Got an idea, need suggestion or advice

[glo]

It's not really all that complicated to add a second gateway and set a portion of your machines to use that while maintaining your internal network. The problem is you are probably going to have to sign a contract to even try to see if this fixes your problem.

Do we have anyone 20+ boxing in WG that can offer some insight? I would definitely try to get in touch with a geek at tech support, I'm sure there are a few of them that know exactly what is causing your problem.

I don't think blizzard has anything on the servers to disconnect you if there are many clients connected from the same location or net cafes and gaming centers would be screwed. I'm inclined to think this is some sort of DoS protection built in by your isp. In WG with that many clients going from one IP all those packets may very well look like an attack. If I couldn't find a knowledgeable person at blizzard tech support right away I would call the isp and try to recreate the disconnect with them looking at your connection, might even try that first.

[zanthor]

Keep in mind multiple connections from the same cable internet provider == one connection from same provider - cable is a shared medium.

Now if you can throw a couple different DSL providers in the mix you have a good chance of success.

As for the actually configuration - you can either go with dual NIC's in each (one on an private LAN and one connected the the appropriate broadband) or you can go static IP's and split up your gateways...

[Prepared]

algol is correct.. All you need to do is have the multiple connections on the same subnet, disable DHCP on the routers and assign static IP and DNS to each computer, pointing each relevant PC's gateway to the router you want to use for your outbound connection. I have used this method for A gaming suite in a hotel room where we had 12 PC's and 3x 8mb ADSL connections. Having different gateways is only an issue if you are trying to talk to machines on different subnets (as they will all be on the same network range this works really well for programs like ocotopus/keyclone.HKN).

I have attached a quick diagram to show what i mean. DHCP is enabled on router 1 to allow for other machines to connect to the network and still access the internet (ie laptops)

any probs give me a shout

This is awesome. Thanks! It makes sense and is the lowest cost option.