In message <69748.1325208299@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>, Valdis.Kletnieks@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: marka@isc.org