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the modems dont act as routers do they? if so then i dont think theres any way to do it because the router will try to direct ALL net traffic to it, and having two routers isnt good.

I don't have the time to procrastinate.

The two cable modems have to be on the same cable (split) since there is one cable input from the street which is then divided between some TVs and the would-be 2 cable modems. One LAN, dual cable modem for dual bandwith if possible (which I doubt) if not then a cable modem for one computer, a cable modem for the other computer, and both computers networked together so we can share files. This is where the ip problem kicks in, because I don't know if my computer, for example, would try to access the remote ips through my friend's cable modem, or only through mine (since we are networked...)

Thanx for your idea but I had thought of that My ISP does not cap downloads, and since we're almost alone on our node I frequently get speeds of 400k/s. My upload though is capped at 16k/s. And the more of the upload bandwith I use, the less download bandwith i get in direct proportion, up to the point that when I upload at 16k/s, my download is down at 30-40k/s. With three computers on one network, one is bound to be uploading something at any time which is the reason I want to keep the 2 modems ;-) Plus cable isn't that expensive up here (quebec) and since I get about 50 gigs downstream a month by myself, I really need the bandwith! Thanx for your idea though.

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Damn, that's what I was afraid of! There isn't a piece of software that would, by any chance, be able to redirect traffic from one computer to one external ip and from the other computer to the other ip? And by the way, the bandwith is divided between Mac addresses, the cable line having a limit of 36Mbits/s the fact that there are more than one modem on the cable line will not diminish the bandwith for each modem. I have tested this and am able to download at 400k/s off the two cable modes that are plugged on the same cable coming in from the street.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by kfkmentor on 05/23/01 01:09 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

I guess i won't be complaining about my connection speed anymore. I can frequently hit as high as 800kbps, and my upload has hit as high as 525, but usually hovers around 260.

i have pretty much the same advice as everyone else. Get a second network card, in one of the computers, make that computer the server. That way you can do away with teh second cable modem. you don't even need to go linux/unix, you can use windowsME, 2000, or NT. From there, the incoming cable, from the modem goes to the first nic, then the second connects either straight to the other computer, or to a hub, then to the second computer and possibly more. That's the way i'd do it.

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