Hi all,

I'm new to any kind of networking and kind of trying to find my way in a new job for a small company, so firstly please excuse my newb status!

We have two Draytek routers - a Vigor 2850 and a 2860. We have been using the 2860 with a dedicated data connection for a while now, and have left the 2850 unused. As of yesterday, we have a new fibre connection read to go. I can run it through the 2850 and it all works well.

My question is twofold. If I can use an adaptor, will the fibre connection work through the ADSL/VDSL connection on the 2860? Then we could run both connections in, load-balance etc, easy (as we did previously with a standard broadband connection running alongside the dedicated data service). If so, no problems. I'm just not sure if that ADSL/VDSL input is purely limited to those technologies or if it doesn't matter.

However, second question: if that isn't possible, can anybody point me to instructions to connect the two routers together, each running a different internet connection, but operating as "one network"? To be clear: what I need is for people in the office to all have local access to the infrastructure we host in the office - so be connected to the same network as all of our servers and the applications/files they host. Effectively, I'd need everybody to be able to connect to a machine here using 192.168.1.100 (or whatever), while still utilising all the bandwidth those two connections provide. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Hi
Get rid of the 2850 altogether as a gateway...

FTTC works through the RJ11 (WAN1) fine on a 2860 (its what its designed for) then put the other line on WAN2 using a PPOE connection.

This is how you configure the ADSL/VDSL interface for FTTC


Once both WANs are online you can use route polices to Load Balance

sicon, thank you so much - that's all I need to know. We just don't have an adapter cable believe it or not, so I'm off the get one. Appreciate the quick response, cheers.

you shouldn't need a adapter just the Rj11 phone lead that comes in the box.

Both of our internet connections enter our premises via RJ45 connections - so can't plug directly into the ADSL/VDSL input on the router. A cable which is RJ11 at one end and RJ45 at the other end seems the only way to do this that I can think of.

Oh I see, usually FTTC is presented with an RJ11.
Are you on EFM or a leased line then?