2 providers on same ADSL connection

[jorey]

Hi all,
Here's the setup: a company is providing an adsl connection for their teleworkers. The teleworkers will make a VPN connection to the HQ. The company pays for the subscription with provider X.
So it is necessary that they can only get to HQ through provider X and nowhere else.
The company does not want to pay for the teleworkers' private surfing from home. If the teleworkers want to surf (what inevitably will happen) do they need to take a separate subscription with another provider (provider Y)?
Is this possible on the same physical connection? And if so what kind of equipment will they need (router...)? Money is a secundary issue.
Looking forward to your reactions.
JR.

[aileron172]

Hmmm thought provoking :2cool: Not sure but if you use PPPoE then it would be possible to log into each isp account seprately. So you log into x when you want to use VPN then log into Y for surfin. ????. Defeantly need a router. Routers do PPoE for you but then you would have to go in and change the router config everytime you wanted to switch. AHHHH brain cramp Help guys!!

[jorey]

Come on guys only 1 reaction so far (thx aileron)
JR

[aileron172]

NP Still llooking for some more info this is a great question IMO. Every one is prob in the general forum talking about the attacks and such

[CBurcik]

This may be a stupid question. (sorry if it is)

But why would it matter if the employees used the same ADSL connection for personal use?

The reason I ask is that in my area ADSL is $39.99 a month for unlimited usage.

I see you are from Belgium, are the subscriptions different?

Or is the problem liability for materials accessed using a line that the company paid for.

Just curious....

[jorey]

Sorry for not reacting any earlier. In Belgium we have 5 types of subscriptions (2 for private use and 3 for business use). The private ones cost around 40$ a month but there is a 10GB download limit. If you go above that limit you pay extra (and rather much extra).
This is the reason why that company wants to limit private use.
I'm also active in another forum and somebody suggested to use a router (or firewall) with multiple interfaces. Use one interface for
provider 1 and the other for provider 2. Seems logical, what do u think?
JR

[ncswimmer]

I'm thinking, as long as the ISP you use for your personal connection uses the same, or compatible equipment, the easiest thing to do might be to have the personal DSL connection on one phone line, and the company DSL on another phone line. Then, when you want to switch to your personal account from the company one, or vice versa, just unplug the one phone cord from the modem and plug in the other one instead. Or unplug the cord from the one phone jack and plug it into the other jack, same thing, but it only uses one cord.

I don't really understand what you said about the router with multiple interfaces, but I don't think it would work. As long as the modem is connected (either directly, or indirectly via a router) to the same phone line, then the DSL signal will still go to the same place, i.e. your company.