Guest newsbirdie2@hotmail.com Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 I'd like to configure my computer to use wifi for internet and the ethernet for intranet. Is this possible? It sounds simple but I haven't found how to do it by searching google.
Guest Martin X. Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Re: Use Wifi for internet and ethernet for intranet Off the top of my head, here are two options: 1.) You can try messing around with static routes, but it requires some understanding of TCP/IP. See http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sag_tcpip_pro_addstaticroute.mspx?mfr=true. 2.) You can give your wired Ethernet card a static IP address and not put anything in for the default gateway. This will basically limit it to just your local LAN subnet. Now, this doesn't necessary prevent your WiFi from using the LAN also, but in my experience, if you have wired and WiFi running at the same time, the wired connection will be used first. So in this case, XP should use the wired connection first, and when it finds that it can cannot connect to the destination, such as an Internet Web site, then it will try the WiFi connection. Regards, Martin MCSA: M <newsbirdie2@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1183726120.466356.254970@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com... I'd like to configure my computer to use wifi for internet and the ethernet for intranet. Is this possible? It sounds simple but I haven't found how to do it by searching google.
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