One connection for internal network, one for internet

[neags23]

Hi guys,

I'm at a client site that blocks several internet sites. I also have Clear wireless networking.

I'm wondering if it's possible to have both plugged in and use the ethernet cable only for the internal network, and anything outside of the network to use my Clear connection.

I'm running Windows 7.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[rdc363]

Yes, that is what a routing table does.... Just connect to the wireless and Windows should figure it out automagically. If not manually configure the metric in the adapters properties.

 

[neags23]

Thanks for the reply, especially since you're the only one so far...

But...

How would windows know by default which one I would want to use only for internet, and which one I'd want to use only for internal? I don't think that makes sense.

And how do I configure that manually in the adapters properties? If I knew how to do that, I wouldn't have asked the question...

 

[rdc363]

Just define a default gateway for the adapter that accesses the intenet. Then when you go to www.tomshardware.com it will route you there. If you go to internal ip 10.1.0.88 Windows routing table will know to use the other interface, because it has an ip address for that network, 10.1.0.X.

For example I have two connections in my desktop: Wireless goes to the internet, and is assigned a default gateway by the router (which is the router) via DHCP. So, by default everything goes out to the Internet.

Connection B, Ethernet goes to a NAS which has my iTunes library with an ip address of 5.0.1.2. The NAS has an ip of 5.0.1.1. Since there is a specific route to 5.0.1.X the default gateway is not used.

Here is a tutorial on how to set it up: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-1054825.html

 

[bongpacks]

I'm doing something similar. I'm using my wireless connection for internet and my wired connection to a router that I have a blueray player connected to so I can share files to it. Having a little problem though that I'll get to shortly. When I had my computer connected only to the wired connection to the router which has the blueray player connected, using automatic tcp/ip settings my nic pulled down everything via DHCP from the router and everything worked fine, the blueray player detected my PC, showed my DNS name (media-center), recognized my shared folders and played their contents flawlessly. So I got fed up with switching off my wireless connection and enabling my wired connection every time my mom wanted to watch a movie from my shares so I configured my wired connection with a static IP address and managed to get everything connected, internet working flawlessly, connection to the blueray player working OK as well but with one minor problem, the blueray player can no longer see my computer on the network, luckily it has a manual configuration where I can specify the IP address, shared folder, username and password of the target computer. I can't seem to figure out why it can't auto detect my computer as before, it's almost as if my DNS isn't set up correctly. Some info on my connections:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : media-center
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11n Wireless LAN Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C8-3A-35-CF-6D-5D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 10, 2012 5:47:56 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 11, 2012 5:47:56 PM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-F3-B5-67-3F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1




I can't find anything wrong with the configuration itself, but for whatever reason the blueray player just can't auto-detect my computer on the network anymore with this configuration. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[bongpacks]

Strange, I got an email saying there was a reply to this thread by a user named "eariiss" but there doesn't appear to be one, perhaps it was deleted?