Connecting Two Desktop Macs

I have two desktop macs in my home one upstairs in a bedroom and the other downstairs in a living room. Neither have a airport card but I do have two routers. I have a broadband connection coming via my phone landline.I am able to connect either to the net individually but cannot have both connected at the same time.
So now to my question. Is is posible to have both running simulataneously and to have them linked for backup purposes.
What do I need to do or is this possible by bridging my router?

I have a router connected to each mac and both are going into phone sockets in their respective rooms. I do not want to have a long eternet cable connecting both to the same router. The prefered option is two seperate routers that can run simultaneously and also one mac to be able to see the other over the net. The broadband package that I have with my ISP does not give me a static IP address if that makes any difference. So want I need is both routers linked that they can see each other and be connected at the same time. Any suggestions on how to do this would be appreciated.

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