choosing an internet connection

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Alan Burton

I have a computer that connects to the internet through my local area
network. This computer also has a faster wireless internet connection
available. I want to remain connected to the LAN for fast file exchange with
other computers but I want to access the internet through the faster wireless
connection. If I disconnect the LAN the computer goes to the faster wireless
connection but when I reconnect the LAN it goes back to that. Is there a way
to tell the computer so see the internet theough the wireless rather than the
wired connection.
 
You may want to modify the routing table so that restrict the wired to LAN.
This search result may help.
Routing
No internet access - Destination net unreachable. One router goes to
the corporation email server and another one goes to the Internet ...
www.chicagotech.net/routing.htm


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Hi
You can create the preference of the Internet traffic by setting the
Wireless card's metrics.
http://www.ezlan.net/metrics.html
As for the LAN's traffic, it depends on what your Network's topology is.
It is "No Can Do" if all the computers and the Wireless are part of a
peer-to-peer Network that uses the same Wireless Router.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
 
Jack:

We have a local area network which allows fast file sharing bewteen the
eight computers in our building. All of these computers access the internet
through this LAN. I have a faster wireless DSL that I want to use on the
front office computer.
I would like to keep the LAN up and running but I would like for the
internet connection to choose the wireless connection. I tried using the
metric numbers and that did make the computer defalt to the wireless for
internet but it also shut down my LAN connection to the other computers. So
is there a way to have the internet connection go through the wireless while
still keeping the LAN active?
 
Hi
If both Network cards are on the same Network they can not work at the same
time.
If the Wireless connect to the Internet through a separate network (I.e. a
different subnet) then it would work.
In your case there is only one cohesive Network.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
 
Jack:

I actually have two different DSL connections. The 1st DSL modem is
connected to a router which provides internet to all computers in the
building as well as providing file sharing on this LAN. All of the computers
are assigned static IP addreses on the LAN. The computer in question on this
network is located in the front office. I had another separate DSL line
installed this week, this new DSL line has a wireless router connected to it.
It is set for Dynamic routing and has no IP address or subnet or any of that
stuff. This new DSL Line is faster and I wanted to connect to this new router
with a wireless USB. I can connect to it and it works great but whenever I go
to the wireless router I am disconnected from the LAN and can't see other
computers in the office. What I want to try and to is to tell this computer
to use the LAN for networking and to use the wireless connection for internet
only. I hope that makes sense. So question is how do you do that.
 
Hi
You have to change the Wireless TCP/IP parameters to match the second
Wireless Router.
Put the core IP of the Router as the Default Gateway and DNS in the Wireless
TCP/IP configuration.
By doing so the Wireless card would connect to the second Router.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).

Alan Burton said:
Jack:

I actually have two different DSL connections. The 1st DSL modem is
connected to a router which provides internet to all computers in the
building as well as providing file sharing on this LAN. All of the
computers
are assigned static IP addreses on the LAN. The computer in question on
this
network is located in the front office. I had another separate DSL line
installed this week, this new DSL line has a wireless router connected to
it.
It is set for Dynamic routing and has no IP address or subnet or any of
that
stuff. This new DSL Line is faster and I wanted to connect to this new
router
with a wireless USB. I can connect to it and it works great but whenever I
go
to the wireless router I am disconnected from the LAN and can't see other
computers in the office. What I want to try and to is to tell this
computer
to use the LAN for networking and to use the wireless connection for
internet
only. I hope that makes sense. So question is how do you do that.
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computers in the office. What I want to try and to is to tell this computer
to use the LAN for networking and to use the wireless connection for internet
only. I hope that makes sense. So question is how do you do that.
Click to expand...

It sounds like you are still trying to keep the wired and wireless on
the same subnet with different metrics. With a configuration like that
you can't use wired and wireless at the same time.

You need to put the wireless router AND the wireless network adaptor
which connects to it onto a different subnet and change the default
gateway to this new subnet.


Jim.
 
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