>>I was thinking of trialing a DSL service but am fearful of what that will do to my configuration settings for the cable modem. ... I wish I could do this DSL test on my existing computer but want to know the feasibility of doing something like this.
Sue, looks like you didn't get a direct response to this
question, but I'm just catching up and may have missed something.
To clarify your question, you are really asking about the feasibility of accessing two networks from the same computer. The two networks are the one provided by cable and the one provided by DSL. To be sure, these two networks both act as gateways to the same Internet, but you will still be sitting on two different subnets at the same time, one from cable, one from DSL.
Is that feasible? Well, yes, in theory. In practice there are several pitfalls. I'll be glad to go into detail if you really want to know, but the bottom line is you need to know a fair amount about IP configuration, subnets, and routing to set things up. Also, you have to have fixed IP addresses from the providers of both networks or else
things REALLY get complex.
As a side issue, it's not so easy to "try" DSL, at least in my area. Maybe yours is better, but it took months for me to get DSL installed. Worth it, though, I gotta admit.
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