Recent content by mammoth

If I want to use the gateway option, isn't there some kind of software available that'll automatically switch over & release/renew your ip?

I don't want to got the 2 pc route because I have 6 monitors hooked up to my main trading pc. The space required to replicate that setup is prohibitive. I do have a backup pc for emergency purposes but I've never had to use it. I have cable and/or dsl failures approximately once a month...

I've been following the threads on cable/dsl and this topic seems to creep up every once in a while and disappear. At this point, I still have cable as a primary connection and dsl as a backup, but switch over manually when cable goes down (switch the network cable from cable modem to dsl...

So this hawking thing is just failover? No load balancing? Is the second "WAN" truly broadband, or is it analog modem? According to hawking, both WAN inputs are broadband. As far as I know, no load balancing, just auto failover for disconnect or overload. I don't know if overload value is...

I have both cable & dsl at around $90. In a prior location, I had "guaranteed" uptime, but when it went down, all it was good for was a prorata discount of my fees (approx $3/day). I'm comfortable with using cable as primary & dsl as backup and switching manually when cable goes down, but...

Unfortunately this product is so new there's no link on hawking's page yet. I called them and got a spec sheet (pdf), which was too large to attach to the original post. Their number is 888-662-8828, you can request them to email you a spec sheet. I'm interested in trying it even without a...

I have been searching for a solution that solves the problem of manually re-connecting to a backup isp when my primary goes down. I have read the threads about the nexland product and wonder how the new hawking product compares in performance. It is much cheaper (<$100 street). It looks like...