In message <69748.1325208...@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu writes: > On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:12:43 +1100, Mark Andrews said: > > > Well I'd like to be able to plug in the cable router and the DSL > > router at home and have it all just work. Just because it is 0.2% > > today doesn't mean that it will be 0.2% in the future. As home > > users get more and more dependent on the internet working having > > diverse, independent network connectivity will become more and more > > important. > > Agreed. But did you plug the cable router and the DSL router both > into your PC, or into yet another box that needs routing smarts and > then your PC just needs to know "talk to the smart box"? > > (Hint - if the cable router and the DSL router are both plugged into > your PC, how do all the *other* devices in your house reach the internet? :)
I'm curious. How did you get directly connected to the PC from the above description? The routers would be connected to the internal *network*. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
