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Can I Combine Two Internet Connections Into One PC Using Only A Switch?

Answer : The easiest way to configure this would be to use a Multi-WAN router such as the Linksys RV042. Technically: yes In practice, it's an exotic and expensive configuration. You can put more than one address on an interface or use more than one interface and be multihomed . However, this is much more likely to be effective for a big server cluster in a data center. Expensive routers capable of running routing protocols will be needed and then it still would not help you with a single given TCP connection. If you try this as a single user of two retail ISPs, then you will have two different IP addresses, so incoming traffic will use the one you made the outbound connection on, and it's unlikely that any equipment you have can be configured with more than one gateway. A large site with a /24 or shorter prefix and their own ASN can actually announce a single IP address over multiple networks, but that won't work without being further upstream than a retail...

Bypassing Bell Canada's Router Provided With Their FIBE Service

Answer : Not sure if the question is still relevant, but still wanted to share the result of my investigation.. I just switched from a Cable ISP to Bell Fibe, for both TV and Internet. Bell still don't have Fibre to home in my area, so is is still somewhat a DSL type connection. Bell provided a HUB2000 integrated modem/router. the device is very user friendly, but all advanced network features are blocked.... as expected. I had my entire network already set up as with my previous internet provider (Videotron only provided a cable modem) and i wanted to maintain the same configuration (firewall, IPs, etc).. So this is what I have done: TV receiver is connected via a network cable to the HUB2000 LAN port (as per the original Bell set up) HUB 2000 is connected to the phone line to act as a DSL modem (as per the original set up) WAN port of my MikroTik router is connected to one of the LAN ports of the HUB 2000. Now here is the trick, in my Mikrotik WAN configuration, in...