Switching between 2 connection

crytech

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Hi everyone! I have 2 wireless router (I'm not talking about the wireless stuff here) which of course has Ethernet connection. The first router (router A) has internet connection from the wall provided by ISP and it's plugged in directly to my PC. The second router (router B) which is based on LTE and I want to use it along side with the connection that ISP provided.

The question, can I just connect the router B to router A using ethernet, and using my PC to switch between 2 of these connection whenever I want since router A is connected directly to my PC via ethernet as well.

The reason why I want to do this because I often download large files, and based on download speed, my LTE connection seems faster and I want to use it to download some files whenever I needed.
 
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or... you can do the following:

- take one cable from lan to lan on the 2 routers, plug your pc on the main one only
- decide which will be used most, leave DHCP ON on that router - guessing isp one , set manual lan 192.168.0.1 for it for example
- disable DHCP on second one (lte), set lan address for it on the same network (192.168.0.x) -> but not .1 as first router but something else - so it "acts" like a pc behind
- disable dhcp on pc, set manual lan address (.3 for example) and you'll have to manually switch gateway's on it, from .1 to .2 dending on whihc router you wanna use
you can connect your pc to both, and setup firewall deny rules based on connection and program to force a program (chrome, ie etc) on a certain connection always.

or manually enable/disable each connection.

(you need another lan card for the second router). or always switch your cable from one to the other, or use another switch behind them and turn on/off each router as needed
 
or... you can do the following:

- take one cable from lan to lan on the 2 routers, plug your pc on the main one only
- decide which will be used most, leave DHCP ON on that router - guessing isp one , set manual lan 192.168.0.1 for it for example
- disable DHCP on second one (lte), set lan address for it on the same network (192.168.0.x) -> but not .1 as first router but something else - so it "acts" like a pc behind
- disable dhcp on pc, set manual lan address (.3 for example) and you'll have to manually switch gateway's on it, from .1 to .2 dending on whihc router you wanna use
 
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