Two ADSL Modems, One Service and House

[Merkwürdigeliebe]

Alright, so I've really gotten tired of having to fish around the neighborhood for wireless connections. I'd set up my router with my step-dad's connection, but him and I aren't really on best of terms.

Anyway, so my rents went out of town and I took this opportunity to bring the ADSL modem upstairs to my computer and hook up the Internet directly... I don't think I can go back to wireless now.

What I was thinking was to have my own ADSL modem upstairs. Now, I'm fairly certain that we both can't connect to the service at the same time. My specific question is: Say if he was connected downstairs and then I tried to connect, would he automatically be disconnected or will I be refused connection?

Basically I'm hoping to go on and use a direct connection without him knowing, so I'll just go on while he's doing something else.

 

[mikesgroovin]

Right, both can work, just not at the same time.

 

[Merkwürdigeliebe]

Yeah, but what I really want to know is if his modem is connected, and I try and connect through mine, will his modem be automatically disconnected or will mine be refused connection?

 

[Merkwürdigeliebe]

Anybody?

 

[Ethereal_Dragon]

I can't really answer what the modem's will do in that kind of scenario.... It is likely that only 1 of the modems will be able to connect anyways, depending on wether your ISP is limiting that connection to 1 MAC address.... Your best bet would be to order an additional phone line, and have 2nd modem on that 2nd line, or to use wireless...

 

[Merkwürdigeliebe]

or he can subscribe to DSL while I subscribe to cable Internet, or vice-versa?

 

[Ethereal_Dragon]

Yeah, that's fine.... Rule of thumb is this... You can't have more than 1 modem on the same physical line with DSL. Cable might be a bit different, since it is by nature a shared technology, whereas DSL is a single connection from your house to the CO or neighborhood gateway.

So your stepdad will not allow you onto his internet connection?