RE: [expert] Using ADSL and dialup together...
I am not sure what you mean by a dymanic hosting service... Also, does it help if both the ADSL and the dialup are both with the same ISP, and use the same name servers? and routers? Thanx Frank Perth -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Carville Sent: Monday, 12 February 2001 1:37 AM To: Mandrake Expert Subject: Re: [expert] Using ADSL and dialup together... On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Franki wrote: - Hi all, - - This is my first post to "expert" which I don't consider myself to be. - - However I suspect that the question I am about to ask may be. - - I have a permananet dialup account with a static IP address... - - and I have an ADSL "dynamically assigned" connection... - - I want to have them both connected on the same machine, using the dial-up's - IP address, and use the server for hosting httpd and mail, but I want to - make use of the better bandwidth of the ADSL connection. (1500k/256k) No. The upstream routers will not know how to route the fixed IP on your dial-up line to your DSL line. Probably your simplest solution is to use a dynamic hosting service. Many are free for a single address and will handle multiple A records or aliases if you make a donation. You could do local redirection on the fixed IP. - And have the dial-up's connection for backup,, (ie if the ADSL connection - drops out, (as it does sometimes)) This may be tricky. Most routers can handle multiple default routes but I do not know if Linux has any software to do this. Maybe routed or gated can do it. If you go with a dynamic service you could kludge together a script that detects when the DSL line goes down and updates the DNS entry. When the DSL comes back up, it will need to update the entry again. All of the above assumes your DSL address is not a private address. -- --Stephen Carville http://www.heronforge.net/~stephen/gnupgkey.txt == All religions are equally vile. What the Aztecs did with people's hearts, Judaeo-Christianity does with their minds. L. Neil Smith ==
Re: [expert] Using ADSL and dialup together...
On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Franki wrote: - Hi all, - - This is my first post to "expert" which I don't consider myself to be. - - However I suspect that the question I am about to ask may be. - - I have a permananet dialup account with a static IP address... - - and I have an ADSL "dynamically assigned" connection... - - I want to have them both connected on the same machine, using the dial-up's - IP address, and use the server for hosting httpd and mail, but I want to - make use of the better bandwidth of the ADSL connection. (1500k/256k) No. The upstream routers will not know how to route the fixed IP on your dial-up line to your DSL line. Probably your simplest solution is to use a dynamic hosting service. Many are free for a single address and will handle multiple A records or aliases if you make a donation. You could do local redirection on the fixed IP. - And have the dial-up's connection for backup,, (ie if the ADSL connection - drops out, (as it does sometimes)) This may be tricky. Most routers can handle multiple default routes but I do not know if Linux has any software to do this. Maybe routed or gated can do it. If you go with a dynamic service you could kludge together a script that detects when the DSL line goes down and updates the DNS entry. When the DSL comes back up, it will need to update the entry again. All of the above assumes your DSL address is not a private address. -- --Stephen Carville http://www.heronforge.net/~stephen/gnupgkey.txt == All religions are equally vile. What the Aztecs did with people's hearts, Judaeo-Christianity does with their minds. L. Neil Smith ==
[expert] Using ADSL and dialup together...
Hi all, This is my first post to "expert" which I don't consider myself to be. However I suspect that the question I am about to ask may be. I have a permananet dialup account with a static IP address... and I have an ADSL "dynamically assigned" connection... I want to have them both connected on the same machine, using the dial-up's IP address, and use the server for hosting httpd and mail, but I want to make use of the better bandwidth of the ADSL connection. (1500k/256k) And have the dial-up's connection for backup,, (ie if the ADSL connection drops out, (as it does sometimes)) Has anyone done this? is it even possible? I think it is theriotically possible, but I have little idea how to impliment it, I imagine I have to set it up to route incoming connections out the ADSL connection. Can anyone provide any tips? In Australia, ADSL is cheap but only Dynamically assigned. so I want to try to get the same benefit of a statically assigned connection, with the benefit of the dialup connection providing a backup... any help much appreciated. kindest regards Frank Hauptle...
