Can you help? How to use Dial-Up as back-up to LAN

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DJ David

I have a home-network with a broadband connection through my router.
Occasionally, there are drop-outs in the broadband (this is unavoidable and
my only broadband option). I want to use my dial-up as a back-up when doing
important online work (like banking, bill paying, purchasing, etc). But,
when I do that, XP makes the dial-up connection the only internet
connection, thus removing all the speed & multi-access advantages of
broadband.

Is there anyway to dial-in, but still have XP-Home use my LAN connection
for internet access and only go to dial-up if the LAN connection fails to
respond?

Several friends of mine suggested going to the connection directory, then
Advanced ->, Advanced Settings ->, Provider Order. But we can't figure what
to set/change there. Also, on the Adapters & Bindings tab Remote Acess is
listed last and LAN first but it still happens.

If you can solve my problem, you'll be our hero. :-)

David
 
When your broadband connection goes out, connect with the
dial-up. When it comes back, disconnect the dial-up
connection and XP will use the LAN.
 
Your friends are right. There is no way to use the DUN connection as an
automated backup. You have to push up the DUN connection in Advanced ->,
Advanced Settings ->, Provider Order. This will provide the default gateway
via the DUN connection.

Ovidiu Popa
MS-MVP
 
David Jones said:
When your broadband connection goes out, connect with the
dial-up. When it comes back, disconnect the dial-up
connection and XP will use the LAN.
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