Dual ISP in single router ?

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Hi, I have 2 different internet connections & my house has cat 6 cable running to different rooms, now is it possible to have a router which will hold both connections & I can provide different connections to different rooms ?

Also If needed can I switch the connection to the other one ?

Or is it possible that I provide one internet connection through wired & other through wireless ?

I have looked into the forum & found threads trying to bond both internet connection into one, but I don't want to do that... please advice, thanks
 
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To a point you can there are a number of routers that provide dual ISP ability. It tends to be complex to actually use because you have 2 different IP addresses on the 2 WAN connections and you will confuse servers on the internet if a single machine tries to use both.

The most common way traffic is split is by mac or ip. You can put in lists of which machines use which connection. That almost all dual wan routers can do.

What you want to do is separate it based on physical location so if you use a machine in one room it uses one connection but if you move it to a different room it uses another. Unfortunately there is no easy way for a router to know where cables are going. To get a feature like this you are best off using...
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To a point you can there are a number of routers that provide dual ISP ability. It tends to be complex to actually use because you have 2 different IP addresses on the 2 WAN connections and you will confuse servers on the internet if a single machine tries to use both.

The most common way traffic is split is by mac or ip. You can put in lists of which machines use which connection. That almost all dual wan routers can do.

What you want to do is separate it based on physical location so if you use a machine in one room it uses one connection but if you move it to a different room it uses another. Unfortunately there is no easy way for a router to know where cables are going. To get a feature like this you are best off using vlans and assigning certain ports to certain locations. You can also have multiple wireless vlans with different SSID so depending on which they connect to it will use a different connection. You would need to look for a dual wan router that also supports vlans.

Now if you are ambitious most third party firmware like dd-wrt support dual wan and vlans and a whole lot more so it will be easier to find a router......but you will have to read lots of stuff to really be able to use it effectively.
 
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ok thanks a lot for your advice... if possibility please suggest a router so I can look into it & read more stuff...
 
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The best in my opinion is to use the load balance and create rules for what types of traffic / ports use what connection, and can also set the amount of bandwidth available to them.

To provide different ISP to different rooms could be done with routing and vlans or with them both on the same network (with different IPs) and pointing the systems to specific desired gateways (one router or the other). This gets into enterprise class hardware $$$$$. Could setup a Linux pc as a router / firewall / DNS / DHCP server / etc to route traffic, as desired. May even be able to use RouterOS http://www.mikrotik.com/software This could be a great way to get into Software defined networks and or openflow. This will take more knowledge of Big Picture to do correctly, but could be done. I'd have to have more details to even start to map it all out.

I Always recommend people to keep it as simple as you can.

See http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-howto/32577-how-to-set-up-your-dual-wan-router?limitstart=0

I really like the ZYWALL 110
http://www.amazon.com/Performance-300Mbps-Firewall-Availability-ZYWALL110/dp/B00E6IP2HI

I have had many dual WAN setups as I have been a Sysadmin responsible for thousands of systems and must Always be able to connect remotely.
 
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