Two Nics, Two Nets, Two ISPs?

Hi,
I need a bit of help/advice. I have an existing LAN in
my home with a fixed IP broadband WAN connection thru a
Linksys BEFSR41 Router. I wish now to add a second NIC to
one of my XP Pro PCs and to connect that PC directly to a
second broadband ISP thru a Speedstream DSL Modem. Can I
do this without interfering with my present network
connections? How do I set this up?

Regards,

john stephens

[Steve Winograd]

In article >,
> wrote:
>Hi,
> I need a bit of help/advice. I have an existing LAN in
>my home with a fixed IP broadband WAN connection thru a
>Linksys BEFSR41 Router. I wish now to add a second NIC to
>one of my XP Pro PCs and to connect that PC directly to a
>second broadband ISP thru a Speedstream DSL Modem. Can I
>do this without interfering with my present network
>connections? How do I set this up?
>
>Regards,
>
>john stephens

Go ahead and add a second NIC to connect to the second ISP. However,
you can only use one of them at a time to access the Internet. Enable
the connection that you want to use for Internet access, and disable
the connection that you don't want to use.
--
Best Wishes,
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Steve,

Thank you very much for the advice.

Regards,

john stephens

>-----Original Message-----
>In article >,
> wrote:
>>Hi,
>> I need a bit of help/advice. I have an existing LAN in
>>my home with a fixed IP broadband WAN connection thru a
>>Linksys BEFSR41 Router. I wish now to add a second NIC
to
>>one of my XP Pro PCs and to connect that PC directly to
a
>>second broadband ISP thru a Speedstream DSL Modem. Can
I
>>do this without interfering with my present network
>>connections? How do I set this up?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>john stephens
>
>Go ahead and add a second NIC to connect to the second
ISP. However,
>you can only use one of them at a time to access the
Internet. Enable
>the connection that you want to use for Internet access,
and disable
>the connection that you don't want to use.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
questions
>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>.
>