Phr3d
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We've had DSL for the business side since '98. When the kids and general entertainment improved to be worth it, we added cable to serve stream/game/house entertainment store & wifi chores as DSL is 5Mbs at best (but nearly bullet-proof connection).
What I would -like- to be able to do is to access the 'entertainment' stores while on the DSL side and occasionally vice-versa. I bought a dual-WAN ASUS which seemed as though it would accomplish this, but I apparently misunderstood - our fail-over is clunky but bullet-proof source-switch to cable-side for internet if DSL ever fails (< once a year). Cable is -garbage- for web, we get 'looking up' DNS issues on an hourly basis, stream, games and wifi have No connection issues, hard to understand.
Anyway, I'm network illiterate, both my routers were nearly plug-in and go, so I am probably asking for more than I can figure out (find nothing on the web, clearly not asking the right question).
So is it likely that I can copy / read / watch files on the entertainment LAN easily, or should I just continue to SD-sneakernet the files that I want, lol.
Thanks!
(P.S. if anyone has an idea why the work computers -when forced to use cable when DSL goes down- experience this irritating "looking up" the website in question -browser hang- for up to 60 seconds when the TV/xbox/non-work 'puter(s)/phones@wifi do Not, I'd appreciate those pointers as well)
What I would -like- to be able to do is to access the 'entertainment' stores while on the DSL side and occasionally vice-versa. I bought a dual-WAN ASUS which seemed as though it would accomplish this, but I apparently misunderstood - our fail-over is clunky but bullet-proof source-switch to cable-side for internet if DSL ever fails (< once a year). Cable is -garbage- for web, we get 'looking up' DNS issues on an hourly basis, stream, games and wifi have No connection issues, hard to understand.
Anyway, I'm network illiterate, both my routers were nearly plug-in and go, so I am probably asking for more than I can figure out (find nothing on the web, clearly not asking the right question).
So is it likely that I can copy / read / watch files on the entertainment LAN easily, or should I just continue to SD-sneakernet the files that I want, lol.
Thanks!
(P.S. if anyone has an idea why the work computers -when forced to use cable when DSL goes down- experience this irritating "looking up" the website in question -browser hang- for up to 60 seconds when the TV/xbox/non-work 'puter(s)/phones@wifi do Not, I'd appreciate those pointers as well)
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