using multiple modems on single dsl connection

aveytare · 07-22-2006, 12:06 AM

i am staying at a house with an sbc dsl line, and i brought my own computer to the room i am staying at. i have a wireless card in my computer and also a wireless router, and i hooked up the router to the house's dsl modem and found that the router is too far away and there are too many walls in between to actually make a connection capable of using the internet.

so i took a dsl modem that i bought and hooked it up to the phone line in the room i am staying in. however, i found that only one of the computers is able to be connected to the internet at a time. if the house's computer is connected, my dsl connection doesn't work, and if mine is connected, theirs doesn't work.

how would i be able to connect both of the modems to the internet at the same time?

windows xp is running on both computers. one modem is a speedstream 5100 and the other is a 2wire 1000hw.

thanks!

also, i posted this in both "networking" and "modems", because i was unsure which it would fit in better.

**Terrister** · 07-22-2006, 06:47 AM

What kind of router do you use?
How far are you from the mainn DSL modem?

johnwill · 07-22-2006, 10:00 AM

Please don't post duplicate threads, continue here: using multiple modems on single dsl connection

07-22-2006, 12:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
aveytare Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 OS: windows xp	using multiple modems on single dsl connection i am staying at a house with an sbc dsl line, and i brought my own computer to the room i am staying at. i have a wireless card in my computer and also a wireless router, and i hooked up the router to the house's dsl modem and found that the router is too far away and there are too many walls in between to actually make a connection capable of using the internet. so i took a dsl modem that i bought and hooked it up to the phone line in the room i am staying in. however, i found that only one of the computers is able to be connected to the internet at a time. if the house's computer is connected, my dsl connection doesn't work, and if mine is connected, theirs doesn't work. how would i be able to connect both of the modems to the internet at the same time? windows xp is running on both computers. one modem is a speedstream 5100 and the other is a 2wire 1000hw. thanks! also, i posted this in both "networking" and "modems", because i was unsure which it would fit in better.

07-22-2006, 06:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 6,905 OS: Xp	What kind of router do you use? How far are you from the mainn DSL modem? __________________

07-22-2006, 10:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 31,468 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Please don't post duplicate threads, continue here: using multiple modems on single dsl connection __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience