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whats the best way of using them, at the moment i reboot into my NTL 250 Modem via USB, or I boot into my o2
via my netgear rj45, can i boot into this VM as usual and then in device manager disable it and refresh/repair my
Internet in the network section.
 
Perhaps he's looking to switch between his modem/router without rebooting? Or switch between two internet connections (i.e. VM and ADSL) without rebooting the computer... Who knows :S
 
You're booting into where using what now? Are you asking about load balancing to broadband connections or the best way to kick a modem with a boot? :confused:
 
From what i can make out hes got 2x broadband connections, ones Virgin, the others O2, what he wants to know is basically (i think anyway lol), is if he boots up using his Virgin connection, can he then somehow disable that from within windows and use his O2 connection, as at the minute hes got to reboot if he wants to use his other one. :confused:
 
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If that's the case then he'd be best off getting a 2nd NIC and hooking the cable modem up also via ethernet. Then, just enable/disable the relevant NIC in Windows as appropriate.

If he is expecting to use both together then that gets complicated as a load balancing solution is needed, or, with two routers on the same subnet, some static routes can be added to direct certain traffic to a specific connection.

The poster needs to clarify what they're trying to achieve though.
 
LoadsaMoney said:
From what i can make out hes got 2x broadband connections, ones Virgin, the others O2, what he wants to know is basically (i think anyway lol), is if he boots up using his Virgin connection, can he then somehow disable that from within windows and use his O2 connection, as at the minute hes got to reboot if he wants to use his other one. :confused:
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yes spot on mate, im using VM now can I disable it and use my o2.
 
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if one is USB and one is ethernet you should just be able to unplug the USB one and the ethernet one will work. Don't know how well it'll work the other way round tho.

I really wish people wouldn't refer to Virgin Media as VM as everywhere else it generally refers to virtual machines and gets mighty confusing if you use both in one setup!

"can i boot into this VM as usual and then in device manager disable it and refresh/repair my
Internet in the network section." <-- To me that sounds like you're booting into a virtual machine and doing stuff.
*Mods* we need a Sticky for standard terminology!!
 
Lol! your paying for Virgin connection just so you can have web space, does money burn holes in your pockets or something?!

Only on OcUK
 
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