows you to work off both connections from the same box. Other than this, I don't know of any way to distribute apps across multiple WAN connections, especially on a per application basis.

That's where you are already confused. You cannot connect the OS to a particular connection if there are two available internet connections running. My might be able to force a VM to a particular connection but that will not stop the OS from using either one on it's own.

 

[bassoprofundo]

Jonmcc33,

I think you're misunderstanding the scenario. In my scenario, each OS is connected to a different network adapter, and each network adapter is connected to a different router/modem/etc which is in turn connected to a different WAN connection. All network bridging is turned off between the OSes, and the default network adapter used in the VM is disabled or removed from the VM.

Using a USB network adapter, you can physically connect the adapter while in the guest OS (cursor focus must be in the Guest OS or this will not work), and the hardware will be installed only in the guest OS. The Host OS only sees a "VMWare USB Device" and not the actual hardware attached. Each application launched within the guest OS uses only that adapter and the network/WAN to which the adapter is attached
. Likewise, each app launched in the host OS uses only its attached network adapter and not the one connected through the VM session.

See this screenshot for an example of it running.

The left half is Vista Ultimate x64, and the right is a guest XP VM in VMWare running side by side. A Dlink USB Wireless nic is connected in the VM and connected to my DSL connection/network (FREEDSL). In my primary OS, an ABIT Airpace card is connected to my cable modem/network (bassoprofundo). Notice that the VMWare network card is disabled in the guest OS, and the bridging components are disabled on the host. Both can access the internet fine but from different connections, and I cannot access the guest over the network from the host. Cool, eh?