GigaBit Network between 2 PC's on 2 Seperate Cable modems (WXP-Pro)

[gumbaz]

Hello, I have a network setup in mind that im wondering if it will work or not.
I want to use my windows Xp desktop PC as a downloading PC that will be downloading torrents and such all the time from one cable modem, and also have this Desktop PC directly connected to my other Notebook-PC VIA a Gigabit connection to share the downloaded files realy fast. but i want my notebook PC to connect to the internet from a wireless router thats hooked up to a different cable modem, so i can do other internet tasks on the notebook-PC without it being bogged down by the bandwith being consumed by multiple torrents always downloading.

this setup also includes all proper Gigabit NIC adapters & Cables too.
I also included a picture-diagram of how I want to set every thing up.-> http://www.image-basket.com/uploads/18b37afa7e.jpg

I talked to a Linksys Tech Rep. about this setup and he said that i would need install some sort of ICS Software on the desktop PC to hopefully get it to work right, but i dont know what to do next or where to get this ICS software or how to properly configure everything.
So can sumone please help me out and tell me if this network configuration would be possible and or how to set it up properly.???

[josefz]

Hi gumbaz,

Your design is possible. Unusual, infrequent, but possible. But your picture-diagram does not show something as banwidth estimate (in sense data transfer rate) of paricular lines. IMHO it is most relevant for your network design. We need find the most close (or most strait) points, system bottlenecks.

At first, consider two lines
ISP <-> cable modem #1 and
ISP <-> cable modem #2: are really independent each other? What happens with a line, if the other one will be encumbered? Ask your ISP.

Next, estimate data transfer rates of all those particular lines. Or, maybe better, data transfer rates of both ends of each particular line (as input or output point of a network node), all in megabits per second, e.g.:
1a. (Contract, download): ISP outputs max ??? Mbps, cable modem #1 inputs ??? Mbps
1b. (Contract, upload): ISP inputs max ??? Mbps, cable modem #1 outputs ??? Mbps
2. (Fast Ethernet): cable modem #1 inputs/outputs ??? Mbps, desktop i/o 100 Mbps
3. (Gigabit line): desktop i/o 1Gbps, notebook i/o 1Gbps
4. (Wireless): notebook i/o 54 Mbps? or 11 Mbps? vs. WRT54GS i/o 54 Mbps
and so on.
Here all those i/o DTRs are defined by equipment, specifific technical attributes, except the first one, which is provided by your contract or agreement with your ISP. Download and upload rates used to be different.

Finally, consider your desktop Internet Connection Sharing via bridge over Fast Ethernet card and Gigabit Ethernet card, which is Windows XP embedded. It may be faster than wireless...

[monkey_1]

Just set the default gateway in the Laptop to be the IP address of the Wireless router...

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[Brf]

If the two PCs are connected to the internet by themselves, there shouldnt be any problem with connecting them together with another line, whether Giga-bit or not. The connection between the PCs would be a separate subnet with a mask of 255.255.255.254 or some other tight mask, which would only be used to communicate between the two PCs and nothing else.