[ale] two connections to internet??

[Gary MacKay]

Ok, here's a weird question for you. I had RoadRunner service and
recently installed a DSL line so I could have a dedicated IP. (Yes, I'm
aware of dyndns.org, but choose not to for now.) Currenly my firewall
box is connected to the DSL and my cable modem is sitting here mocking
me with it's little blinking lights. It was way faster than this DSL,
and I just can't bring myself to shut if off. My question is, can I have
both? :) Something like this?


                     Internet             Internet
                         |                    |
                     firewall 1           firewall 2
                         |                    |
                         +------- hub --------+
                                   |
                                  / \
                              mail   workstation(s)
                              srvr

I envision just setting the gateway address of my workstion(s) to
firewall-2 so I can enjoy the fast connection for every day browsing,
but the email/web server will use firewall-1 as it's gateway so the
fixed IP will work for it. Will it work? An added benefit would be if
one goes down, I could switch the gateway addr and keep browsing!

I realize I could split them apart as two seperate networks, but then my
workstations would have to go out the cable modem and back in the DSL
line to check email. Seems kind of wierd when the boxes sit about four
inches apart!!

- Gary
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